THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 115 



FUCHSIA, MES. H. CANNELL. 



>HIS splendid fuchsia, now in course of distribution, may 

 fairly be considered one of the most meritorious of 

 florists' flowers introduced this season, and the very finest 

 fuchsia in its class. It belongs to the class of double 

 white corolla flowers, and it surpasses all yet in commerce 

 in the larger size, and more perfect form of its flowers, and its free 

 branching habit. The flowers, as shown in the illustration, are large 

 and of splendid form, the broad leathery bright red sepals being 

 beautifully reflexed, and the white corolla, full, of great depth and 

 perfect form. Its excellent habit is one of its principal recommenda- 

 tions, for with one or two exceptions, the habit of the varieties in the 

 same class is such as to render it most difficult to produce a hand- 

 some, well-flowered specimen. It is, therefore, exceedingly well 

 adapted for exhibition and general decoration. The illustration is 

 taken from a plant grown in the nursery of Mr. H. Cannell, Station 

 Road, AVoolwich, who holds the stock, and who has moreover the 

 largest and most complete collection of fuchsias in the country. 



THE EEEN'CH BREAKFAST RADISH. 



BY WILLIAM COLE, 

 Head Gardener, Ealing Part, Middlesex, W. 



[,HE French breakfast radish, so largely grown for the 

 Paris markets, is as yet but little known in this country 

 although it is much the best radish for the table and 

 salad bowl yet introduced to cultivation. It is especially 

 valuable in all cases where it is necessary to send the 

 radishes to table in a very small state. The bulbs are oval in shape, 

 and can be allowed to attain a usable size without appearing too 

 large, and when they are about half grown they have a very elegant 

 appearance, quite surpassing the long and turnip -rooted varieties. 

 They also quite surpass them in delicacy of flavour. 



The French breakfast radish may be had in the same colours as 

 the turnip-rooted, namely, scarlet, white, and scarlet-tipped white. 

 The last-mentioned is the prettiest on the table, for the lower por- 

 tion of the bright red olive-shaped bulb is pure white, and a very 

 pretty contrast is the result. 



The cultivation of this radish does not differ in any way from 

 the long and turnip-rooted sorts. It requires a moderately rich and 

 well pulverised soil, and for the earliest crop a warm border. A 

 border at the foot of a south wall is the most suitable position for 

 the earliest sowing out of doors ; and for keeping the frost out of 

 the beds sown very early, a covering of straw is most useful, but it 

 is of the highest importance to remove it before the young plants 

 are drawn. The crops sown after the early part of April will require 

 no such protection, but proper precautions must be taken to keep 

 the birds off, for the sparrows and the finches are very partial to the 

 seed, and the young and tender plants also just as they are pushing 



April. 



