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object in the autumn of the year. F. conica, tenella, lnicrophylla, 

 &c. will all flower well in the borders, and make a good vayje^y 

 but experience has taught me that they are all far inferior , to ^ 

 virgata for that purpose. Towards the end of April, F. virgata 

 has put on its green robe ; it then begins to put forth its beautiful 

 »cariet pendant blossoms, and so it continues till near the end 

 of December. 



Mode of Treatment. — If cuttings were not put in in autumn, 

 they should be put in the first week in March. For this purpose, 

 take some of the short side shoots ; dress off their bottom leaves, 

 aud cut them through close under a joint ; then insert them into 

 a pit, which is drained, and filled up with a mixture of peat and 

 sand ; water them well, with a rose on the water-can ; then put 

 them in a hotbed frame, as soon as their leaves are a little dry. 

 In two or three weeks they will be fit to pot off in 60-sized 

 pots. The soil for this purpose should be a mixture of peat, 

 loam, and rotten dung. They should then be put into the 

 hotbed frame again for a few days or a week ; at the expiration 

 of that time, remove them into a cold frame or greenhouse. 

 About the middle of April, repot them into 48's, using the 

 same sort of soil as above named. The first week in May, 

 set them out in a sheltered situation. About the middle of 

 May, plant them out in the borders ; at the same time, water 

 and tie them up. They will then begin to flower freelv, and 

 make fine plants the first season. Towards the end of November, 

 OOvet their roots with old tan, or leaf-mould. If the winter 

 should prove severe, put three stakes around the plants, and 

 ti<- them ;it the top in the form of a triangle; then put a piece 

 of mat around, and fasten it with a skewer or two, which is soon 

 done : but this must not be put on except on very sharp nights. 

 In March, cut their branches in to four, six, or eight inches, 

 ■ ■rding to the size and shape of the plant. They make the 

 handsomest plants when they are trained to a single stem, and 

 allowed to branch out around. They present a fine figure when 

 |n.t in the centre of a small wire basket, and the wire furnished 

 around with Amu/allis mum-Hi, Lobelia gracilis, Eschscholtzia 

 calul.'ii loung plants of Fuchsia virgata will keep their 



leave, on, but alter they are a year old, thev become deciduous. 

 The} oluii throw up strewn suckers, which, if taken off, in 



