. 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 Fragaria, page 605.) 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 3 x 6 f t. sashes; and this 6 x 12 area is understood when one speaks of "
. 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 Fragaria, page 605.) 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 3 x 6 f t. sashes; and this 6 x 12 area is understood when one speaks of "; See Sot- ^e'^- h. H. B. FRANCtSCEA. Included with Brunfelsia. FRANCdA (Fr. Franco, Valencia, sixteenth century). Saxifragdcece. Three species of Chilean perennial herbs, with turnip-like (lyrate) Ivs. and terminal, dense racemes of white or pink iis. borne in summer. They are interesting as having points in common with Cras- sulaceae, Rosaceie, Galax and even Dionfea. They grow about 2 ft. high, and in the North could perhaps be win- tered in a coldframe. Scape-bearing, glandular-pilose or tonientose: rhizome thick, many-headed: Ivs. glan- dular-dentate: iis. 1 in. across, as many as 36 in racemes 6 in. long: floral parts in 4's, rarely 5's; petals obovate, clawed. A. Fls. wJiite. ramosa, D. Don. Taller, woodier and more branching than the others, and distinguished by pubescent inflorescence. Leaf-stalks not margined: fls. smaller. Hardy at Washington, D. C, according to J. ;iul, with spikes 2 ft. long and 1 in. thick. AA. Fls. mostly pink. B. Leafstalks broadly winfjed at the base. sonchifdlia, Cav. Lower lobes continuous with the broad margin at the base of the leaf-stalk: petals deep rose, dark-spotted. 3309. EB. Leaf-stalks not ivinged at the base. appendicul^ta, Cav. Lower lobes distant from the base of tlie stalk : petals pale rose, rarely spotted. 3178 (shows a white longitudinal band on petals). 19:1645, where Lindley said (1833), "It th
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