FEBRUARY. 33 



THE WHITE COROLLA'D FUCHSIA. 



(Plate 97.) 



We this month give an illustration of this great novelty among 

 Fuchsias. We have for a long time possessed varieties with 

 white tubes and sepals and light scarlet corollas, but now, thanks 

 to the perseverance of the late Mr. Story, we have these points 

 reversed, and in the beautiful variety appropriately named 

 "Queen Victoria," now before us, the tube and sepals are scarlet, 

 while the corolla is white. It will be seen from the illustra- 

 tion that the flower is not deficient in form, and reflexes nicely. 

 The question w411 immediately arise, How has this been obtained? 

 And we regret that a definite reply cannot be given to this inquiry. 

 Ever since they were sold to Messrs. E. G. Henderson and Son, 

 of the Wellington Road Nursery (for other varieties with white 

 corollas by the same raiser are in their possession), Mr. Story 

 has been a great suff'erer from a severe affliction, and, in the hope 

 of his recovering, no steps were taken to inquire into their origin. 

 Death has now terminated his suff'erings, and that information 

 cannot be clearly ascertained. It is, however, believed that Mr. 

 Story obtained pollen through Mr. Veitch, of the Exeter nur- 

 series, from a species with a small and almost white corolla, and 

 transferring it to a dark variety, obtained ultimately the batch of 

 seedlings now to be sent out, of which Queen Victoria is one. 

 The species alluded to died very shortly after it had flowered. 



The beautiful dark variety. Queen Victoria, was raised by E. 

 Banks, Esq., of Sholden Lodge, near Deal, the successful raiser 

 of Glory, Autocrat, Elegans, Queen of Hanover, Clio, and other 

 fine varieties, and is now in the possession of Messrs. E. G. 

 Henderson and Son. The two varieties, with some others, are to 

 be sent out in spring. 



GLASS WALLS versus BRICK WALLS. 

 {^Concluded from page 15.) 

 My own opinion, founded on experience, is this — that throughout 

 the length and breadth of the British isles, by proper attention as to 

 selection of stocks and sorts, by proper attention to soils and localities, 

 and by performing all the operations connected wdth the planting and 

 growth of trees from early infancy to old age — 1 say by these means we 

 can produce a supply of all our fruits equal to the wants of our popula- 

 tion, and that, too, at a price which will place our common fruits — as 

 Apples — within the means of the working classes, and w^hich will pay 

 the grower. I will presently state a few facts in support of this opinion. 

 Before 1 do so I must return to " Helminthion's " article. " If, how- 

 ever," he says, " we give credence to Mr. Saul, that simple means of 



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