616 



FUCHSIA 



FUMARIA 



in an ereot terminal naked lilae-like panicle ; calyx 

 lobes and petals ahout equal in length. Mex. B.M. 2620. 

 — Little grown, but excellent for winter flowering. 



8. procumbens, Cunn. Trailincj Fuchsia. Trailing 

 Queen. Trailing: Ivs. alternate, small ( ^3-/2 in. across), 

 cordate-ovate, long-stalked : fls. solitary and axiUary, 

 apetalous, the short calyx tube orange and the rellexing 

 obtuse lobes dark purple, authers blue: plant dioecious. 

 N. Zeal. B.M. 6139. — A very interesting little plant, 

 suitable for baskets. 



Species which are not known to be in the Amer. trade are F. 

 ampliata, Benth. Fls. large, scarlet, long-tuhed, drooping. 

 Colombia. B.M. 6839.— i^. bacilldris, Liudl. Compact, ^vith 

 short-joiuted branches: fls. very small, flaring-mouthed, rosy, 

 drooping. Mex. B.R. 18: U80.—F. cordtfdita, Benth. Fls. 2 in. 

 long, slender, drooping, hairy, red, on very long pedicels. Mex. 

 B.R. 27:10.— F. Dommidiia, Hort. Garden hybrid with long 

 drooping red fls. of the speciosa type. F.S. 10:1004.— F. ma- 

 crdntha, Hook. Largest-fld. Fuchsia ; 4-6 in. long, pink-red, 

 in large, drooping clusters. Colombia, Peru. B.M. 4233.— J?*. 

 microphylla, HBK. Dwarf, small-lvd., with deep red, small 

 axillary, drooping fls.: pretty. Mex. h.R. lo:12GQ.—F. serrati- 

 fdlia, Ruiz & Pav. Fls. long-tubed, speciosa-like, on droop- 

 ing pedicels from the axils of the whorled Ivs., pink, with 

 greenish tinge: handsome. Peru. B.M.All'i.—F.siniplicicaulis, 

 Ruiz & Pav. Lvs. usually in 3's, entire: fls. crimson, long and 

 slender-tubed, in drooping clusters: resembles F. corymhifera. 

 Peru. B.M. 5096.— F. spUndcns, Zuce. Shrubby, hairy: fls. 

 drooping, with a short, thick red tube, short, greenish lobes 

 and petals, and long-exserted stamens. Mex. B.M. 4082. 



L. H. B. 



FULLER, ANDREW S., horticultural writer.wasborn 

 in Utica, N. Y., on August 3, 1828, and died May 4, 1S96, 

 at bis home at Ridgewood, Bergen county, N. J. Fig. 878. 

 When quite young he removed with his parents to Barre, 

 N.Y., where bis father tilled a small farm. At the age 

 of 18 be went to Milwaukee, Wis., where he worked at 

 the carpenter's trade, and became particularly skilful in 

 the construction of greenhouses, and built a small one 

 for himself on a city lot. Here he brought together a 



878. Andrew S. Fuller. 



varied collection of plants, the care of which founded 

 the nucleus of his later attainments and renown as a 

 horticulturist. While he lived in Milwaukee he married 

 Miss Jennie Crippen. who survives him. They never had 

 any children. In 1855 they moved to Flushing, L. I., 

 N.Y., when William R. Prince offered Mr. Fuller the 

 management of his greenhouses. But his ambition did 

 not allow him to remain long in the employ of others, 

 and in 1857 he removed to Brooklyn, N.Y., and engaged 

 in grape and small fruit culture, which were then in 

 their infancy. Here he gave particular attention to the 

 improvement of the strawberry by cross-fertilization 

 and selection of the best of the many thousands of seed- 

 lings raised by him. The most famous of these were 

 Brooklyn Scarlet, Monitor and Colonel Ellsworth, the 

 first of which was generally recognized as the highest- 

 flavored strawberry in existence at the time, although 

 too soft for market. The entire stock of 300,000 plants 

 was purchased by the "New York Tribune," which sent 



them out as premiums to its subscribers, in consequence 

 of which they have been widely known as the "Tribune 

 strawberries." It was during this period that Fuller 

 wrote his first book, the "Strawberry Culturist." In this 

 work he brought together and systematized all that 

 was known about the subject at the time, combined with 

 the results of his own practical experience. The prin- 

 ciples underlying scientific strawberry culture, as well 

 as the practical hints and directions for carrying on the 

 work in the garden and field, are given in so thorough 

 and admirable a manner that even now, after 10 years 

 since they were written, it would be difficult to improve 

 upon them. Realizing the necessity of having more 

 ground for experimentation, and in order to escape the 

 noise and turmoil of the city, he bought a large piece of 

 land near Ridgewood, N. J. This, when he moved on it, 

 early in the sixties, was little more than a barren waste, 

 but under his constant care it was not long before it de- 

 veloped into one of the most charming homes and inter- 

 esting and instructive garden spots in the country. 

 Almost every species and variety of ornamental trees and 

 shrubs hardy in the locality were represented, and his 

 collection of small fruits was the most complete in the 

 country. These furnished him unequaled means and 

 material for observation, study and identification, the re- 

 sults and accounts of which he made known in the clear, 

 concise, convincing style for which his writings have be- 

 come famous. A. S. Fuller was an indefatigable worker, 

 physically as well as mentally. Immediately after the 

 publication of the "Strawberry Culturist, "he commenced 

 working on the "Grape Culturist." This was followed by 

 the "Small Fruit Culturist,"" Practical Forestry,"" Prop- 

 agation of Plants," and the "Nut Culturist." The last of 

 them he was fond of calling his "monument," as he did 

 not intend to write another book, and so fate decided that 

 it should be. He died a few days after he had finished 

 his manuscript, and never saw the completed book, of 

 which he was perhaps more proud than of any other of 

 his works, yet in the history of horticultural literature 

 his "Small Fruit Culturist" will, no doubt, occupy the 

 foremost rank. It was more instrumental in the devel- 

 opment and building up of the great industry to which 

 it is devoted than any other book written before or after, 

 and in any land. It was translated into German and 

 published in Weimar in 1868. His books contain but a 

 small part of his writings. His editorial and other contri- 

 butions to the "American Agriculturist," to "The Rural 

 New-Yorker," of which he was part owner for a time, the 

 "New York Sun," of which he was agricultural editor for 

 26 years, "American Gardening" and other perio^iicals 

 would fill hundreds of volumes. He was also editor of 

 the " Record of Horticulture," 186G-1867. While Mr. Ful- 

 ler was principally known as a horticulturist, there was 

 hardly a branch of natural science to which he had not 

 devoted more or less attention. His entomological col- 

 lection, especially that of coleoptera, was one of the 

 most complete in the country; his mineralogical and 

 archeological collections contained many rare speci- 

 mens, and his horticultural library was one of the most 

 complete in the United States. Personally, Mr. Fuller 

 was a charming man, liberal and hospitable almost to a 

 fault. He was a man of striking personality, of decided 

 character and opinion, and an implacable foe to sham 

 and deceit. In whatever he undertook he was always a 

 leader, never a follower ; he was always on the lookout 

 for new grounds to traverse, and nothing made him hap- 

 pier than when a new problem presented itself for solu- 

 tion, but as soon as it was solved his interest in it 

 ceased. During the later years of his life, although in 

 good health, Mr. Fuller left his place but seldom, but in 

 his earlier years he traveled considerably, and took an 

 active and leading part in the meetings of the American 

 Pomoloerical Society, the American Institute Farmers' 

 Club, the Fruit-Growers' Club, and many kindred so- 

 cieties, of which he was an active or honorary member. 

 F. M. Hexamer. 

 FUMARIA (/■h/h;(.s, smoke). This genus includes the 

 coiniiioii FuTnitory. F. officinalis, formerly held in great 

 ri'i'tifi? f"r various ailments, but now practically ban- 

 ished from me<lical practice. Seeds are still rarely sold 

 to those who have faith in old physic gardens. The 

 plant is fully described in our commonest botanies, and 

 has a large literature, which is especially interesting to 



