ON RAISING HYBRID SEEDLING FUCHSIAS. 27 



begin to vegetate again, especially so if the bed be moist; it is best, 

 therefore, to select them out as they appear to be ready, and not have 

 an entire taking up at once. Every portion of soil adhering to the 

 roots should be cleaned away about a fortnight after taking up, either 

 by washing or other safe means ; the claws then close nearly toge- 

 ther, and are not so liable to break as when kept distant by soil ad- 

 hering, which when removing at spring the brittle claws often get 

 injured. 



A judiciously arranged bed of Ranunculuses, when in bloom, is a 

 striking object of admiration, and renders it replete with proofs of 

 the infinite kindness and transcendent wisdom and power of the 

 Almighty Creator. 



"' Not a flower 

 But shows some touch, in freckle, streak, or strain, 

 Of his unrivalled pencil. He inspires 

 Their balmy odours, and imparts their hues, 

 And bathes their eyes with nectar, and includes. 

 In grains as countless as the sea-side sands, 

 The forms with which he sprinkles all the earth." 



ARTICLE II. 



A FEW OBSERVATIONS UPON RAISING HYBRID FUCHSIAS 



FROM SEEDS. 



BY S. U. P. 



The acquisition of the Fuchsia fulgens has expanded the field for 

 multiplying the beautiful family of which it forms so splendid a 

 member, and the day is approaching when its varieties in shade and 

 habit will be as numerous as the Pelargonium, Calceolaria, or any 

 other popular flower of the day. The graceful beauty of the Fuchsia 

 has long made it a favourite, and much had been effected in the pro- 

 duction of hybrids before the possession of the well-named fulgens ; 

 but the introduction of this noble plant, so dissimilar in habit, foliage, 

 and flower, marks a new epoch in the cultivation of this deserving 

 favourite, and must stimulate every lover of floriculture to the in- 

 creasing of new varieties. This I learn from the Cabinet is pro- 

 gressing, and that many pretty hybrids are before the public ; but 

 much remains to be effected : the field is wide, and but few arc pre- 

 served from the many that are " doomed to blush unseen." As some 



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