Fragaria

Fourteen species. Hardy herbaceous. Seeds and runners. Common soil. See Strawberry.

Franciscea

Franciscea uniflora. Stove evergreen shrub. Cuttings. Peat and loam.

Francoa

Three species. Hardy herbaceous. Seed. Common light soil.

Frankenia

Nine species. Chiefly hardy evergreen trailers. Cuttings. Loam and sandy peat.

Frankincense

Pinus taeda.

Fraxinus

The ash-tree. Forty-one species. Hardy deciduous trees. Seed, or budding or grafting on the common ash (F. excelsior).

Free-Stone

Free-Stone peaches and nectarines, the flesh of which parts readily from the stone.

French Bean

See Kidney Bean.

French Marigold

Tagetes patula.

Friesia

Friesia peduncularis. Green-house evergreen shrub. Cuttings. Turfy loam and peat.

Fringe Tree

Chionanthus.

Froth-Fly

See Tettigonia.

Full-Flower

See Double-flower.

Fumaria

Six species. Hardy annual climbers. Seed. Common soil.

Fumitory

Fumaria.

Funkia

Five species. Hardy herbaceous. Division. Sheltered light soil.

Furcrcea

Seven species. Stove succulents. Suckers. Rich light loam.

Gaertnera

Two species. Stove evergreen twiners. Cuttings. Loam and peat.

Gagea

Nineteen species. Hardy bulbous perennials. Offsets. Light soil.

Gagnebina

Two species. Stove evergreen shrubs. Cuttings and seeds. Loam and peat, with a little sand.

Gaillardia

Four species. Hardy herbaceous perennials. Division. Common soil.

Galactia

Four species. Hardy deciduous or stove evergreen twining plants. Cuttings. Division. Seeds. Loam, peat and sand.

Galactites

Two species. Hardy annuals. Seeds. Common soil.

Galangale

Kampfera.

Galanthus

Snowdrop. Two species. Hardy bulbous perennials. Offsets. Common soil.

Galax

Galax aphylla. Hardy herbaceous perennial. Division. Peaty soil in a moist situation.

Galaxia

Five species. Greenhouse bulbous perennials. Offsets. Sandy peat soil.

Galeandra

Galeandra gracilis. Stove orchid. Division. Sandy peat, and light loam.

Galega

Goat's Rue. Five species, and some varieties. Hardy herbaceous perennials. Division or seeds. Common soil.

Galeobdolon

Galeobdolon Luteum and variety. Hardy herbaceous perennial. Division. Marshy soil.

Galipea

Two species. Stove evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. Peaty soil.

Gall

Gall is a tumour, formed in consequence of the part being punctured by an insect, the tumour becoming the nidus of the insect brood. The Oak apple caused by the Cynips querci is a familiar example; as also are the bunches of leaves not unlike a rose on the Rose Willow, and the mossy tufts on the twigs of the wild rose, and erroneously called Bedeguar.

Galphinia

Two species. Stove evergreens; one a shrub; one a climber. Ripened cuttings. Loam and peat.

Gamboge

Garcinia Gambogia.

Gamma Moth

See Noctua.

Gangrene

See Canker.

Garcinia

Four species. Stove evergreen fruit trees. Ripened cuttings. Light loamy soil with peat. They require a strong moist heat.

Garden Balsam

Justicia pec-toralis.

Garden Beetle

See Phyllo-pertha.

Garden Pebble Moth

See Scopula.

Gardener

The day is gone when the spade and the blue apron were the only appropriate devices for the gardener; he must now not only have a thorough practical knowledge of his art, but he must also have an intimate acquaintance with its sciences. No man can have stored in his mind too much knowledge, but there are always some branches of information of more value than others; of these to the gardener there are none so important as botany and chemistry. Botany, physiological as well as classical. Chemistry, especially as applied to the examination of organic nature.