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GAItD£N MANAGEMENT, 



COW-, and horse-dung, and a little lime. Fill up tlie tub with soft water, and 

 mix it well, and draw it off clear, when settled, into another tub ; to this mix- 

 ture add two parts of soft water to one of the liquid, and water once a week 

 with it during the growing season. Ventilatn freely on warm sunny days, and 

 syringe with water of the temperature of the house. Scarlet Geraniums require 

 similar treatment to promote their growth. Cuttings struck now in 4S- or 32- 

 sized pots will fill the pots with roots by the autumn, and bloom through the 

 winter months. Calceolarias should now have a final shift, using a light rich 

 compost, and pegging them down to encourage roots up the stem, watering 

 cautiously when dry, and fumigate for green-fly, ventilating fi-eel}^ every 

 opportunity. 



956. Fuchsias. — This is still a good time to buy in plants. The variety 

 now is almost endless ; but many of them are almost the same, with a new 

 name. My favourite flower, as a dai-k fuchsia, is still — 



Souvenir de Chiswick, with rosy crimson 



sepals and tube, and violet corolla, and 



beautifully-recurved broad sepals. As a 



party-coloured variety of perfect habit, 



nothincr can exceed Tenus de' Medici, 



•with white tube, blush-white sepals, co- 

 rolla deep violet. 

 Eose of Castile, — blush-white sepals and 



tube ; rosy purple corolla. These can 



be bought anywhere at Is. each, and I 



hope every reader will procure them 



forthwith. 

 Sir CoUn Campbell (the best double I 



have yet met with), — crimson tube, and 



sepals" well reflexed; corolla dark purple. 

 Madame Cornelissen, — sepals very long ; 



pure white corolla. The flowers of these 



are not only good, but the habit, a great 



point in double fuchsias, is also ex- 



cellent. 

 Amazement is said to be the best double 



fuchsia, — sepals rich crimson, reflexed ; 



corolla rich dark purple. 

 Bianca, — scarlet tube and sepals. 

 Black Prince, — broad sepals, carmine- 

 scarlet ; corolla very dark purple. 

 'Catherine Hayes, — sepals scarlet ; light- 

 blue corolla ; excellent habit (good). 

 ■Coronal, —sepals vermilion, nice-curved; 



corolla violet and rich purple. 

 Crown Jewel, — sepals crimson; corolla 



black; habit distinct; leaves long and 



peculiar. 

 Dr. Livingstone, — delicate white tube; 



petals well recurved ; corolla blush ; 



very distinct and delicate-looking. 

 Duchess of Lancaster, — very old, still 



maintains its ground; white tube and 



sepals ; violet corolla. 

 Fairest of the Fair, — white tube and 



sepals; corolla rich violet. 

 Forget-me-not, — sepals scarlet and car- 

 mine ; corolla violet, red, and purple. 



957. Whoever has a greenhouse two j-ards square, or a window free from 

 ■ dust, may grow one or more fuchsias. In fact, it has become quite a window- 



Goliath, — coral-red, with immense fruit, 

 of a light green colour. 



Guiding Star, — blush-tinted tube ; sepals 

 white, nicely-recurved ; corolla velvety 

 purple. 



La Crinoline — sepals crimson; corolla 

 bluish. 



LeoUne, — sepals crimson ; violet-blue 

 corolla. 



Le Prophete (a great improvement upon 

 Wonderful, which is still, however, a good 

 variety), — sepals crimson ; corolla violet. 



Leviathan, — sepals very broad, rich crim- 

 son, reflexed, and completely recurved ; 

 corolla deep purple, of an immense 

 size ; altogether, a fine bold flower. 



Lord Elcho, — sepals carmine-scarlet ; 

 corolla violet-blue, beautifuly cupped. 



Marvellous (an immense double variety), 

 — crimson sepals, and dark corolla ; bad 

 habit. 



Perseverance, — sepals carmine, salmon- 

 tinted ; corolla rosy lilac. 



Prince of Orange, — sepals scarlet, wide- 

 curved ; habit excellent. 



Prince Frederick "William of Prussia,— 

 sepals carmine and red ; corolla plum- 

 colour ; good shape. 



Queen of Hanover (an old favourite, pure 

 and distinct), — sepals white; corolla 

 carmine. 



Star of the Xight, — sepals rich carmine ; 

 corolla violet-purple (»• fine strLking 

 variety). 



Tricolour and Tricolour-flower are both 

 striking and pretty varieties, and are 

 f^ree-coloured. 



Tictor Emmanuel, — sepals red ; corolla 

 slate-coloured (good). 



White Lady,— one of the best white varie- 

 ties, — an improvement on Princess of 

 Prussia. 



