. 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. 804. Fagus ferrueinea (left), and F. sylvatica (X,\'()- FAIK MAIDS OF FRANCE. nunc u 111s a con ififoIiu .s'. Double forms of Ba- FAIRT LILY. Cooperia â pedunculata. FANWORT. See Cahomba. FAEFUGIUM. See Seneeio Kconpferi. FATSIA (from a Japanese name). Araliclcew. This genus is doubly interesting as producing t
. 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. 804. Fagus ferrueinea (left), and F. sylvatica (X,\'()- FAIK MAIDS OF FRANCE. nunc u 111s a con ififoIiu .s'. Double forms of Ba- FAIRT LILY. Cooperia â pedunculata. FANWORT. See Cahomba. FAEFUGIUM. See Seneeio Kconpferi. FATSIA (from a Japanese name). Araliclcew. This genus is doubly interesting as producing the famous rice paper of the Chinese, and two superb rivals of the castor oil plant in bold, subtropical effects, made by large lvs. which spread out like fingers. Fatsia has 3 species of trees or small shrubs belonging to the Panax series, in which the petals are valvate, while in the Aralia series they are more or less overlapping, but the sides affixed at the base. Within the Panax series, Panax itself has the pedicel articulated under the flower, while in Fatsia and Acanthopanax the pedicel is continuous with the flower. Fatsia is distinguished from the hardier and less familiar but worthy A'canthopanax by the greater length and distinctness of the styles. " While Fatsias require more care in the North than the hardy Aralias, their massive, subtropical appearance is highly distinct. A perfect specimen is figured in Gar- dening 5:133, where W. R. Smith says of F. papyrlfera: "This plant produces the beautiful substance known as rice paper ; it grows to 10 ft. high, with a stem 4 in. in diam., full of white pith like the elder; in a full-grown specimen the pith is about 1 in. in diam. It is divided into pieces 3 in. long, and by the aid of a sharp instru- ment is imrolled, forming the thin, narrow sheets known as rice paper, greatly used by the Chinese for drawing figures of plants and animals, and also for making arti- ficial flowers. Until about 1850 the source of
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