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and is of rapid growth. In some winters 

 it is not cut down by frost. There is a 

 variety called multiflora, which is very 

 free - flowering, and which has shorter 

 flowers and of darker crimson. F. tenclla 

 is a seedling variety. Chili. 



F. Riccartoni. — One of the prettiest 

 and hardiest sorts, growing well without 

 protection even in parts of Scotland. It 

 is compact and twiggy, and in summer 

 bears many bright red blossoms. A 

 garden hybrid. 



Besides these, other kinds are in cul- 

 tivation, such as procumbens — a curious 



Kirkii, procumbens — from N. Zealand, and 

 one, racemosa, from the Island of San Do- 

 mingo. The known species arc : — 



F. alpestris, ampliata, apetala, arborescens, 

 ayaovacensis, baciilarts, boliviana, caiiescens, 

 ca7'acasana, choiiotica, coccinea, Colensoi, con- 

 fertifolia, cordifolia, corymbijlora, ciirviflora, 

 deaissata, denticnlata, dcpendens, Ettcliandra, 

 excorticata, fiilgens, globosa, Hartwegii, hir- 

 sitta, hirtella, insignis, inte§rifolia intermedia, 

 Kirkii, Lenneana, longijlora, loxensis, ma- 

 crantha, macropetala, viacrostemma, macro- 

 stigma, membranacea, microphylla, miniata, 

 niinimijiora, minutiflora, mixta, montana, 

 nigricans, Notarisii, ovalis, pai~viflora, petio- 



little New Zealand species — serratifoha, 

 magellantca, thyviifoha, and niitrophyUa, 

 and nearly all the hybrid kinds do out-of- 

 doors in summer, and bloom well, though 

 they may be cut down in winter. Among 

 the most distinct and pretty are the 

 dwarf and fragile kinds, such as F. micro- 

 phylla, F. puiiiila, and several hardy 

 hybrids of the globosa section, all of 

 which seem to flourish unusually well 

 near the sea, and to grow almost any- 

 where. 



Fuchsias are mostly S. American plants, 

 chiefly from Brazil, Bolivia, Chili, Ecuador, 

 Peru, New Grenada, and Venezuela, but some 

 from Mexico, some — viz. Colensoi, Eucliandra, 



laris,proiiimbens, ptibescens, qtandtiensis, race- 

 mosa, rosea, sahujoha, siabrtuscula, serrati- 

 folia, sessilifolia, simplicicatilis, spectabilis, 

 spinosa, splenden';, sylvatica, thy»nfolia, tri- 

 phylla, iimbrosa, venusta, verrucosa, virgata. 



FUNKIA {Phmtciin Z/Zj/X -Valuable 

 Japanese plants of the Lily Order, of which 

 there are about half-a-dozen species and 

 numerous varieties. The difterent species 

 are free-flowering herbaceous plants, with 

 spikes of bell-shaped flowers, but the 

 chief value is in the foliage. They are 

 noble plants, most useful for many 

 positions in the garden, while few lend 

 such a fine effect as F. Sieboldi when 

 finely developed. They are highly suit- 



