THE 



FLORICULTURAL CABINET, 



AUGUST 1st, 1845. 



PART I. 



EMBELLISHMENTS. 



ARTICLE I. 



FUCHSIA SERRATIFOLIA. 



Scarcely any h-ibe of plants with which we are acquainted has in 

 so few years received such beautiful additions as have Fuchsias. 

 Whilst the cultivator at home has perseveringly engaged in raising 

 seedlings, almost each successive year introduces some fine species 

 from abroad. The Fuchsia has, therefore, unquestionably now 

 become one of the greatest ornaments with which our greenhouses 

 and flower gardens are embellished throughout the summer and 

 autumn. 



The number of species growing in Peru alone, yet remaining to 

 be introduced, of which we have received information, holds out the 

 pleasing hope of still greater improvement ; especially as some of the 

 kinds are described to be very magnificent, and of the most novel 

 and beautiful colours. Messrs. James Veitcb and Son, of the Killerton 

 Nurseries, Exeter, received the present splendid species from Peru, 

 and bloomed the plant, from which our figure was derived, during 

 the past summer. It is remarkably strong and vigorous in growth, 

 and blooms freely; the flowers and leaves being produced in threes, 

 and proceed triangularly from the stem. 



The plant succeeds well with the ordinary treatment applicable to 

 other kinds. 



Vor.. XIII. No. 150. <i 



