76 THE GENUS FUCHSIA. [parti. 



a guinea each. Now more than twenty species, 

 and innumerable hybrids and varieties, are in 

 common cultivation, and we find them not onl}^ 

 in greenhouses and windows, but planted in the 

 open air as common border shrubs. The first 

 Fuchsia seen in England was F. coccinea^ intro- 

 duced in 1788 ; and this species is still common 

 in our gardens. It was followed about 1796 by 

 F. lycoides ; and after that no other species was 

 introduced till 1821, since when a full tide of 

 Fuchsias has kept pouring in upon our gardens, 

 from the different parts of Mexico, South 

 America, and New Zealand, to the present time. 

 All the Fuchsias were formerly divided into 

 two sections ; the plants in one of which having 

 the stamens and pistil concealed, and those in 

 the other having the stamens and style exserted, 

 that is, projecting beyond the other parts of the 

 flower. The first division comprises all the 

 small-flowered kinds ; such as F. microphylla^ 

 thymifolia^ cylindracea, and hacillaris, all which 

 have the lobes of the calyx short, and the petals 

 partially concealed. F. parviflora belongs to 

 this division, but it is distinguished by its glau- 

 cous leaves with an entire margin; and F, lycoides 

 is also included in it ; though this last seems to 

 form the connecting link between the two 

 sections, as both its petals and its style and sta- 

 mens are partially exposed. The second division 



