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inches or so of the base. Bush specimens are remarkably hand- 

 some, and several of the most important prizes that have been 

 awarded to me have been gained by them. When pruned hard 

 back, they push up strong shoots, and if these are stopped once or 

 twice, large, handsome bushes are the result. The pyramids will 

 require the shoots to be pinched back twice or three times, the 

 last stopping to be done about a month before they are wanted in 

 bloom. If the shoots are overcrowded in any part, thin them mode- 

 rately to afford those remaining sufficient space for development. 

 The old plants must, when the young shoots are an inch or so in 

 length, be taken out of the pots, and all the soil removed from 

 about the roots. The latter should then be washed, drawn through 

 a little dry sand, and be put in pots of the same size, or one size 

 larger than those previously occupied, the compost, of course, to be 

 the same as recommended for the small plants. 



Although my collection in- 

 cludes over one hundred and fifty 

 varieties, and is probably the 

 largest iu the country, I should 

 advise the amateur not to grow a 

 very large number unless he 

 makes a hobby of fuchsias. 

 Twenty sorts will be enough to 

 begin with, and these should 

 consist of the undermentioned, 

 which I have arranged according 

 to the classification that for some 

 years past has been adopted in 

 my Floral Guide : — 



Scarlet tubes and sepals, and 



dark corollas. — Hercules, Crown 



Prince of Prussia, Enoch Arden, 



Killiecrankie, and Wave of 



Life. 



Scarlet tubes and sepals, tcith 



rose or lavender corollas. — Eight 



Hon. J. Bright, Pather Ignatius, 



King of Fuchsias, and Roderick 



Dhu. 



White tiibes and sepals, with 

 pink or scarlet corollas. — Our 



Future Queen, Baroness Burdett 



Coutts,Arabella, and Mrs. J. Lye. 

 Scarlet tubes and sepals, tvhite 



corollas. — Conspicua, Cannell's 



Gem, and Mrs. E. Bennett. 



Scarlet tubes and sepals, with 



double dark corolla. — Avalanche 



(Henderson), Champion of the 



World, Harry Williams, and Exquisite. 



Scarlet tubes and sepals, with tvhite corollas. — Mrs. H. Cannell is, 



Aprii. 



MHS. U. CASN'ELL. 



