Exochorda 



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Fairy Rings 



EXOCHORDA.' 



Very ornamental hardy shrubs (ord. Rosacese), 

 well adapted for growing on walls and in the 

 milder districts in the open. The flowers are of 

 fair size and very beautiful. They are succeeded 

 by curious fruits. Any good garden soil. Propa- 

 gated by layers or suckers, or seeds sown in spring. 



Principal Species : 

 Allxn-ti, (>', My., \vh. grandiflora, 0', My., wh. 



EXOSTEMMA. 



A genus of stove evergreen trees (ord. Riibiacese). 

 The plants thrive in loam and peat, and may be 

 increased by cuttings in sand under a bell-glass 

 over Bottom heat. 



Principal Species : 



lnngitlorum, ii()', Je., wh. 



EYSENHARDTIA. 



A small genus (ord, Legiiminosse), amorphoides, 

 12', June, pale yellow, being the only notable 

 species. It is a half-hardy evergreen shrub, 

 growing in equal parts of loam and peat; propaga- 

 tion is by cuttings in very sandy soil over gentle 

 bottom heat. 



FABA. 



Now referred by botanists to Vicia. (For culture, 

 varieties, and enemies, si:e BEANS.) 



FABIANA. 



The one species of note in this genus (ord. 

 Solanacese) is imbricatn. '2', May, white (see figure). 

 It is an evergreen shrub, which thrives in the green- 

 house, and will succeed out of doors in favoured 

 localities. Propagation, by cuttings under a bell- 

 glass over gentle bottom heat. Fibrous peat and 

 coarse sand suit it. 



FADYENIA. 



A very small genus (ord. Filices) of stove Ferns, 

 prolifera. 6", being the principal species. It 

 thrives in a mixture of loam, peat, and sand. Prop- 

 agation, either by spores, or by pegging down, and 

 subsequently severing from the parent, the little 

 plants that form at the tips of otherwise barren 

 fronds. 



FAGELIA. 



The lst known member of this genus (ord. 

 Leguminosa;) is bituminosa, 4', June, purple, 

 yellow. It is a greenhouse evergreen twiner, and 

 may be increased by cuttings of the tips beneath a 

 bell-glass. Soil, fibrous peat and loam, broken to 

 pieces and the finer particles removed (syn. Glycine 

 bituminosa). 



FAGOPYRUM. 



A small but important genus (ord. Polvgonacea;), 

 as in esculentum, 3', summer, pink, we have the 

 Buckwheat of commerce. Another fairly well- 

 known species is cymosum, 2', July. pink. Both 

 are hardy annuals. Propagation, by seeds. Any 

 fertile garden soil. Frequently grown under the 

 name of 1'olygonum. 



Kxaijontum (see Ipomtea). 

 Exntlnmtemon (nee Preston'm). 

 ]',yebrii/lit (nee Sufkratla). 

 fJi/rca (of Champ, >-c Turpiiiia). 

 f'abaifii (fee /fi/t/oj/liyllum) 

 l-'aliririii (nf A ilaiiMin, see Larandula). 

 t'lihriria (of T/ninberi/. SIT Ciimiligo). 

 t'udi/riiiii (of Kndl icher, see darrya). 

 b'a/jara (see Xanthojcylum). 



FAGR1EA. 



A genus (ord. Loganiaces;) of evergreen shrubs 

 and trees. Propagated from cuttings beneath a 

 bell-glass over bottom heat. Soil, equal parts of 

 loam and peat. 



Principal Species : 

 zeylanica, 12', sum., St., wh. 



FAGUS (nee also BEECH). 



Handsome trees, mostly deciduous, and, with 

 the exception of a few species from Australia and 

 New Zealand, all perfectly hardy. The leaves 

 are usually shining green, but varietal forms with 

 copper or purple foliage make splendid garden or 

 park specimens. Beeches succeed where any other 



FABIANA IMIIUICATA. 



hardy tree thrives. Propagation, by seeds sown 

 either in autumn or spring; garden varieties by 

 grafting in spring. 



Principal Species and Varieties : 

 Cumiinghuinii, IJO', ev. , 



grli. 

 fmuginea inacrophylla, 



30' to 100'. 

 sylv,atica, SO'. 

 atropurpurea. 



aureo-variegata. 

 Other Varieties : - 



sylvaticii rristuta. 



cuprea. 



heterophylla. (syn*. 

 coraptoniii'folia, iucisa, 

 laciniitta, and salici- 

 fulia). 



panda]*. 



purpurea. 



- quercoides (.w///. qin-rri- 



folia). 

 variegata. 

 FAIRY RINGS. 



Caused by fungi, often Agaricus arvensis. Start- 

 ing with one sporeling, they spread their mycelium 

 underground so as to cover a small circle, at the 

 circumference of which a crop of Toadstools (tlie 



fair Maidi of France (see Itanmurulitis 

 /olius flore plena. 



