ON THE CULTIVATION OF THE FUCHSIA GRACILIS. 151 



ARTICLE V. — On the FiicJisia gracilis, cultivated in 

 the open border. By Mr. Sharman, Syston Park. 



That lovely plant, the Fuchsia gracHis, stands the Winter well 

 with me at this place under the following mode of treatment. — 

 As the plant merits universal cultivation, I transmit the mode I 

 practise for the encouragement of other persons to give tlie plant 

 a trial. 



Early in Spring I turned out strong plants with balls entire 

 into the open borders, which were well enriched with manure or 

 leaf soil ; these bloomed most abundantly that season. In the 

 Autmnn, I cut the entire heads down close to the ground, and 

 immediately covered the roots six inches thick with leaf mould, 

 and let it extend some distance from the centre of each jilant. — 

 About the middle of April following, I removed the leaf mould, 

 and the plants soon began to push shoots ; when they had got 

 about six inches high, I thinned out the shoots so as to leave 

 only three or foiu: of the strongest to each plant ; these got five 

 feet high last Summer, and produced thousands of flowers. 



Syslon Park, Feb. 8, 1833. John Sharman. 



PART II. 



EXTRACTS. 



Lodditjess Botanical Cabinet, 5s. ten j)lates coloured ; 2s. Cd. 

 partly coloured. Edited by Messrs. Loddiues's. 



CONCLUDED FROM OUR LAST, 



fi. Andromeda ttypnoiJcs, Di-candria Monopynia. A native of CanaJa, as 

 WfU xs Laplaiid and Siberia. Jt is a niinutt' but elepautijlant, growing aiiioug 

 inoss, to which it viry much asslniilatfs itsilf. It flowers in Ajjril and May. 

 It IS somewhat diiricnlt of cultivation, succeeding best [jottid in peat earth, 

 covered with a l».ll glass and kept in a shady place. It may bo increased by 

 cuttings. Andromeda, from the Virgin Andromeda. 



7. Ojnjlubium t'ullciiea-, I'ultenea; like, Decandria Monogynia. This is 

 a native uf New Holland. Metsrs. LoDiiiiiCs'K received seeds of it in IH21), 

 and it (lowered last .May, being a foot high. It forms a neat little greenhouse 

 iilirub, with rigid branches, llowers, bright yellow and red. 'I'he leaves vary 



