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THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN aUIDE. 



plunged in the garden soil, level ■with the 

 rim of the pot, watered and staked as they 

 may require it during the summer, but few 

 flowers are allowed to be produced, and 

 pinching in the shoots to keep the plant 

 compact attended to. In autumn, when 

 frost is expected, they are lifted, gently 

 turned out of the pot to sec if any worms 

 have made their way in, and if so, care- 

 fully removed, when they are again re- 

 turned to the pot, the pot washed, the plant 

 dusted with sulphur to keep down mildew, 

 and placed in a greenhouse, or cold pit or 

 frame until towards spring. They are then 



put in a warm part of the greenhouse, or 

 warm window, and as soon as they fairly 

 begin to grow, if the dung bed, or other 

 means, is in readiness for striking, cuttings 

 in almost endless numbers may be taken 

 from them, as they will produce several suc- 

 cessive crops of shoots fit for that purpose, 

 and verbena shoots one inch long in spring 

 may be struck to make better plants by 

 May than the generality of autumn struck 

 ones. The foregoing plan is applicable 

 to petunias, ageratums, heliotropes, and 

 most other bedding plants, especially those 

 which throw up freely from the root. 



FUCHSIAS.— LONDOI^ GARDEKS.- 

 COLOURS. 



-DESCRIPTIONS OE 



I WAS gratified to find you had not quite 

 forgotten a list of Fuchsias, which I have 

 been waiting anxiously for. I find I can 

 add but few to those I already possess. 



With your leave, I will just give you 

 the names, etc., of a few old ones, which 

 should not be discarded yet ; they are all 

 free growers, which many of the new ones 

 are not. This flower appears to yield to 

 the same law of nature as all others, and 

 the nearer it approaches perfection the 

 more tender its constitution becomes. 



Prince Albert. — Profuse bloomer, ex- 

 cellent habit, finely reflexed. 



Fet. — Ditto, ditto ; flower not first- 

 rate, but very early, well reflexed. 



King Charming. — A great bloomer, 

 very early, blue corolla, short flower, well 

 reflexed, like a Turk-cap lily. 



Splendidisslma. — As a standard for 

 out-door planting, few surpass this; bright 

 Bcarlet-crimson, purple corolla. 



JjJxquisite. — An excellent one for train- 

 ing against a wall, in or out-doors, for 

 which purpose it must not be starved, but 

 should be grown into several long rods, 

 and spurred back. 



Clapton Hero. — A fine largo fellow, 

 purple corolla. I use this for suspended 

 baskets, but it will not do to plant any- 

 thing else with it unless in very large bas- 

 kets, it is such a strong grower ; slightly 

 reflexed. 



Nil Desperaiidnm, — Excellent twiggy 

 habit, polished, w^ell reflexed, deep violet 

 corolla ; one of the best old darks, and 

 scarcely beaten, yet excellent for small 

 susjDended baskets. 



Volcano di Aqua. — Much the same ; 

 perhaps a trifle better habit. 



Prince of Wales. — Fine bold flower, 

 well reflexed. 



XIGHT. 



Silver Swan. — A very pretty smallish 

 flower, nicely reflexed. 



Sir R. Peel. — About twelve years old, 

 but good yet ; light tube, salmon-scarlet 

 corolla, blooms by haudsful, and all the 

 winter. 



Von Wrang. — A pretty little thing, 

 very small. 



NgmpJi. — A very old one, but still a 

 sweet little thing ; great bloomer. 



Incomparable. — White, with plum- 

 coloured corolla ; fine bold flower, free 

 grower ; excellent as a standard for out- 

 doors, being very conspicuous from the 

 purity of tlie colour. 



Duchess of Lancaster. — The best light 

 yet out; pity the tube is long, a fault in 

 all the light (soloui-ed ones ! splendidly re- 

 flexed, and corolla finely expanded, but 

 difficult to grow into large handsome 

 plants. [Yes, and sometimes difficult to 

 keep.] 



Fair Oriana. — A beauty; the best light 

 with a dark corolla at present in use. 



Those who are not well acquainted with 

 the many varieties of this flower should 

 take a trip to Kew in August. They grow 

 great quantities, and well too ; but ama- 

 teurs must not expect to compete with 

 them, at least in the shape of the plants ; 

 for to grow them into a pyramidal shape 

 requires that they be kept moving all the 

 winter, which is out of the power of those 

 who have only a greenhouse. For such, 

 perhaps, the best way is to cut down the 

 old plants to three or four inches, and train 

 out six or eight shoots at most, growing 

 the plants in 32's or 48's ; larger bushes 

 being only in the way in email housea. A 



