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Fuchsia—continued. 
already obtained, or for any of the species. Seeds ripen 
freely in summer on the majority of plants, if they are 
required. When ripe, they should be washed from the 
pulp surrounding them, and afterwards dried, being then 
either sown at once or kept until early the following 
spring. 
Cultivation. Cuttings of Fuchsias, obtained from the 
points of young growing shoots that are free from flowers, 
root readily at any season. The best are those pro- 
duced by old plants when started in early spring, and 
these may be grown very rapidly the following summer. 
If extra-sized specimens are desired, some cuttings should 
be inserted in autumn, and the young plants kept grow- 
ing all the winter. These will then be established in pots 
by the time the others are put in, and will, consequently, 
be considerably advanced. It is not impossible, under 
favourable conditions and proper treatment, to insert 
Fuchsia cuttings in October, and grow pyramidal plants 
some 6ft. high to flower the following July. This is not 
the plan usually adopted, old-established plants, under 
good cultivation, being available for use several years in 
succession, and are, as a rule, easier to manage and more 
certain to succeed. The general treatment in the early 
stages is similar at any season. The cuttings should be 
placed in light soil, about six in a 3in. pot, and plunged 
in a warm propagating frame. When rooted, they should 
be potted singly and kept in a light position, to induce 
a short-jointed sturdy growth. A temperature of about 
60deg., with a rise by sun heat, is. one most suitable for 
the young plants in spring, and plenty of water should 
be applied, with a syringing in the morning and afternoon. 
Apart from inducing growth, this tends greatly to keep 
down insects. Many of the best-habited varieties will 
require but little stopping or training beyond placing a 
stick to the leading growth, and looping the others to 
it. Before the roots become much restricted for room, 
they should be placed in 5in. or 6in. pots, in which any 
of the plants will flower if so desired, or they may then 
be transferred to pots of almost any ordinary size. Fuch- 
sias will succeed if proper attention be bestowed, in 
almost any soil; but where there is a choice, two parts 
loam to one of dried cow-dung, or any other good ma- 
nure, should be selected, well mixed, and used in a 
lumpy state. Plenty of air and a slight shade are 
necessary for those grown under glass in summer, par- 
ticularly when flowering. Liquid manure may be used 
with advantage so soon as the pots are filled with roots. 
Stock plants, or any required for growing another year, 
may be ripened outside, and stored at the approach of 
frost in any cool dry place. These should not be re- 
potted until new growth has commenced. ‘Tender varie- 
ties grown in the open air should be at least one year 
old when planted, and they may be lifted and treated in 
a similar way. The hardy ones are more safe if covered 
with a mound of ashes after being cut down for the 
winter. Those cultivated on rafters or pillars in a green- 
house should be planted out and allowed to grow at will, 
except a little thinning of the growths occasionally; they 
may be kept dry at the root in winter and pruned back 
to a couple of eyes at the base of each shoot. 
F. alpestris (mountain). f. pale crimson; petals broadly 
cuneate, obtuse, deep purple. August. l. opposite, never ter- 
nate, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, their margins slightly revo- 
lute and distantly sub-dentate, pubescent above and below. 
Branches round, densely pubescent. k. 20ft. Organ Mountains, 
1842. In its native habitat, this plant has a rambling, sub-scan- 
dent habit, the branches being from 12ft. to 18ft. or 20ft. high. 
(B. M. 3999.) i 
F. apetala (apetalous).* fl. drooping, l}in. long; calyx red; 
Fg pale hin “sh pedicels sub-corymbose, shorter t the 
flowers. 1. alternate, petiolate, ovate, acuminated, quite entire. 
h. lft. to 2ft. Peru. See Fig. 47 
F. arborescens (tree-like). jl. rose-coloured, as are also the 
rachides and pedicels, numerous, in copiously branched terminal 
panicles. October to February. J. elliptic, attenuated at both 
ends. Mexico, &c. Small tree or tall shrub. (B. M. 2620.) Syns. 
F. paniculata and F. syringæflora (R. H. 1873, 311). ; 
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Fuchsia—continued. 
F. bacillaris (rod-branched). jl. on slender drooping pedicels, 
epringing from the copious upper and younger branchlets, and 
thus forming a rather large leafy thyrse, or compact panicle ; 
pore deep rose, sub-obcordate, spreading, nerved, bearing a 
lunt mucro at the retuse apex. Summer. 4 opposite or ternate, 
lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, entire or denticulo-serrate, small, 
nearly sessile, penninerved. Branches with reddish bark. Mexico. 
A low-growing shrub. (B. M. 4506.) 
Fic. 47. FLOWERING BRANCH OF FUCHSIA APETALA. 
F. boliviana (Bolivian).* A. rich crimson, 2in. to 3in. long, tube 
trumpet-shaped. h. 2ft. to 4ft. Bolivia, 1876. Of a compact 
branching habit, and free growth. (R. H. 1876, 150.) 
F. coccinea (scarlet). f., petals violet, obovate and convolute ; 
sepals scarlet, purple at the base, oblong, acute. Summer. Z 
small, ovate, obtuse, denticulated, on short hairy petioles, downy 
white underneath, nearly glabrous above. h. 3ft. Brazil(). A 
Mo — bushy plant, with slender downy branches. (B. M. 
F. corallina (coral-red).* fl. pendulous; corolla dark plum- 
colour ; sepals crimson. l. of greenish-crimson tint, the under 
side being of a dark crimson, opposite, in whorls of four or five. 
Young stems dark red; old ones attaining a considerable height 
(20ft. in favourable spots in West of England) and thickness. 
(G. C. n. s., xx. 565, under name of F. exoniensis.) 
Fic. 48. FLOWERING BRANCH OF FUCHSIA CORYMBIFLORA. 
