Euxenia

Euxenia grata. Green-house evergreen shrub. Cuttings. Peat and loam.

Evening Flower

Hesperus.

Evening Primrose

(Enothera.

Evergreens

Evergreens are such plants as do not shed all their leaves at any one season of the year.

Evergreen Thorn

Crataegus pyracantha.

Everlasting

Gnaphalium.

Everlasting Pea

Lathyrus latifolius.

Evodia

Evodia triphylla. Stove evergreen shrub. Cuttings. Sandy loam.

Evolvulus

Eleven species. Chiefly stove annual trailers; two are hardy, and two evergreens. The last propagated by division; others by seed. Common soil.

Eyebright

Euphrasia.

Faba

Faba vulgaris. See Bean.

Fabricia

Four species. Greenhouse evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. Loam, peat, and sand.

Fagelia

Fagelia bituminosa. Green-house evergreen twiner. Cuttings. Sandy loam and peat.

Fagraea

Two species. Stove evergreen trees. Cuttings. Loam, sand, and peat.

Fagus

Fagus, Beech tree. Four species. Seed, budding, and grafting. Chalky loam.

Falki

A repens. Green-house evergreen creeper. Cuttings. Peat and loam.

Faramea

Faramea odoratissima. Stove evergreen shrub. Cuttings. Turfy loam and sandy peat.

Farm - Yard Manure

See Dung.

Farsetia

Six species. F. cheiranthifolia is a hardy annual; the others are half-hardy evergreen shrubs. The first by seed, the shrubs by cuttings. Light loam.

Feaberry

Feaberry, a local name for the Gooseberry.

Feathers

See Animal Matters.

Orchard

Apples, finish pruning, b. Apricots, finish pruning, b. - Blossoms of early wall fruit, shelter in frosty and windy weather. - Dress and fork over the earth of the borders, etc. - Figs, prune. - Forcing, continue. (See Jan.) - Gooseberries, finish pruning, b. - Grafting, commence, if mild, e. - Grafts, collect ready for use. - Hothouse, forcing continue. (See Jan.) - Layers, make of Figs, Vines, Filberts, Mulberries, and Muscle Plums, the last for stocks. - Manures, apply where required. - Moss, on trees, destroy with brine. (See Jan.) - Pears, finish pruning; graft, e. - Plums, finish pruning; graft, e. - Pruning, finish generally. - Raspberries. - Standards, finish pruning. - Strawberries, clear and spring dress; force in hot-beds, giving air abundantly, and covering the glasses with mats at night. - Trench ground for planting. - Vines may still be pruned, b.; cuttings, plant.

Green-House

Air, admit freely whenever practicable; it is now still more important than in winter. - Dead Wood, cut away as it appears. - Earth, give fresh generally. - Head down shrubs irregularly grown. - Heat, give as necessary, to keep the temp. above 32°. - Labels, renew where wanted. - Leaves, keep clean, and remove those decayed. - Pruning of Oranges, &-c., complete. - Shelter, by putting mats over the glass in severe weather. - Shift into large pots where required. - Water more often than last month, wherever needed, but only a little at a time.

Fedia

Fedia cornucopia. Hardy annual. Seed. Common soil.

Fennel-Flower

Nigella.