178 ON TWENTY-SIX SPECIES AND VARIETIES- OF FUCHSIAS. 



attains three or foiu - years' growth, it is a most brilliant shruh ; the 

 flowers are of the shape of F. globosa, hut are much larger, and of 

 a finer colour. This kind will stand the winter well, and does 

 not die down or suffer so readily as most other kinds do. 



10, excorticata. — The leaves are very broad ; it is a shy bloomer 

 if planted in the open ground, hut if kept in a greenhouse iu a pot, 

 it will succeed tolerably well ; the flowers are of a bluish grey 

 colour. 



11, speciosa. — This kind is most like No. 3 ; the flowers are of 

 a fine deep red, and long ; it will flourish well either in pots, or 

 the open ground. 



12, hybrida. — A very erect growing plant, having pale red 

 flowers ; it will do well in the open border. 



13, Thompsoniana. — This is a very fine variety ; the plant grows 

 erect, with numerous lateral twigs, producing flowers in great 

 abundance ; the corolla (centre portion of the flower, the outer 

 part, red, being the calyx) is not so deep a violet purple as most 

 other kinds are. 



14, arborescens. — An upright grower, the foliage large and very 

 showy. The plant produces one large branched tuft of flowers, at 

 the extremity of a shoot, sometimes a moderate number of such 

 will be produced upon a plant ; the flowers are small, and of a pale 

 colour. It grows hest in a pot kept in the greenhouse. 



15, conica. — A very strong growing plant, and flowers freely ; 

 the flowers are short and bulky, of a lighter red than either virgata 

 or gracilis. 



16, globosa. — A very splendid kind, a most profuse flowerer; 

 very small plants will bloom, even when but. two or three inches 

 high ; the flowers are of a globular, or halloon shape, hefore they 

 wholly expand, of a very hright red colour. The plant will flourish 

 either in the open border, or in a pot, and continue in bloom all 

 the summer. It is decidedly the best kind for growing in rooms. 



17, lucidum. — This kind has a leaf like a Lauristinus. It has 

 not yet bloomed with me. 



18, bacillaris. — Very much resembles No. 17, only is a stronger 

 grower ; the flowers are of a light red or rosy colour. 



19, microphilla. — The leaf is very small, as is the flower, but 

 the plant is a most abundant bloomer. The plant does very well 

 in the open border, where the flowers are produced uiiich larger 

 than when grown in a pot. 



