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the other flower which is to form the hybrid 

 should be afterwards applied, with a camel-hair 

 pencil, to the stigma of the flower which is to 

 produce the seed; and a bit of thread should 

 be tied round the flower-stalk, in order that the 

 seed-pod may be saved, and set apart. All 

 hybrids may be obtained in the same manner; 

 but it must always be remembered that flowers 

 will not hybridise properly, unless they are 

 naturally nearly allied. Another very showy 

 species is F. corymbiflora, which is quite as 

 hardv as F. fulgens, and will grow six or eight 

 feet high in the open ground, producing nu- 

 merous long drooping spikes of flowers, which 

 have the tube part of a bright rose colour, and 

 the petals of the richest and darkest carmine. 

 The flowers continue for a long time opening 

 at the extremity of the spike, as those which 

 first opened fade and drop off. This species 

 does not seed freely ; but it agrees with F. fal- 

 lens in growing best in the open air, and in re- 

 quiring an exceedingly rich soil. Another very 

 remarkable fuchsia is F. radicans, a climbing 

 species, which throws out roots at every joint. 

 This plant also appears tolerably hardy, and 

 will be a valuable acquisition when it becomes 

 more common. F. cordifolia is remarkable for 

 the rich green which terminates its scarlet 

 flowers, and for its large and handsome leaves, 

 which are heart-shaped at the base. The 

 berrv, in a wild state, is frequently an inch and 

 a half long, and it is eaten by the inhabitants 

 of Guatemala, of which country this species is 

 a native, growing at the height of 10,000 feet 

 above the level of the sea. F. macrantha and 



