ON TWENTY-SIX SPECIES AXD VARIETIES OF FUCHSIAS. 17? 



two (if not more) are desirous of obtaining some information 

 respecting the number of kinds, propagation, and subsequent cul- 

 ture of that, very desirable, showy, and much admired genus of 

 plants — the Fuchsia. Being an ardent admirer of them, and hav- 

 ing in cultivation the following sorts, which have grown very satis- 

 factorily, I am induced to send you the following remarks on the 

 description of each kind, and the mode of treatment I have pursued 

 with them. 



1 , lycioides. — Propagated by cuttings of young wood, inserted 

 in pots, and placed in a hot-bed frame ; care must be taken to pre- 

 vent it going off by damp, as it is rather succulent. It flowers 

 freely when grown in large pots in the open air during summer, but 

 requires the greenhouse protection in winter. 



2, coccinea. — The old scarlet, so well known, and cultivated so 

 successfully in the open ground, as well as in pots, that it requires 

 no remarks in this place. 



3, virgata. — A variety of No. 2 ; it grows with an innumerable 

 number of twigs, which in summer are filled with a vast profusion 

 of flowers ; the flowers are rather larger than those of No. 2. 



4, gracilis. — A slender twigged kind, grows very tall ; the 

 flowers are large and hang very pendant. This kind flourishes 

 H ell either in large pots or the open ground, but requires a rich soil. 



5, gracilis erecta. — A fine, upright, growing kind, flowers similar 

 to No. 4 ; it is very suitable for training with a single stem. 



0, gracilis lenella. — Produces long flowers, on slender twigs. — 

 The length of the flowers and footstalks render this kind a very 

 graceful object, and well merits cultivation. 



7, gracilis multijlora. — The foliage is of a very glaucous hue ; 

 ihe flowers are middle sized, of a blush red, the lateral branches 

 grow horizontal, and are very firm ; the plant blooms very freely. 

 This kind flourishes well in the open border. 



8, Thgmafulia. — The leaves are orbicular shaped ; the flowers 

 are produced in abundance, but rather hidden in the foliage; the 

 flowers, in an infant state, are of a flesh colour, but change to a 

 dark chocolate, they are of a small size. It is well deserving of 

 culture in the open border, where it flourishes during summer, and 

 is very pretty, but does not do so well in pots. 



y, b<u/rrii. — A free grow i ng kind, and will bloom when the 

 plant is very swulJ, but when il is planted in the open ground, and 

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