. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. FLOWER-DE-LUCE FORCING 595 FLOWER-DE-LUCE. The origin of the Fleur-de-lis of the French coat of arms is not known. By some it is supposed to represent the head of a spear, by others the flower of a lily. It has also been derived from the points of a crown and from several animal forms, as bees and toads. Appare
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. FLOWER-DE-LUCE FORCING 595 FLOWER-DE-LUCE. The origin of the Fleur-de-lis of the French coat of arms is not known. By some it is supposed to represent the head of a spear, by others the flower of a lily. It has also been derived from the points of a crown and from several animal forms, as bees and toads. Apparently the Iris has nothing to do with the heraldic Fleur-de-lis. This name as applied to Iris is of later origin and of a purely botanical sig- nificance, referring chiefly to/. Germanica. See under "Fleur," Larousse, Dictionaire du XIX Siecle, 8:450. H. Hasselbring. FLOWER-FENCE, BARBADOES. Poinciana jntl- clierrima. FLOWER-OF-AN-HOUR. Sihiscus Trloman. FLOWERING MAPLE. See Abutilon. FLY POISON. See Zygadenus. FOLIAGE PLANTS. A term used to designate plants which are grown for the general effect of their foliage rather than for their flowers. The term is indefinite. In some cases, and more correctly, it is used for plants with unique or interesting leaves—usually colored —as coleus. Rex begonia, peperoraia, calathea, farfugium. In other cases it is used to designate plants of full foliage and graceful habit, —plants which are prized for their general habit quite as much as for the characters of the individual leaves. Of this latter class, ferns, palms, grevillea, screw pine, araucaria are leading examples. The latter class contains the most popular commercial subjects, and they are much used in room and table decorations. The plants are often rented for use in temporary decorations. For the culture of Foliage Plants, refer to the various genera. FONTANfiSIA (after ReniS Louiche Desfontaines, prominent French botanist, , director of the botanical garden
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