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and amongst the shoots, with dry leaves to the depth of eight or ten 

 inches, sprinkling them over, to secure them to the spot, with an inch 

 of soil. This preserved every plant; and, for the last two winters, 

 the F. Baxteri and elegans have retained their entire shoots uninjured, 

 and now (April 25th) are pushing lateral ones to the very tops of the 

 last year's wood. Early in the spring I cut off the dead tops. No- 

 thing in the floral way could exceed the very interesting beauty of the 

 whole, when in full bloom. 



I planted a number in various sheltered places of the pleasure- 

 ground, too ; several where they were even shaded under trees ; and 

 they succeeded admirably, having the necessary attention of watering 

 in extended dry weather. The flowers were more beautiful by being 

 partially shaded from hot sun ; and though it has been stated they 

 like full intense sun upon them, I have not found it so; but, on the 

 contrary, they bloom more beautiful when shaded for four or five 

 hours during the middle of the day. This, too, applies to those grown 

 in-doors ; especially so with the light-coloured ones, they being appa- 

 rently more delicate, and are much improved by shading, as stated 

 above. 



As Fuchsias can be procured in such numerous varieties of form, 

 6ize, and colours, very cheap, and being so easy to keep afterwards, 

 and increase by cuttings with the greatest facility, they deserve cul- 

 ture in every situation, whether in or out of doors. A friend of mine 

 has a wire-fence hedge, consisting of Fuchsias, which are neatly 

 trained to it, and cover it entire in summer, which has a most beau- 

 tiful effect. 



ARTICLE IV. 



ON STRIKING CUTTINGS OF PLANTS. 



BY MAHY ANNK, DEVONSHIRE. 



Having several shallow deal boxes, about six inches deep, I sowed 

 in them, early this spring, various tender annual seeds, and placed 

 the boxes upon the back shelf of a small plant-stove. 



At the time when I sowed the seeds I had cuttings of several 

 kinds of greenhouse plants I wished to strike, and it struck me that 

 if a portion of fine sand was placed around the side of the box, the 

 cuttings being then inserted firmly therein, they would probably take 



