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all. Nearly all the primitive Fuchsias are found in the 
Central and Southern regions of America, in shady moist 
places, in forests, or on lofty mountains of Mexico, Peru 
and Chili. It was named in honor of Leonard Fuchs, a 
German botanist. Many varieties of Fuchsias are grown 
and each season brings some new varieties into the field 
that surpasses all its predecessors, only to be themselves 
eclipsed in their turn. The soil best suited for the cul- 
ture of these plants is a mixture of half good yellow loam, 
the other half well-decomposed manure and good leaf 
mould, to which may be added a portion of sharp river 
sand. Fuchsias may be propagated by seed or cuttings; 
the former will give fresh varieties, but the latter is the 
system which all growers adopt to maintain their stock, 
either for home decoration or public exhibition. The 
euttings should be taken off about the beginning of 
March (from old plants which have been placed in heat 
to induce them to push out young wood), and placed in 
a gentle hot bed. When rooted, which they very quickly 
will be, pot them singly in small pots, and keep them 
growing in a gentle heat until they may be removed to 
the greenhouse, where they should be kept near the 
glass, and receive larger pots as the old ones become 
filled with roots. The pyramidal form is that in which 
these plants are most generally grown, and it is one in 
’ which the beauty of the flowers are seen to the greatest 
advantage. To keep the plant in good form, the leading 
growth must be kept well up above the laterals, and the 
plant frequently turned round should it show any incli- 
nation to draw to one side; the lateral shoots must be 
pinched in order to keep a proper balance, and to form a 
cense and shapely pyramid. Thus grown, they form 
delightful objects in the greenhouse; indeed a Fuchsia, — 
when well bloomed, either a large or small plant, is an 
