. The ladies' companion to the flower-garden : being an alphabetical arrangement of all the ornamental plants usually grown in gardens and shrubberies, with full directions for their culture . for bulbous-rootedplants. Many other shapeshave beeninvented to suit particular purposes,but the above are the only kinds inconstant and regular use. Flower-stands are generallyconstructed of ^^ire painted gi-een ;and they are so contrived as to holda number of flower-pots. They areof various shapes ; some being onlylarge enough to hold two or threeflower-pots, and others, as Jig. 18,consisting of severa
. The ladies' companion to the flower-garden : being an alphabetical arrangement of all the ornamental plants usually grown in gardens and shrubberies, with full directions for their culture . for bulbous-rootedplants. Many other shapeshave beeninvented to suit particular purposes,but the above are the only kinds inconstant and regular use. Flower-stands are generallyconstructed of ^^ire painted gi-een ;and they are so contrived as to holda number of flower-pots. They areof various shapes ; some being onlylarge enough to hold two or threeflower-pots, and others, as Jig. 18,consisting of several tiers, and hold-ing almost as many plants as a smallgreenhouse. They vary very much inform, and may be designed to suit thetaste. Though elegant objects in agarden or under a verandah, theyare not well adapted for keepingplants in a healthy state ; as, from thepots in them being exposed to thesun and air on all sides, the rootsare liable to become withered by thealterations in temperature. It istherefore generally advisable to keepall the plants on flower-stands indouble pots, or to fill the interstices 120 FOTHERGILLA. between the pots in the stand withmoss. Generally speaking, the. FIG. IS.—WIRE FLOWES-STAND. observations already given respect-ing plants in balconies apply toplants kept on flower-stands. Fly Honeysuckle.—The up-right shrubby species of Honey-suckle, such as Lonicero. xylosteum,the common Fly Honeysuckle, andL. talarica, the Tartarian Honey-suckle.—See LoxicERA. Fly Orchis.—See Ophrts. Fortux^a.—JuglandacecB.— is a most remarkable shrub,,nearly allied to the Walnut-tree, vntha cone like that of Fir, which theChinese use to dye black. The genusis named after JMr. Fortune, whointroduced the jjlant from China in1849. FoRFicuLA.—See Earwig. FoRGET-ME-xoT. —Myosotis pa-lustris.—A British plant worth cul-tivating for its blue flowers, as wellas for its name. It is a marsh plant,and should be grown near w^, syhdtica has smaller f
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