(Makino) Hara and other FASTIGIATA entries) at a later date, has 

 priority at cv. rank, invalidating Wada's use of the name FASTIGIATA 

 at any rank. 



FIEL'S UPRIGHT (Roslyn Nurs., Dix Hills, New York, cat. p. 71. 1989, 

 without descr.). 



FIREFLY (Cannon Plants, Greenwood, Delaware, cat. sp. 1973) - 

 spreading, close breaking, fast growing, without need for much 

 shearing; lvs. pointed, medium sized, recurved on new growth; new 

 growth tinted yellow; male; Cannon #2066. G. Eisenbeiss and T. 

 Dudley, Proc. 57th Meet. Holly Soc. Amer., p. 13. 1980 - Holly Soc. 

 Amer. Reg. No. 4-80 by N. Cannon; male; orig. 1954 from an F 3 

 population that was from a cross of CONVEXA X MICROPHYLLA; 

 sel., named and introd. by Cannon. 



FLUSHING (J. Vermeulen & Son, Neshanic Sta., New Jersey, cat. p. 1 1. 

 sp. 1960) - compact, medium height, upright; lvs. large, light green. 

 Male. 



var. fortunei (Kingsville Nurs., Kingsville, Maryland, cat. p. 6. 1932, 

 without descr.). Ibid., cat. p. 32. 1951 - strong grower; lvs. small, 

 pointed, very shiny, dark green. Distinct upright; lvs. to 1 3/4" long, 

 1/2" wide; female. Appears to be different clone from Nicholson. = 

 ? FORTUNEI. 



var. fortunei (T. Loesener, Monog. Aquif., Pt. 1, p. 201. 1901) - of 

 gardeners, not Lindley. = var. typica Loesener. Leaf sizes not given by 

 Loesener for "his" var. typica. 



var. fortunei (G. Nicholson, Illus. Diet. Gard. 2:174. 1884) - rounder lvs. 

 and stronger growth than those of type. L. Spaeth Nurs., Berlin, 

 Germany, cat. p. 90. 1901-02 - low, graceful; small, oval, dark green 

 lvs. = FORTUNEI. 



f. fortunei (S.-y. Hu, Nat'l Hort. Mag. 36(1 ):49. 1957) - a horticultural 

 var. with large lvs. 3/4"- 1 3/4" long, obtuse at apex; = LATIFOLIA, 

 var. latifolia Goldring, f. latifolia (Goldring) Rehder, f. major, 

 f. rotundifolia. 



FORTUNEI (Hortus Third, p. 591. 1976) - lvs. oblong-elliptic, 3/4"-l 1/4" 

 long, to 5/8" wide, serrate; with LATIFOLIA in syn. Descriptions from 

 different sources vary. At various ranks within /. crenata, the name 

 fortunei, originating with I. fortunei Miquel, is confusing and difficult 

 to identify to a single clone. Some authors have assigned the name 

 fortunei in synonymy to various other cultivar names, therefore 

 confusing the syn. = I. fortunei Hort. ex Miquel, var. fortunei 

 Nicholson, LATIFOLIA, f. latifolia (Goldring) Rehder, var. typica 

 Loesener. 



FORTY NINER (Cannon Plants, Greenwood, Delaware, cat. p. 2. sp. 

 1975) - upright; fruit yellow. Sister sdlg. to BUTTERBALL, 

 HONEYCOMB, IVORY HALL, IVORY TOWER, SIR ECHO, 

 STARGLOW. (Watanabeana Group). 



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