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ON GROWING FUCHSIAS IN LARGE POTS IN THE 

 OPEN AIR. 



It should ever be the aim of all cultivators to bring each class of 

 plants to the highest stage of beauty of which they are susceptible. 



Early last spring, having some old specimens of Fuchsias which 

 had become too large for the greenhouse, I had them planted out 

 into large pots, and then set out in the garden ; they succeeded ad- 

 mirably, and were a complete mass of bloom the whole summer ; 

 they did equally as well as if they had been planted out in the open 

 borders ; and it is well known that, when so treated, and circum- 

 stances of suitable soil, situation, &c. are favourable, they grow with 

 excessive luxuriance, and have a most striking effect. 



I have so far only tried the experiment with some of the dark 

 class, but it is equally applicable to the light ones also. F. serrati- 

 folia and F. fulgens make fine objects when so treated ; and the 

 recent introduction of F. spectabilis will, I have no doubt, prove a 

 great acquisition. I have made preparation for growing them to a 

 greater extent this year, and have added several new varieties to my 

 collection : these I prepared in the autumn, by getting the wood 

 ripe, so that they would stand the winter in a cool shed ; they re- 

 quire little or no water during this period ; prevent them as much 

 as possible from starting to grow in the spring previous to their 

 being placed out of doors. To do well, they require a rich soil. I 

 have found good turfy loam, old rotten manure, and sand used in a 

 rough state, to answer satisfactorily, taking care to have the pots well 

 drained. They must be liberally watered during summer ; and if 

 occasionally manure- water is used, it improves their appearance 

 wonderfully. 



By advocating this method of growing the Fuchsia, I by no means 

 would recommend the discontinuance of growing them under glass, 

 as ornaments for the greenhouse, as I know of no handsomer class 

 of plants for this purpose during the early summer months. 



Hull. H. S. Norman. 



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