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ornament in any place. After blooming they begin to 
look yellow, and then comes the critical time in Fuchsia 
culture in the Southern States. We find it extremely 
difficult to ‘‘Summer’’ Fuchsias, and even with great 
care a good many of them will not live through the Sum- 
mer in this section. The best plan is after they are done 
blooming and commencing to lose their leaves, is to 
remove them to the coolest and most shady position 
about your place, cover the tops of the pots with moss as 
a mulch to help keep the roots cool and moist. When in 
this state they do not need much water as they are not 
growing, but must not be allowed to become dust dry. 
When frost comes remove them to a cool dry place, such 
as a shed, a cellar, or beneath the bench in the green 
house. When wanted to start them shake every particle 
of soil from the roots, cut them back a little and pot in 
small pots, shifting them to larger ones as they grow and 
make more roots, as there is nothing the Fuchsia dislikes 
more than to be pot bound; give them good sized pots, 
plenty of water, keep the foliage scrupulously clean by 
continual syringing and you will have no trouble in rais- 
ing fine plants. They do not like strong sunshine, a part- 
ly shaded position suits them best. In some portions of 
the South and in California where the Fuchsia stays out 
through the Winter, they attam a large size, and in this 
ease require but little attention. In England and Wales 
the Fuchsias are cultivated with very little trouble, the 
climate there seems particularly suited to them. Fine 
old plants are to be met with in all the plant houses and 
conservatories in wonderful perfection. Many of them 
are very old and have large stems from eight to twelve 
inches in diameter, and their branches are trained over 
the roofs of the conservatories, so that when they bloom 
the thousands of pendants that hang from every rafter 
