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Fremontia (Malvaceae). 



FEEMONTIA CALIFORNICA. California, 1851. A hand- 

 some, deciduous Californian shrub, that is scarcely 

 hardy enough for the open air without protection. In 

 Southern England and Ireland, however, it does well, and 

 all the better if planted within the influence of the sea. 

 The large bright-yellow flowers are often about 2 inches 

 across, and produced singly along the branches, while the 

 leaves are large, lobed, and of an enticing shade of green. 

 Planted against a wall, in good, dampish loam, it succeeds 

 well. 



Fuchsia (Onagraceae). 



FUCHSIA MACBOSTEMMA GLOBOSA (syn F. globosa). Chili. 

 This is readily recognized by the globose form assumed by 

 the incurved sepals, while the purplish-violet flowers are 

 smaller and less showy than those of F. Riccartoni. Hardi- 

 hood about similar to the following. 



F. RICCABTONI. This seedling from F. m. globosa is 

 one of the two hardiest varieties, but, except in warm, 

 maritime districts, it is by no means satisfactory. Where 

 it does well it is a shrub of great beauty, and blooms 

 profusely. This Fuchsia has red, straight sepals, and 

 a purple corolla. In favoured districts it may frequently 

 be seen as much ds 12 feet high, and is then during the 

 flowering period an object of great beauty. It originated 

 at Riccarton, near Edinburgh, about 1830. 



Garrya (Cornaceae). 



GABBYA ELLIPTICA. California, 1818. This is a hand- 

 some shrub, with dark-green coriaceous leaves, resembling 

 very nearly those of the Evergreen Oak. The long, tessel- 

 lated catkins, of a peculiar yellowish-green colour, render 



