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THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



purple flowers, more or less chequered 

 with greenish-yellow ; F. pyrefiaica, a 

 similar species, but more robust ; F. 

 liliacea, /I'/ior/iiza, lanceolafa, lusitaniai, 

 pallidiflora, tulipifolia, rutkc/nca, and 

 ffisfis, all with dull brownish-purple or 

 greenish flowers. 



Fritillaria species. — F. acinopetala, Syria. 

 alba, N. Amer. armena, Armenia, assyriaca, 

 Mesopotamia. at)-opui-pu7-ea, N.W. Amer. bi- 

 flora, Calif, bithyiiica, I3ithyn. Boissieri, Spain. 

 bucharica, Bokhara, cauischaicensis, E. Asia. 

 cirrhosa, Himal. conica, Greece, cornuta. 

 Co7-nuti. crassifolia, As. Min. ciipi-ea, Mexico. 

 dagaaa, Siberia, dasyphylla, Lycea. Editatiii, 

 Bokhara. Ehrha7-ti, Greece. Elwesii, Lycea. 

 Fleischei-iana, Asia Min. Forbesii, Lycea. 

 Gardneriana, Himal. gibbosa, Persia, Afghan. 

 grceca, Greece, imperialis, Persia, Himal. 

 involiicrata, Italy. Japouica, Japan. kii7-dica, 

 Kurdistan, la/ueolaia, N. W. Amer. latifolia, 

 Caucas. liba7iotica, Syria. hliacea, Calif. 

 Iusita7iica, Portugal, bitea, Caucas. Mekagi-is, 

 Europe, Caucas. 7iieleag7-oides, Siberia. 7)ies- 

 sane7isis, Mediterr. region. 7/nittita, Kurdi- 

 stan. MiDibyi, Algeria. obliqica, Greece. 

 Oliviei-i, Persia. 07-a7ie7isis, Algeria, oxypetala, 

 India. pallidiJio7-a, Siberia. pa7-viJlo7-a, Calif 

 persica, Armenia. Phia7-dt, As. Alin. //«;;- 

 tagi7iijolia. East. pltt7-iflo7-a, Calif, poiitica, 

 Greece, p/'cpcox, S. Europe. F/-zewaIs/cn, 

 E. Asia, piidica, N. W. Amer. py7-e7iaica, 

 Pyrenees. 7-ace//iosa, do. recn7-va, N. W. 

 Amer. Reiite7-i, Persia. i-hodoca7iakis , Grec. 

 Archip. Royki, Himal. i-uthe/iica, Caucas. 

 Schliei)ia7i/ii, Asia Min. Se'we7-zowt, Cent. Asia. 

 Sibtho/pia7ia, Greece. te7iella, Europe, Caucas. 

 tuba:for/nis, S. Europe. Uilipifolia, Caucas. 

 usurte7isis, Amoor. ve7-ticillata, Siberia. 

 WaUtjezvi, Turkestan. 



FUCHSIA. — Graceful and distinct 

 shrubs, too seldom seen in our flower 

 gardens near the coasts, and especially 

 in southern and western parts ; some are 

 hardy and beautiful in gardens. In 

 other districts Fuchsias are cut down by 

 frost, but spring up again, and, in fact, live 

 the life of herbaceous plants ; but in mild 

 districts they often escape for years, and 

 become handsome bushes. Not showy, 

 in mass of flower they are of the highest 

 beauty ; and when we use plants with 

 rather tall stems or pyramids. In mild 

 districts, where it is a hardy shrub, we 

 see it to perfection ; in others, the most 

 effective pyramidal plants have to be 

 placed out in summer. The right way to 

 manage Fuchsias put out for the summer 

 only is to induce them, as far as possible, 

 to make all their growth in the open air ; 

 for if we start them and make them full 

 of leaves and strong young growth in 

 the spring, they will be disappointing ; 

 but if kept back and not let burst 

 into leaf until put in the open air in 



May, they will go on and retain all the 

 strength they gather. They should then 

 be taken up and put in a dry cave, cellar, 

 or shed for the winter. In many places 

 refuse plants may be turned to good 

 account in this way. Nothing is simpler 

 than to make of these standards for the 

 flower garden by cutting away the lower 

 and middle side-shoots and leaving the 

 head. All may be freely propagated from 

 cuttings in spring or autumn. There are 

 about a dozen more or less hardy kinds 

 that succeed in the open air in the southern 

 and western counties, and many more in 

 warm seaside localities. The following 

 are among the hardiest kinds : — 



F. coccinea. — A bushy plant, graceful, 

 hardy, and free in growth and bloom, 

 unless the soil be of the coldest descrip- 

 tion, and even then a slight covering of 

 coal ashes after the stems are cut down 

 in autumn will protect the roots in winter. 

 In favourable situations it is often 6 ft. 

 high, and from the axils of the leaves, 

 which are a fine green, veined with red, 

 the flowers, which before they fully open 

 are not unlike crimson drops, are borne in 

 profusion during the greater part of the 

 summer. Chili. 



F. conica. — A vigorous compact species 

 3 to 6 ft. high, but not such a free flowerer 

 as some of the others. The flowers have 

 scarlet sepals and dark purple petals. 

 Chili. 



F. corallina. — A' beautiful tall plant, 

 and therefore suited for walls and houses. 

 The flowers are large and of a showy 

 red colour, and the plant is a vigorous 

 grower and free bloomer. 



F. discolor is a dwarf variety with 

 numerous small scarlet flowers. It is the 

 hardiest of all, not being injured by the 

 winters in the milder parts of Scotland if 

 treated as a herbaceous plant. F. pianila 

 is similar, but more slender, and equally 

 desirable. 



F. globosa.— One of the best of the 

 hardy Fuchsias. The flowers are globose 

 in bud, and retain their shape for some 

 time after they begin to expand, on 

 account of the petals adhering at the tips. 

 It forms a sturdy and often a large shrub 

 in sea-shore districts. There is no reason 

 why it should not be grown in drier dis- 

 tricts, even if cut down by frost every 

 year. 



F. gracilis. — A distinct slender plant, 

 with flowers on long slender stalks. The 

 young shoots are a purplish-red, the calyx 

 is a brighter scarlet, and the corolla has a 

 greater infusion of red than other hardy 

 kinds. In warm districts it is nearly 7 ft. 

 high, from 12 to 15 ft. in circumference, 



