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vided with close-fitting shutters, and these should be 

 double, even as the walls. During severe weather, mats 

 enclosing hay may be fastened over the exterior. 



As to artificial heat, we think every good general fruit 

 store-room should open into a small closet, which should 

 be so fitted up as to produce an artificial warmth when 

 necessary. If adjoining a mushroom-house on the one 

 side, or any place where a surplus of heat was available, 

 such would be readily accomplished without extra ex- 

 pense in fuel. Some persons have advocated the placing 

 piping to convey heat inside the cavity of the exterior 

 walls : this sounds somewhat philosophical, inasmuch as 

 in such a situation, with a slight amount of controllable 

 ventilation, the non-cbnducting cavities might be kept 

 dry and warm. The situation of pipes or other apparatus, 

 however, should depend on the arrangement made for 

 the fruit; the heating source, pipes, &c., being as far 

 removed from them as possible, and certainly not imme- 

 diately beneath them. Such a little closet might possess 

 merely a stand for drawers down the centre ; which 

 stand should be an exact counterpart of a stand in the 

 centre of the general store-room ; and the best pears, or 

 other tender fruits, being placed in parcels in the general 

 store, might be removed in portions to this ripening room, 

 a whole drawer at once, without moving the fruit. 



FU'CHSIA. (Named after Leonard Fucks, a German 

 botanist. Nat. ord. Onagrads [Onagraceae]. Linn. 

 S-Octandria, i-Monogynia.) 



Hardy, half-hardy and greenhouse shrubs of easy 

 culture and great ornamental value. For cultivation, 

 see below. 



F. acynifo'lia (acute-leaved). See F. PARVIFLORA. 

 aipe'stris (mountain). 20. Crimson. August. Brazil. 



1841. 



amae'na (lovely). See F. ARBORESCENS. 

 amplia'ta (enlarged). 4-5. Scarlet. June. Colombia. 



1877. 

 ape tola (no-petaled). 10. Purple. September. 



Chili. 1824. 

 arbore'scens (tree-like). 16. Pink. October. Mexico. 



1824. 

 bacilla'ris (rod-branched). 5. Rose. July. Mexico. 



1829. 

 bolivia'na (Bolivian). 2-4. Deep scarlet. Bolivia. 



1876. 

 cocci'nea (scarlet). 6. Scarlet, purple. August. 



Chili. 1788. 



cocci'nea, (scarlet) of Curtis. See F. MACROSTEMMA. 

 co'nica (conical). See F. MACROSTEMMA CONICA. 

 coralli'na (coral-red). See F. MACROSTEMMA 



CORALLINA. 



cordifo'lia (heart-leaved). 5. Orange. August. 



Mexico. 1840. 

 corymbiflo'ra (cluster-flowered). 6. Scarlet. August. 



Peru. 1840. 



a'lba (white). White. 

 Cottingha'mi (Cottingham's). Gardens. 

 cylindra'cea (cylindrical-flowered). See F. PARVIFLORA. 

 decussa'ta (decussate). 3. Scarlet, purple. Peru. 

 denticula'ta (toothed). Crimson. August. Peru. 

 , depe'ndens (pendent-flowered). 4. Crimson. June. 



Colombia. 1848. 



di'scolor (two-coloured). See F. MACROSTEMMA DIS- 

 COLOR. 



,, e'legans (elegant). See F. MACROSTEMMA GLOBOSA. 

 Euclia'ndra (Eucliandra). 2. Rose. July. Mexico. 



1842. 

 excortica'ta (barked). 3. Green, purple. July. New 



Zealand. 1824. 

 fu'lgens (glowing). 4. Vermilion. July. Mexico. 



1830. 



globo'sa (globose). See F. MACROSTEMMA GLOBOSA. 

 ,, gra'cilis (slender). See F. MACROSTEMMA GRACILIS. 

 multiflo'ra (many-flowered). See F. MACROSTEMMA 



GRACILIS MULTIFLORA. 



,, Hartwe'gii (Hartweg's). Colombia. 



integrifo'lia (whole-leaved). Red. June. Brazil. 

 1841. 



Ki'rkii (Kirk's). New Zealand. 



macra'ntha (large-flowered). 2. Red. April. Colom- 

 bia. 1845. 



macrophy'lla (large-leaved). 



., macroste'mma (long-stamened). 3. Scarlet, purple. 

 July. Chili. 1823. 



F. macroste'mma co'nica (conical). 4. Scarlet. Purple. 



August. Chili. 1825. 

 coralli'na (coral-red). 2. Crimson-red. August. 



1883. 

 di scolor (two-coloured). 3. Purple, red. August. 



Port Famine. 1830. 



globo'sa (globose). 2-3. Scarlet, purple. Mexico. 

 gra'cilis (slender). 5-6. Scarlet, purple. August. 



Chili. 1823. 

 gra'cilis multiflo'ra (many-flowered). 6. Scarlet. 



Purple. Chili. 1824. 



pu'mila (dwarf). i$. Scarlet, purple. 

 Riccarto'ni (Riccarton). 3-10. Scarlet, purple. 



July to September. 1871. 

 variega'ta (variegated). 3-6. Scarlet, purple. 



Leaves edged with white. 



magella'nica (Magellan). See F. MACROSTEMMA. 

 microphy'lla (small-leaved). 6. Scarlet, purple. 



August. Mexico. 1828. 

 minia'ta (vermilion). Red. August Colombia. 



1852. 



ni'gricans (dark). Dark crimson. Venezuela. 1848. 

 panicula'ta (panicled). See F. ARBORESCENS. 

 parviflo'ra (small-flowered). Rose, splashed with 



white. Mexico. 

 procu'mbens (procumbent). Yellow-green; berries 



large, red. New Zealand. 1874. Trailer. 

 pulche'Ua (pretty). Gardens. 

 radi'cans (rooting). See F. INTEGRIFOLIA. 

 recurva'ta (recurved). See F. MACROSTEMMA. 

 Riccarto'ni (Riccarton). See F. MACROSTEMMA 



RICCARTONI. 



,, ro'sea (rosy). Rose. Chili. 

 ,, serratifo'lia (saw-edge-leaved). 5. Scarlet, green. 



August. Peru. 1844. 



sessilifo'lia (sessile-leaved). Green, crimson. Colom- 

 bia. 1866. 

 simplicicau'lis (simple-stemmed). Crimson. July. 



Peru. 

 specta'bilis (showy). 4. Scarlet August. Andes of 



Cuenca. 1847. 

 sple'ndens (splendid). 6. Scarlet, green. August. 



Mexico. 1841. 



syringizflo'ra (Lilac-flowered). See F. ARBORESCENS. 

 tene'lla (delicate). See F. MACROSTEMMA. 

 ,, tetrada' ctyla (four-fingered-sfc'g-ma). See F. EUCLI- 

 ANDRA. 

 thymifo'lia (thyme-leaved). 2-6. Rose to red. 



Mexico. 



triphy'tta (three-leaved). 1-2. Bright scarlet Sep- 

 tember. Mexico. 1842. 

 venu'sta (beautiful). 6. Purple. October. Colombia. 



1825. 

 virga'ta (twiggy). 4. Scarlet, purple. August. 



Mexico. 1825. 



FUCHSIA CULTURE. Propagation : by Cuttings. 

 The best time for this is in February and March. The 

 plants require a little heat to stimulate them into growth. 

 The best kinds of cuttings are the young shoots taken off 

 close to the old wood as soon as they are an inch long. 

 Fill a sufficient number of 5-inch pots with a compost of 

 loam and leaf-mould, in equal parts, to within an inch 

 of the top ; fill the remaining space up with silver sand ; 

 water it gently to make it firm, then put in the cuttings 

 after trimming off the lower leaves, give another gentle 

 watering, and place them in a mild hotbed, or in a 

 propagating house. If in the latter, place hand-glasses 

 over them. The cuttings will soon strike root, and should 

 then be potted off into the smallest pots ; shade them 

 from the sun for a time, and then repot them in pots 

 two sizes larger. 



By Seed. They are as easily raised from seeds as by 

 cuttings. The object of raising them in this way is not 

 so much to increase the plants as to raise improved 

 varieties. There are two divisions, in regard to colour, 

 that should be aimed at light and dark varieties, and 

 the colours in each ought to be well defined. The light 

 ones should have the sepals pure white, and the corolla 

 rich purple. Size is also a necessary quality, and a 

 good form is also indispensable. The sepals should be 

 stout and broad and well reflexed ; that is, turned up- 

 wards, to show off the corolla to the greatest advantage. 

 The corolla should be large, and protrude boldly out 

 from the sepals. It should be round and cup-shaped. 



