. 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. 864. Fruit of Fragaria Americana. Nat. size 863. Fragaria Americana (See Pragraia, page COrj.) heat, it is part of a coldframe. The Frame may be of any size, but the normal size is 6 x 12 ft., an area which accommodates four 3xGft. sashes; and this 0x12 area is understood when one speaks of "a ;
. 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. 864. Fruit of Fragaria Americana. Nat. size 863. Fragaria Americana (See Pragraia, page COrj.) heat, it is part of a coldframe. The Frame may be of any size, but the normal size is 6 x 12 ft., an area which accommodates four 3xGft. sashes; and this 0x12 area is understood when one speaks of "a ; See Hot- L. H. B. hed FKANClSCEA Included with Brunfelsia. FRANCdA (Fr. Franco, Valencia, sixteenth century). Saxifragdceiy?. Three species of Chilean perennial herbs, with turnip-like (lyrate) Ivs. and terminal, dense racemes of white or pink fls. borne in summer. They are interesting as having points in common with Cras- sulaceae, Rosacea, Galax and even Diontea. They grow about 2 ft. high, and in the North could perhaps be win- tered in a coldframe. Scape-bearing, glandular-pilose or tomentose: rhi?;ome thick, many-headed: Ivs. glan- dular-dentate: fls. 1 in. across, as many as 36 in racemes 6 in. long: floral parts in 4's, rarely 5's; petals obovate, clawed. A. FIs. v'liite. ramdsa, D. Don. Taller, woodier and more branching tlian the others, aud distinguished by pubescent inllorescence. Leaf-stalks not margined: tls. smaller. Hardy at Washington, D. C, according to J. Saul,"with spikcs"2 ft. long and 1 in. thick. AA. FJs. umslhi jnnk. B. Lea f-sta !/{.â ale rose, rarely spotted. ^I. 3178 (shows a white Jongifndin.'il band on petals). '. 19:1645, where Lindley said (IH.'S.'t), "It thrives lietter if constantly kept in a greenhouse, especially if planted in the open soil, where it can be freely ex to light and air, without which the beautiful spots petals are scarcely ; His plate shows 4] red spots near the base of each petal. 19
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