Fuchsias grow readily from seeds, which should be sown as soon as ripe, and blooming plants ought to be obtained in eight or ten months. Cuttings of the young growth strike quickly and easily. Blooming plants of most sorts can be obtained in four or five months.
Fumaria (Fumitory). Papaveraceæ.
Propagated by seeds.
Funkia, Hosta (Plantain Lily, White Day Lily). Liliaceæ.
Propagation is effected by dividing the stools during the early autumn, or when they begin to start in spring. Only strong, healthy clumps should be divided, and each portion should contain several crowns.
Furze. See [Ulex].
Gaillardia. Compositæ.
The annual sorts are propagated by seeds started under glass; the perennial kinds by seeds, cuttings or division. Sometimes root-cuttings are used.
Galanthus (Snowdrop). Amaryllideæ.
Commonly by bulbels. Rarely by seeds.