

PLANTS FOR WINDOW GARDENING. 137 



first, F. coccinea, was introduced from Chili, just before the 

 year 1800. 



The plant is of the easiest culture ; the growth is rapid, 

 and a young spring cutting will make a large plant by 

 autumn. The secret of growing the plant is, never to let 

 it stop growing until you have it of the desired blooming 

 size ; keep re-potting, as soon as the roots touch the pot, 

 until you get it into a twelve-inch pot, which is large 

 enough for the window blooming of a fuchsia. Give plenty 

 of light and air ; turn the plant frequently, lest it grow 

 one-sided, and fumigate when needed to kill green fly. 

 The best form to grow "a young plant is the pyramidal. 

 Train up a leading shoot, and if the plant is supplied with 

 pot room and plenty of light, and has not heat enough to 

 draw it out weak, it will form side shoots in sufficient 

 abundance to produce a handsome outline, the branches 

 being allowed to take their own pendent form. The plant 

 may also be prettily grown on a flat trellis. The best place 

 for a fuchsia in winter is a dry cellar, free from frost, 

 where they should be kept nearly dry. About the first of 

 March prune back all the side shoots, and leave only the 

 upright stem ; prune in the roots also, and re-pot them in 

 as small a pot as will hold the roots ; as the eyes break, 

 12* 



