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1 any common soil, and may be easily increased 

 by layers, or cuttings, under a glass, 

 phillyreeoldes . Yellow S, F. Do. S. 10 Syria . . 1787 



FontinAlis, Linn. From fons, a fountain ; al- 

 luding to the place of growth. Linn. 24, Or. 

 5, Nat. Or. Bryaceas. Greenish-looking plants, 

 most conspicuous in the summer season. F. 

 antipyrttica is very common,- floating in large 

 masses in rivers and pools of water — antipyri- 

 tica, capillacea, squarnbsa. See Cinclidbtus. 



Fools' parsley. See JSthHsa. 



Fools' water-cress. See Heloscladum nodi- 

 flbrum 



Footstalks, the stalks of leaves, &c. 



Foramen. An aperture. 



Forbidden fruit. See Citrus Paradlni. 



Forficatus, pince, or nipper-shaped. 



Forget-me-not. See Myositis palHstris. 



Form6sa, handsome, ornamental. 



Fornicate, arched. 



Forrestia, Rich. See Pbllia. 



ForskAhlia, Linn. In honour of Peter Fors- 

 kahl, atraveller in Egypt. Linn. 21, Or. 6, Nat. 

 Or. Urticaceat. Curious little plants, some- 

 what resembling the nettle. F. Candida thrives 

 well in any light rich soil, and'euttiugs root 

 readily in the same kind of soil, under a glass. 

 The annual kinds require to be sown in a gentle 

 hotbed, and when of sufficient size, transplanted 

 into the open ground. 



angustifblia Wht. grn. 7, H. A. 2 Teneriffe 1779 



Candida . . Wht. grn. 7, G. Her. P. 1J C. G. H. 1774 

 tenacissima Wht. grn. 7, H. A. l| Egypt . 1767 



Forsythia, Caul. Named after Mr. Forsyth, 

 a celebrated gardener and writer on Horti- 

 culture. Linn. 2, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Oleaceoe. A 

 genus of ornamental deciduous, nearly hardy 

 shrubs. Its members thrive in common 

 garden soil, and readily increase by cuttings 

 or layers. 



suspensa . ' . Yellow . S, G. Do. S. 10 Japan . 1S45 

 ■riridfssima . Yellow . 2, H. De. S. 10 China, . 1S45 



FortunAa, Lindley. In compliment to Mr. 

 Fortune, a collector for the Horticultural 

 Society, by whom he was sent to China. Linn. 

 22, Or. 5, Nat. Or. Juglandacece. An empty 

 cone of this singular plant was received some 

 years ago from Canton by Lord Auckland, 

 then Governor- General of India, and it was at 

 that time supposed to belong to some unknown 

 conifer. It was rediscovered by Mr. Fortune, 

 who sent, home seeds, which vegetated, 

 chinensis . . Yellow . 8, G. Deo. S. 85 China . 1844 



Fossil plants are such as belong to the ancient 

 world, and are found in a state of petrifaction. 



FothergIlla, Linn. In memory of John 

 Fothergill, M.D., an eminent physician of 

 London, and patron of botany. Linn. 13, Or. 

 2, Nat. Or. Hamamelidacca:. Beautiful shrubs 

 when in leaf and flower, growing from three to 

 six feet high, and bearing pretty, white, sweet- 

 scented flowers. In the shrubbery, they thrive 

 well in a peat soil, and may be increased by 

 layers in spring or autumn, or by seed, which 

 is annually imported from America. Syno- 

 nymes: 1, F. Qardeni; 2, F. major. See Chi- 

 tbnia. 



alnifdlia . . White . 5, H. De. S. 4 N. Amer. 1765 



acuta 1 . . White . 6, H. De. S. 4 N. Amer. 1765 



ohtusa 2 . White . 6, H. De. S. 4 N. Amer. 1765 



serotina . . White . 8, H. De. S. 4 N. Amer. 1765 



FourcrAa. See Furcr&a. 

 Fourcroya. See Furcrcba. 

 Four o'clock flower. See Mir&bilis dichd- 



toma. 

 Four thieves' vinegar, a preparation from 



Rosmarinus officinalis. 

 Fowler's service. See S6rbus Aucuparia. 



Fov^SteJp^'^ 10 "" 1 ^" 8 - 



FovEOLffi, little pits or hollows. 



Foxbane. See Aconlium Vulparia. 



Foxglove. See Digitalis. 



Fox-grape. See Vltis labrUsca. 



Fox-tail grass. See Alopec&rus. 



Frag Aria, Linn. From fragrans, fragrant ; 

 the perfumed fruit of the strawberry is well 

 known. Linn. 12, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Rosacea. 

 The cultivation and propagation of this genus 

 is so familiar to every one, 'as are also the- 

 wholesomeness and deliciousness of the fruit, 

 that neither need be particularised here any 

 further than that seeds, sown early in spring, 

 will generally fruit the same year very late in- 

 autumn. Synonyme : 1, grandi/ldra. 

 honariensis . Apetal 6, H. Her. P. 2 B. Ayres . 

 Breslfngii . White 5, H. Her. P. 1 France . 

 calycina 1 . White 4, H. Her. P. 1 France 

 canadensis . White 5, H. Her. P. 14 N. Amer. 

 chilensis . . White 5, H. Her. P. j S. Amer. 1727 

 colllna . . White 6, H. Her. P. 1 Germany 17(i8 

 elatior . . White 5, H. Her. P. 1J Britain, woods, 

 grandifl&ra . White 5, H. Her. P. 1 Surinam . 1750 

 Indica . . . Yellow 7, H. Her. Cr. 1 India . 1S05 

 majaixfea . White 5, H. Her. P. 1 Franco 

 monophylla. White 5, H. Her. P. 1 .1773 



platanoldes . Bed . 5, H. Her. P. 1 N. Amer. 

 vesca . . . White 5, H. Her. P. 1 Britain, woods.. 

 virginiaha . White 4, H. Her. P. 1 N. Amer. 1629 



FragillAria, Lyngbye. From fragilis, brittle ; 

 alluding to the nature of the plants. Linn- 

 24, Or. 7, Nat. Or. Dialomdceat. Green and' 

 brown tufts of Algol, found in rivulets and., 

 watery places — aicrea, confervoldcs, diatomoldeSy. 

 hyemalis, pectinalis. 



FRANcfscEA, Pohl. In honour of Francis, em- 

 peror of Austria, a patron of botany. Linn. 

 14, Or. 2, Nat. Or. Scrophulariacece. Orna- 

 mental dwarfish shrubs, requiring a mixture- 

 of peat and loam. Cuttings root in sand,, 

 under a glass, in heat. Synonym.es .- 1, F. core- 

 fertifldra, Brunsfilsia calycina, Bcsliria ino- 

 dbra ; 2, Franclscea villdsa ; 3, F. Sopeana. 

 acuminata . Purple 4, S. Bv. S. 2 Rio Janeiro 1840 

 angusta . . Purple 4, S. Ev. S. 4 

 calycina 1 . Blue 6, S. Ev. S. 3 Brazil . . 1848 

 eximia . . Purple 6, S. Ev. S. 3 Brazil . . . 1848 



^SS } Pur P le '*• s - Ev - s - i Brazil ■ • • 1S40 



capitata . Purple 10, S. Ev. S. 4 Brazil . . . 1840 

 latifolia . . Purple 4, S. Ev. S. 4 Bio Janeiro 1840 

 Lockhartii . Purple 4, S. Ev. S. 3 W. Ind. . 1840 

 Pohllana . Bluewt. 4, S. Ev. S. 3 Brazil . . . 1840 

 unifl&ra 3 . Wt. pur. 7, S. Ev. S. 3 Brazil . . . 1S2& 

 Francoa. Cavauilles named thjs genus after F. 

 Franco, a Valencian promoter of botany in the 

 sixteenth century. Linn. 8, Or. 4, Nat. Or. 

 Francoacece. Beautiful plants when in flower, 

 and well worthy a place in every collection. 

 They may be planted out in the open ground, 



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