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through flowering give it less water and keep in a 
cool light place. During summer keep it as cool as 
possible, on the veranda, or plunged in the shade 
of a tree. About September rapid growth will be 
made and it may gradually be given full sunlight. 
Gloire Cincinnati is a splendid begonia of very 
recent introduction and it is claimed to be much 
hardier than Gloire de Lorraine, but whether it 
will prove satisfactory as a house plant I cannot say. 
There are many other beautiful kinds of begonias 
besides the few described above. If you have 
room, by all means try some of them. 
As to soil, add about one-third of thoroughly pul- 
verized leaf-mould to the potting soil described on 
page 15, if you would give them the best condi- 
tions. In watering keep them if anything a little 
on the “dry side.” They like plenty of light but 
will do best if kept out of the direct rays of the 
sun. 
Fuchsia. 
There is perhaps no plant which more perfectly 
combines gracefulness and beauty of color than a 
well grown fuchsia in full bloom. Well-grown in 
this case does not simply mean that it should have 
been given the proper care as regards food and 
temperature. The fuchsia is naturally a somewhat 
trailing and very brittle-wooded plant. It needs 
support and the problem is to give it this support 
