SHRUBBERIES AND FJ.O WER-GARDENS. 



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ornamental, and are propagated by seeds, sown and 

 otherwise managed, just as you do the Canterbury bell, 

 which see. 



462. FRAXINELLA, or white Dittany Lat. Dictam- 

 nus albiis. Fr. Dictamne fraxindle. A perennial plant 

 originally from the south of France, about two feet high, 

 and blows a white or purple, flower, in June and 

 July. Propagated by sowing the seed in borders, or in 

 pots, as soon as it is ripe. If not sowed till the spring, 

 it does not come up till the second year. When the 

 plants can be moved, they must be put in a nursery to 

 stay two or three years before being planted where they 

 are to stay. When the roots are strong enough, parts 

 may be taken off, but they seldom allow of it. The 

 fraxinella affords scarcely any flower till the fifth year 

 after sowing ; but its flowers are so abundant and so 

 handsome, its leaves so rich in colour and in odour, and 

 the whole plant is so elegant, that, where you cannot 

 procure roots, it well deserves the pains and the patience 

 necessary to procure it from seed. It likes a good soil, 

 and, in the winter, requires a covering of litter after the 

 stalk has died down. 



463. FR1TILLARY, crown imperial. Lat. Fritillaria 

 imperialis. Fr. Couronne imperiale. A large plant from 

 Persia, near three feet high, proceeding from a large, 

 nearly round, scaly bulb of nauseous smell. It blows in 

 April, a red flower hanging downwards, like a tulip 

 turned down. Another variety blows a yellow flower j 

 arid this latter is by far the handsomest. Propagate by 

 parting the offsets every two or three years ; take up the 



