Fiats — Fuchsia . 



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of other plants mentioned herein, it is best adapted for 

 select mixed groups, and, in small gardens, as isolated 

 specimens amongst 

 low bedding plants. 

 It will best enjoy 

 stove treatment in 

 winter, and is propa- 

 gated from cuttings. 

 It should be put out 

 at the end of May. 

 In all cases it is bet- 

 ter to use plants with 

 single stems. 



*Fuchsia. — The 

 Fuchsia, one of the 

 most beautiful orna- 

 ments of the garden 

 when well grown, is 

 comparatively rarely 

 seen in our flower- 

 gardens. It is to be 

 regretted that this is 

 the case, for assuredly 



there is nothing in cultivation more calculated to improve 

 the aspect of things therein. Not showy in mass of 

 flower, like many things common enough now, it is of the 

 highest order of beauty; while the drooping habit of 

 the shoots of most kinds gives the plant a grace which is 

 valuable indeed, and which no flower-garden should be 

 without. Even in dwarf lines, where this drooping ten- 

 dency is not seen to such advantage, or, it may be, pre- 



Ficus elastica. 



