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F. rubicu'ndu (ruddy -veined'. 30 May. North 

 America. 1824. 



ru'fa (rusty). 30. May. North America. 



1822. 



sambucifo'lia (Elder-leaved). 30. May. 



North America. 1800. 

 cri'spa (curled). 30. May. 



tamariscifo'lia r (T amarisk - leaved). April. 



Levant. 



versi' color (many-coloured). May. Britain. 



vi'rens (green). 20. May. 



variega'ta (variegated). 20. April. 



v-i'ridis (green) . 30. May. North America. 



1824. 



,ran*Ao.r#toi'<fc?s(Achee-tree-like). North of 



India. 1845. 



FREE-STONE peaches and nectarines 

 are those with fruit, the flesh of which 

 parts freely from the stone. 



FREEZING. See Frost. 



FREZIE'RA. (Named after A. F. Fre- 

 ::ier, a French traveller in South Anie- j 

 rica. Nat. ord., Thcads [Ternstrb'niia- 

 cee]. Linn., 1'3-Polyandria \-Mono- 

 jynia. Allied to Lettsomia.) 



Greenhouse evergreen shrub, with the habit 

 of a Laurel. Cuttings of half-ripened shoots in 

 sandy soil, in heat, under a hand-light; lumpy 

 peat and tibry loam, with a little sand. Summer 

 temp., 60 to 75 ; winter, 50 to 58. 

 F. thceoi'des (Tea-like). 4. White. Septem- 

 ber. Jamaica. 1818. 



FRENCH BEAN. See Kidney Bean. 



FRENCH MARIGOLD. Taye'tes pa'tula. 



FRIE'SIA. (Named after Dr. Fries, 

 of Lund. Nat. ord., Llndenblooms [Ti- 

 liaceee], \\-Dodecandria 1-Monogynia. 

 Allied to Ekeocarpus.) 



A fit plant for training against a conservatory 

 wall. Cuttings of young shoots, rather firm, in 

 sand, under a glass, in April ; turfy loam and 

 fibry peat, with a little sand. Winter temp., 

 38 to 45. 



F. peduncula'ris (preduncled). 6. White, 

 Van Pieman's Land. 1818. 



FRINGE-TREE . Chiona'n thus. 



FRITILLA'RIA. Fritillary. ( From ./><- 

 tillits, a chess-board ; referring to the 

 chequered flowers of some species. Nat. 

 ord., Lily worts [Liliacese], Hardy 

 bulbs, in close affinity with the true 

 Lilies. Linn., G-Hexandria l-Mono- 

 (jtjnia.) 



F. a'lba (white. American}. 1. White. May. 

 North America. 



cit'prea (copper-coloured). 1$. Copper. July. 



Mexico. 1834. 



imperiu'lis (Crown imperial). 4. Dark yel- 



low. April. Persia. 15'j6. 



' fla'va (yellow -flowered). 4. Yellow. 



April. Persia. 1596. 



ru'bra, (red - flowered) . 4. Red. April. 



Persia. 1596. 

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F. scu'tidens (climbing). Yellow. April. Si- 

 beria. 1827. 



Kotschya'na (Kotschy's). . April. Ha- 



zartschall. 1844. 



lanceola'ta (spear-head-leaved). 2. Dark 



purple. May. Kamtschatka. 1759- 



latifo'lia (broad-leaved). 1. Red. May. 



Caucasus. 1604. 



leuca'ntha (white-flowered. Russian). 1. 



White. May. Siberia. 1822. 



Lttsita'nica (Spanish). 1. Brown, purple. 



June. Spain. 1825. 



lu' tea (yellow -flowered). I. Yellow. May. 



Caucasus. 1812. 



melea'gris (Guinea-fowl-like). 1. Purple. 



May. Britain. 



meleagrdi'des (Meleagris-like). 1. Purple. 



May. Siberia. 1824. 



Messane'nsis (Messina). 1. Brown, purple. 



June. Italy. 1825. 



mi' nor (smaller). 1$. Purple, spotted. 



April. Altai Mountains. 1830. 



nervo'sa (nerved-/eauerf). 1^. Dark purple. 



May, Caucacus. 1826. 



ni'gra (black). 1. Yellow, purple. May. 



Pyrenees. J596. 



obli'quu (tv/isted-leaved). 1. Brown, purple. 



April. Caucasus. 



Pe'rsica (Persian). 1$. Brown. May. 



Persia. 1596. 



. mi'nima (least. Persian). . Brown. 



May. Persia. 1596. 



pra'cox (early white). 1. White. May. 



Europe. 



pudi'ca (chaste). 1. Purple, yellow. May. 



North America. 1824. 



Pyrena'ica (Pyrenean). l. Dark purple. 



June. Spain. 1605. 



Ruthe'nica (Russian). 1. Purple. May. 



Caucasus. 1826. 



tene'lla (slender). 1. Purple. May. Cau- 



casus. 1826. 



tulipifo'lia (Tulip-leaved). 1. Brown, purple. 



May. Crimea. 1822. 



verticilla'ta (whorled). 1. Purple. April. 



Crimea. 1823. 



FRITILLARY AS A FLORIST'S FLOWER. 

 Propagation- : by offsets. The offsets 

 are produced round the old bulbs ; 

 these should be detached every third 

 year when the bulbs are taken up, and 

 be planted in a bed of light rich earth, 

 each variety by itself, where they may 

 remain till they are large enough to 

 flower. Then take them up, and plant 

 them in October either in r>-incli pots 

 three or four bulbs in a pot, or plant 

 them in patches near the front of the 

 mixed flower-border. The above re- 

 marks apply only to the smaller kinds 

 of FritUlaria. The noble F. imperuilis, 

 when the bulbs attain a certain size, 

 produce two flower stems, and each 

 stem perfects a bulb. They may then 

 be taken up, divided, and replanted. 

 This species, on account of flowering 



