258 THE FLORIST. 



sixty degrees of heat. Let them be shifted into three-inch 

 pots ; and where phmts are required to be grown spherically, 

 take care to encourage all branches, stopping them back to 

 the second eye, by pinching them all round twice, leaving the 

 leading shoot to grow unstopped until it may have attained 

 a sufficient height. This will insure fine bushy plants. The 

 form of the plant is, of course, a matter of taste. Most splen- 

 did specimens have been produced at Messrs. Frasers', Lea 

 Bridge Road ; they were grown as standards, about five feet 

 high, with their branches drooping nearly to the pot, and 

 covered with bloom ; these w^ere quite equal, if not superior 

 to any thing usually met with both as to growth and beauty. 

 Those who wish to possess themselves of plants of this de- 

 scription, will obtain them by removing the eyes on either 

 side up to the last four joints from the top ; and having now 

 your plant grown to the required height, remove the leader, 

 when the four joints that were left undisturbed will push freely. 

 These should be stopped at the second joint, in order that the 

 head may become sufficiently branched. Do not expect much 

 the first year; the second, with good care, they ought to be 

 quite satisfactory. 



The Fuchsia must be placed out of doors for a month 

 or two, especially those that have flowered early; this gives 

 strength to the wood for the next year. Set them out in a 

 shady situation as soon as their beauty is past, until October, 

 when they should be removed to a place of rest, any where, so 

 that the frost and wet are kept from them. If you want them 

 early in June, let them be fresh potted ; and if you require 

 them in the same-sized pot, rub a little of the old soil off, sup- 

 plying the same with fresh. Like the Pelargonium, the Fuch- 

 sia always flowers best when the roots reach the side of the 

 pot, so that with large plants the one-shift system sliould be 

 practised ; place them in the usual heat, give them the usual 

 care, and when the plants come into bloom, supply them with 

 manure-water twice a week; no liquid fertiliser is perhaps 

 better for this plant than that made from sheep-manure. Let 

 the plants stand in pans during the blooming season ; shade on 

 all occasions when the sun is bright, the light sorts especially; 

 syringe frequently, fumigate, &c. 



The following list comprises some of the best in each class, 

 viz. Darks : Glory, a splendid variety, raised by Mr. Banks ; 

 tube and sepals bright scarlet, the latter broad and w^ell re- 

 flexed; corolla deep violet, bell-shaped ; flowers large ; plant 

 of fine habit. Dr. Lindley, also by the same celebrated Fuch- 

 sia raiser, is a noble variety : tube and sej^als coral red; co- 

 rolla dark violet-purple; flower large, and habit good, 'ihe 



