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AN ALPHABETICAL LIST OF 



Fragaria [Strawberry). — The fragrance of this fruiting creeping plant 

 is only perceptible when grown in large masses. The dried leaves 

 also possess a peculiar hay-like scent. Spenser says : 



' Her goodly bosom, like a Strawberry bed, 

 Such fragrant flowers do give most odorous smell.' 



Frangipani. See Plumieria. 

 Frankincense. See Bosweliia. 



Franzeria artemisioides. — A beautiful ornamental plant, growing 

 about 6 feet high, and possessing an agreeable aromatic odour. 



Fransisca latifolia. — A sub-tropical shrub from Brazil and Peru, with 

 thick, glossy, laurel-like leaves, and trumpet-shaped flowers that 

 open blue and change to white, and emit a delicate fragrance. 

 There are several other varieties equally attractive. 



Fraxinella. See Dictamnus. 



Freesia refracta. — One of the many beautiful kinds of bulbous 

 flowering plants that has reached us from South Africa. It would 

 be difficult to imagine that the tiny bulb could ever produce such a 

 lovely display of trumpet-shaped flowers as is the case, which vary 

 in colour from pure white to pale yellow, are borne upright along a 

 delicate stem, and possess the most delicious honey fragrance that 

 fills the air for some distance. 



* We have had fair experience with these plants, and usually commence 

 cutting just before Christmas, a season at which the flowers are doubly 

 valuable — fi.rst on account of their own intrinsic beauty, and secondly, 

 because of the general scarcity just then of delicate flowers. It is quite 

 surprising what power the flowers of these plants have in perfuming 

 a room, and yet their fragrance, though strong, is never overpowering.' — 

 Garden. 



Fritillaria pudica (iS^mZ^es/ieac?). — A golden yellow form of this pretty 

 spring-flowering bulbous plant, with dainty scented attractions. 



Funkia grandiflora (Flaintain Lily). — A pretty liliaceous plant with 

 striking foliage, throwing up spikes of white fragrant flowers during 

 autumn. F. subcordata, from China, is another variety bearing 

 large white, sweetly fragrant, bell-formed blooms. 



Furze. See Ulex. 



Galanthus Perryii. — A species of our common Snowdrop, with large 



flowers possessing a delicate fragrance. 

 Galbanum. See Bubon galbanum, 



Galipea odoratissima. — An evergreen tree from Brazil, with white 

 scented flowers and odorous leaves. This plant produces the 

 Angostura bark of commerce. 



