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growth." It is a nice plnnt m pots for or- 

 dinary uses, but not sufficiently pure for 

 sliow. 



Flower of Fuanck. — Very neat habit, 

 and grows well ; neither drought nor ex- 

 cessive moisture affect it. Tlie purple of 

 the corolla is good, but the sepals have 

 green tips, and the appearance of the plant 

 is indistinct, and it will never give satisfac- 

 tion as a bedder to those who have critical 

 eyes. 



Maid ot Kent. — Neat dwarf habit, free 

 and pretty ; corolla a nice pinky purple, 

 but the sepals are tipped with green, aud 

 as a bedder it is only second-rate. 



Rose of Castile. — Close neat habit, 

 small bluish purple corolla. Ineffective, 

 undecided, washy, and of no value ; never- 

 theless, a fine variety for pot culture. 



I'airest of the Fair. — Well known as 

 a first-class fuchsia. The sepals are mo- 

 derately pure, and lightly tipped with 

 gi-een ; but as they reflex well, and show 

 the clear flesli of the uuder side, the green 

 is scarcely visible ; corolla warm, rosy 

 purple, very regular, stout, and bold. This 

 grows as Avell as any in the open ground, 

 but is very shy. I have used it as a bedder 

 since 1857, and shall now give it up for 

 varieties that bloom more freely. To do 

 anything with it, it must be got on early. 

 It matches with Maid of Kent in style. 



Fair Oriana. — Tube and incurved 

 sepals pure white, corolla rosy scarlet, a 

 well-known and most beautiful variety, 

 but very shy out of doors, and, therefore, 

 not recommended. 



Charles Palmer. — One of the old and 

 discarded varieties that we cannot afford 

 to lose. The sepals are flesh white, and 

 have green tips, corolla rosy crimson ; the 

 sepals reflex well. In a small state, this 

 has no merit, as the large bluish leaves give 

 it an untidy look, but for standards there 

 is nothing to beat it. Three years ago I 

 had a row of four-feet standards of Charles 

 Palmer at the back of a ribbon, and, in 

 abundance of bloom and cheerfulness of 

 appearance, it surpassed all other light 

 fuchsias, new and old. Make sure of this, 

 and give it a fair trial in lai-ge plants, and 

 you will not be willing to part with it in 

 spite of its defects. 



Duchess of Lancaster. — What a deli- 

 cate and lovely fuchsia tliis is, and yet how 

 disproportionate the several parts of the 

 flower. The narrow white sepals contrast 

 charmingly with the cheerful rosy lilac 

 corolla, and where it does well, tlici.: l^ 

 nothing to beat it for a bed. But it does 

 not answer everywhere, even on soils that 

 suit fuchsias generallj', and in that case 

 there is a substitute in 



Queen of Hanover. — The best of all 

 the light fuchsias ; sepals pure white, 

 charmingly reflexed, coi-oUa carmine ; the 

 flowers of amazing good substance, and 

 mosc beautiful in a mats. 



Empress Eugenie. — Not a first-class 

 fuchsia irnder any circumstances. The 

 sepals are rosy crimson, and the corolla 

 white. Out of doors it looks most un- 

 happy, and can very welt^ be dispensed 

 with. 



Clio. — One of Mr. Banks's best. The 

 sepals are clear white, the corolla lively 

 lake, very stout, well Ibrmed. As a bed- 

 der it is free, vigorous, and attractive. 



England's Glory. — Good, but there 

 are others that dobetter in theopen ground. 

 The sep.i-ls are a moderately pure fleshy 

 white, the corolla deep lake, stout and 

 large. Those who have it may keep it, 

 but it is not remarkably good. 



Galanthiflora plena. — This has not 

 been fairly tried, and it would be unfair to 

 condemn it. The corolla is Avhite and 

 double. It is a moderately good fuchsia 

 in pots, and may yet prove useful as a 

 bedder. 



Marchioness. — One of Smith's best. 

 The tube is stout, sepals clear white, and 

 boldly reflexed, corolla bright rose, stout, 

 and well expanded. Most satisfactorj- as a 

 bedder, being free in bloom, and vigoi-ous 

 in constitution, but mi^st be turned out 

 strong to do well with it. 



Mrs. Stort. — A charming variety for 

 pots, but of no use out of doors. The 

 sepals are crimson, and well reflexed, and 

 the corolla a clear white. 



Kendall's Elizabeth. — Here is a gem 

 for out-door work to beat Queen of Hanover. 

 Judging them flower for flower, the Queen 

 of Hanover is far ahead of it. In the Queen, 

 the sepals reflex beautifully, but the corolla 

 is very short. In Elizabeth, the sepals do not 

 reflex beyond the horizontal line, and they 

 are scarcely so pure. But the corolla is 

 longer, neatly formed, plump in substance, 

 and of a cheerful crimson rose ; say about 

 two shades darker than the coral-like co- 

 rolla of the Queen, I know of nothing to 

 surpass a good bed or circle of Kendall's 

 Elizabi'th; it was one of the best seedlings 

 of our late lamented friend, who fell a vic- 

 tim to tetanus but a fortnight since. 



Venus de Medici. — It would have been 

 sad if Venus had deceived us when as- 

 sorted with her kindred flowers. Happily 

 this exquisite fuchsia is all that can be 

 desired when turned out. It remains as 

 pure in the delicate flesh sepals edged with 

 lines of rose, and its clean deep violet blue 

 corolla, as under the best management in 

 pot culture. The proportions of this flower 



