THE FUCHSIA 



is better than a stick, because a well-developed 

 plant will have a very heavy top, and as a stake 

 soon becomes rotten when inserted in damp 

 soil, there is great danger of the plant being 

 broken in moving it about. Be on the safe 

 side, and provide a support that will not fail 

 you at the time when needed most. Tie the 

 main stalk of the plant to it, as it goes up, and 

 let every branch take care of itself. Rather 

 than insult a Fuchsia of dropping habit by tying 

 its branches into unnatural positions — positions 

 it would never think of taking if left to itself — 

 I would forego the cultivation of it altogether. 



Some varieties of the Fuchsia are naturally 

 upright in habit. Rose of Castile — white and 

 violet — and Black Prince — carmine and coral 

 — are types of this class. Were it not for the 

 precaution taken against accident in moving 

 the plants, no support would be required by 

 these varieties. 



Other varieties, like Convent Garden White 

 — ivory white sepals and rose-colored corolla, 

 — and Speciosa — carmine and pink, — are very 

 strong, rampant growers, and can be trained 

 to the top of a window, if desired, provided 

 sufficient support is furnished. For these I 

 would advise a rod of iron, in which holes have 



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