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Falcate. Having a semicircular form, like that of a sickle. 
Fascicles. Small bundles of root-like appendages. 
Fastigate. Conical; tapering to a sharp point. 
Favose. Full of small cells, like those of a honeycomb. 
Fecundation. The act of making fruitful. 
Feroces. Covered with long strong spines. 
Filiform. Very long and narrow, like a thread. 
Fimbriate. Having a deeply-cut margin ; fringed. 
Fistula. A lengthened tubular form, like that of a pipe. 
Flocci. Small tufts of soft pubescens, like wool. 
Florets. Little flowers placed closely together on a common 
receptacle, as in the dahlia. 
Flosculous. Composed of many florets. 
Foliaceous. Assuming the form of leaves. 
Footstalk. The small stalk which connects either leaves or 
flowers with their immediate support. 
CALENDAR FOR OCTOBER. 
As the flowers decay in the beds they should be cleared away, 
and such of the latter as are intended to be filled with bulbs to 
flower in the spring should be prepared for their reception. In order 
to accomplish this let the old mould be removed entirely, if very 
poor or exhausted, taking it out to the depth of a foot or eighteen 
inches. See that the beds are thoroughly drained, so that no 
water be retained to sour the soil or rot the bulbs. Then fill up 
the bed to the level of the surrounding walk or grass, or a little 
higher if the situation be damp. The compost used should be 
moderately rich, and it should be made of a free open texture by 
the copious addition of sand, if necessary. If a very rich compost 
be preferred, it is better to put a layer of well decomposed 
manure at the bottom of the bed, than to mix it through the 
whole of the soil; as in the latter case, it is liable to injure the 
bulbs if placed in too close contact with them. Having filled the 
bed to the height recommended, cover it over with a layer of 
sand, or place a handful wherever a bulb is to be set, then set on 
the bulbs, and entirely envelope them in sand. Afterwards 
