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5 E. cuspidatum, The pointed. The flower stem rises about a 

 foot and a half, having several flowers, the petals of which are of a 

 yellowish green colour, and the rest of the flower a pure white. It 

 is a ornamental species. It blooms with me in July and August. 



6. E. cochleatum, The spiral. The flowers are produced upon 

 a stalk about fifteen inches long. They are very curious, being of a 

 brown and purple colour; this kind flowers nearly all the year. 



7. E. diffuscm, The diffuse flowered. The flower stem does 

 not extend more than a foot long, the flowers are green, but pretty. 

 It blooms in September and October. 



8. E. elongatum, Long stalked. The flower stem extends near 

 a yard long, producing numerous flowers, of a reddish colour. It 

 blooms from May to September. This species is easy of culture, 

 and^ of propagation ; in turfy peat, rotten wood and potsherds, grown 

 in a strong moist heat, this kind flourishes amazingly. 



9. E. fkagrans, Sweet scented. The flower stem extends about 

 nine inches, producing numerous, highly fragrant flowers, which give 

 a delightful odour in the stove. The petals are of a greenish white 

 coluur, and the labellnm is streaked with deep rose. It is a very de- 

 servedlv cultivated species. This kind grows best with me, in equal 

 parts of rotten wood, turfy peat, and potsherds ; 1 also use a little 

 moss for bottom drainage, which is of advantage. 



(To be continual.) 



ARTICLE VI.— ON A HEDGE FORMED OF FUCHSIAS. 



1SV IXCY. 



During the summer of 1835, I visited a considerable number of 

 Noblemen and Gentlemen's gardens in the midland counties, as 

 Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Northamptonshire, &c, and among 

 the most showy and ornamental plants which came under my notice 

 and attracted my attention, was a hedge formed of Fuchsia virgata. 

 It was fifty yards long, and six feet high, clothed with a vast pro- 

 fusion of the beautiful pt-ndant blossoms. No adequate conception 

 can be formed of its beauty by those persons who have not seen it. 



The very intelligent, and communicative gardener, gave me the 

 following particulars of the mode of management he had so success- 

 fully practised with the plants, which in two years bad been brought 

 to a state of perfection and beauty. 



In the spring of 1833 two old plants of Fuchsia virgata, growing 

 in the open border, were taken up, and having many rooted suckers 

 they were divided from the old plants. Each sucker was potted into 



