WINDOW-GARDEN 



it in the winter window-garden succeeds in 

 coaxing a flower from it between January and 

 April, but this failure does not enlighten them 

 as to the true nature of the plant. The fact is 

 that, with one or two exceptions, the Fuchsia is 

 strictly a summer-flowering plant. It ex- 

 hausts itself in summer and insists on resting 

 in winter. This being the case, the best place 

 for it, after completing the work of the season, 

 is the cellar, and there it should be left until 

 March, when it can be brought up and got into 

 condition for another summer's work. But 

 there are two or three varieties which bloom 

 well in winter if not allowed to bloom in sum- 

 mer, and the best one of these is speciosa. 

 This is, when properly managed, a most satis- 

 factory winter-flowering plant. It is not as 

 showy as many other varieties, but it has 

 enough real beauty to recommend it to the 

 attention of the lover of fine flowers. It is 

 single. It has pinkish-white sepals and a 

 bright carmine corolla. Its flowers are pro- 

 duced in great quantities at the extremity of 

 the branches. They are pendent in habit and 

 extremely graceful. Give the plant a light, 

 porous soil, keep it well watered, and shower 

 its foliage two or three times a week to prevent 



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