LIST OF FLOWERS 



FEVERFEW. See Pyrethrum. 



FORGET-ME-NOT. See Myosotis. 



FOXGLOVE. See Digitalis. 



FRANCO A [Bridal Wreath). A half-hardy perennial easy of 

 cultivation in the greenhouse and hardy enough to be placed in the 

 open border in a warm, sheltered position. F. ramosa, which bears 

 long branching spikes of white or pink bloom, is an excellent variety 

 and most useful for cut flowers. F. sonchifoUa is short stemmed 

 with beautiful rose-coloured flowers. From seed sown in March 

 flowering plants may be expected in fifteen months. 



FRAXINELLA {Burning Bush). A well-known hardy peren- 

 nial of vigorous growth (some 2 feet high) and fragrant foliage, 

 forming a useful plant in the herbaceous border. It may be had 

 in two colours — purplish red and white — and may easily be raised 

 from seed sown in spring. 



FREESIA. A half-hardy bulbous plant with beautiful white 

 or yellow flowers of delicious fragrance. It is easily raised from 

 seed sown in a rich compost, but as the roots are very brittle care 

 must be used in transplanting. From seed sown in February or 

 March flowers may be obtained the same year, while a further sowing 

 in August will supply plants for the following spring. 



FRENCH HONEYSUCKLE. See Hedysarum. 



FRITILLARIA (Fritillary). A bulbous plant of the Lily tribe, 

 one species of which — F. Meleagris, the common Fritillary or Snake's- 

 head — ^grows wild in the moist meadows of this country (at Oxford, 

 for instance). The stately member of the family is F. imperialis 

 (Crown Imperial), growing from 3 to 4 feet high and bearing masses 

 of bell-like flowers. There are several varieties of this species, with 

 flowers ranging from pale yellow to deep orange and fine red, and the 

 aurea marginata has gold-striped foHage. Other kinds of more 

 dehcate beauty are F. aurea with pale yeUow spotted flowers, F. 

 latifoUa with pendulous flowers of various shades of purple, and F. 

 recurva with flowers of mixed red and yellow. All are quite hardy 

 and will grow in almost any soil, but thrive bestln good deep loam. 

 The bulbs should be planted in autumn and may be increased by 

 division every three or four years, lifting in autumn and re-planting 

 immediately in fresh soil. 



FUCHSIA. This is generally considered a perennial of the 

 half-hardy class, but in our southern and western counties — par- 



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