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largoniums, Rhododendrons, Chrysanthemums, &c, have paid atten- 

 tion to hybridizing the most dissimilar kinds, and rendering them 

 highly popular flowers. Since the introduction, in the year 1837, of 

 Fuchsia fulgens, and subsequently of F. corymbiflora, a fresh impulse 

 has been given to the raising hybrids between these species and others, 

 the result has been the production of numerous striking varieties, 

 amongst which are some possessing great beauty, and highly deserving 

 a place in every collection. The entire family of Fuchsias are objects 

 of interest and attraction ; the growth of the plants is graceful and 

 pleasing; but when ornamented with a profusion of their elegant, 

 pendant, highly and variously coloured blossoms, they become peculiarly 

 beautiful, and give the whole of the kinds a superior claim to a situa- 

 tion wherever they can be introduced ; as nearly all the kinds can 

 be grown too with equal success in the open air, pit, frame, green- 

 house, conservatory, or sittingrroom ; in form, as bushes, standards ; 

 or trained to a wall or trellis ; and to bloom at least nine months in 

 the year under protection.* 



The handsome kind now figured was raised by Mr. Miller, nur- 

 seryman, of Ramsgate in Kent, and is an hybrid produced between 

 F. fulgens and F. corymbiflora. The blossoms on the raceme, which 

 Mr. Miller forwarded to us last season, were in a great measure sepa- 

 rated when it arrived, but it appeared to be formed in the character 

 of F. corymbiflora, more close, however, and forming a broad bunch. 

 It deserves a places in every collection. 



ARTICLE II. 



FLORICULTURAL GLEANINGS.— No. 14. 

 WHAT IS THE SHAPE OF A PERFECT TULIP ? 



BY MR. WILLIAM HARRISON, SECRETARY TO THE FEI.TON FLORISTS' SOCIETY. 



An inquiry into the form necessary to constitute a perfect Tulip will 

 no doubt be interesting to many of the readersof the Floricui.tural 

 Cabinet for 1844. The taste for this loveliest and most fascinating 

 of all the florist's flowers is fast extending itself over almost every 

 part of the kingdom, ; the choicest and purest varieties are bought up 

 with eagerness by the competing florists, in even the remotest loca- 



* The Fuchsia may well be deemed a rooit popular flower. 



