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plants present a great variety of coloring in their flowers, but they flower 

 so abundantly, and each flower hangs so gracefully from its tiny bough, 

 that the whole plant is an expression of grace, and elegance, and beauty. 

 Another quality which these plants possess commends them 

 strongly to the majority of our friends, they are of the easiest culture, 

 and grow rapidly. They need attention, to be supplied with water, 

 and kept free from insects, and as they increase in size to be trans- 

 ferred to larger pots. They enjoy being taken frequently to the 

 kitchen and showered with tepid water from a fine rose with the 

 .garden syringe. Unless this is frequently done they are in danger of 

 becoming infested with red spider. While requiring plenty of light, 

 they should not be exposed to the direct rays of a burning sun, and 

 ■should have fresh air as abundantly as possible. A little study of 

 their wants while caring for them, will soon enable any one to grow 

 the Fuchsia to perfection. It is always most attractive when grown 

 in pyramidal form, a. single upright stalk with the branches thrown 

 'Cut regularly on all sides. When first purchased of the florist the 

 plants will usually be in three inch pots. 'As soon as the roots are 

 found to have reached the sides of the pot, the plant should be carefully 

 removed from the pot by turning it upside down and gently rapping 

 the rim upon the edge of the bench, and preserving the ball of earth 

 iand roots entire ; set the plant in the centre of a pot one size larger, 

 fill in with rich, parous soil, pressing it in firmly around the ball as 

 :you put it in^ give it a good watering, tie the centre shoot to a stake, 

 and set it in the window to grow. In order to keep them symmetrical 

 it will be necsssary to turn them every day, else the branches stretching 

 towards the light will soon give the plant a mis-shapen form. As 

 soon as the roots have filled the new pot, making their appearance 

 •against the sides, it will be time to shift the plant into another pot a 

 ■size larger, and so continue to shift them until the pot is as large as 

 .you care to have it. The plants require to be watered freely, but 

 water should not be allowed to stand about the roots, and in order to 

 prevent this the pots should be first well supplied with bits of charcoal 

 •or of broken crocks in the bottom before the plants are put in. Having 

 the plant now in as large a pot as is desired, it will soon become a 

 mass of bloom, and continue to bloom for a long time. After it has 

 •done blooming it is more satisfactory to throw it away than to winter 

 it over and try to make it break nicely in the spring. Young plants 



