FUCHSIA. 



THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



FUCHSIA. 



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and vinous-purple within. A native of the 

 mountains of Turcomania, quite hardy in 

 our climate. Propagated by bulblets or 

 seed. 



Many others are in cultivation, but the 

 majority are unattractive, though some 

 are useful for naturalising among Grass 

 in the wild garden ; the most suitable 

 are F. delphinensis, a robust plant with 

 stems i ft. or more high, bearing brownish- 

 purple flowers, more or less chequered 

 with greenish-yellow ; F. pyrenaica, a 

 similar species, but more robust ; F. 

 liliacea, liliorhiza, lanceolata, lusitanica, 

 pallidiflora, tulipifolia, ruthenica, and 

 tristis, all with dull brownish-purple or 

 greenish flowers. 



Fritillaria species. F. acmopetala, Syria. 

 alba, N. Amer. annena, Armenia, assyriaca, 

 Mesopotamia, atropurpurea, N.W. Amer. bi- 

 tfora,Ca.\if. bithynica, Bithyn. Boissieri, Spain. 

 bucharica, Bokhara, camschatcensis, E. Asia. 

 cirrhosa, Himal. conica, Greece, cormita. 

 Cornuti. crassifolia, As. Min. cuprea, Mexico. 

 dagana, Siberia, dasyphylla, Lycea. Ediiardi, 

 Bokhara. Ehrharti, Greece. Elwesii, Lycea. 

 Fleischeriana, Asia Min. Forbesii, Lycea. 

 Gardneriana, Himal. gibbosa, Persia, Afghan. 

 graca, Greece, imperialis, Persia, Himal. 

 involucrata, Italy, japonic a^ Japan, kurdica, 

 Kurdistan, lanceolata, N. W. Amer. latifolia, 

 Caucas. libanotica, Syria, hliacea, Calif. 

 lusitanica, Portugal, lutea, Caucas. Meleagris, 

 Europe, Caucas. meleagroides, Siberia, mes- 

 sanensis, Mediterr. region. minuta, Kurdi- 

 stan. Munbyi, Algeria. obliqua, Greece. 

 Olivieri, Persia, oranensis, Algeria, oxypetala, 

 India, pallidiflora, Siberia, parviflora, Calif. 

 persica, Armenia. Pinardi, As. Min. plan- 

 taginijolia, East, pluriftora, Calif, pontica, 

 Greece, pr<zcox, S. Europe. Przewalskii, 

 E. Asia, fudica, N. W. Amer. pyrenaica, 

 Pyrenees, racenwsa, do. recurva, N. W. 

 Amer. Reuteri, Persia, rhodocanakis, Grec. 

 Archip. Roylei, Himal. ruthenica, Caucas. 

 Schliemanni, Asia Min. Sewerzowi, Cent. Asia. 

 Sibthorpiana, Greece, tenella, Europe, Caucas. 

 tubizformis, S. Europe, tulipifolia, Caucas. 

 usuriensis, Amoor. verticillata, Siberia. 

 Walujewi, Turkestan. 



FUCHSIA. Graceful and distinct 

 shrubs, too seldom seen in our flower 

 gardens. All round our coasts, and 

 especially in the southern and western 

 parts, several species are hardy, 

 and are perhaps the most beautiful ob- 

 jects in gardens. In other districts 

 Fuchsias are cut down by frost, but spring 

 up again vigorously and, in fact, live the 

 life of herbaceous plants ; but in mild 

 districts, and near the coast, they fre- 

 quently escape being cut down for years, 

 and become large and handsome bushes. 

 No plants are more likely to improve the 

 garden. Not showy, in mass of flower 



they are of the highest beauty ; the droop- 

 ing shoots of most kinds afford a grace 

 that no garden should be without. Even 

 in dwarf kinds, where this drooping tend- 

 ency is not seen to such advantage, or, 

 it may be, is seen to a disadvantage, the 

 Fuchsia is very valuable ; but its full 

 beauty is seen when we use plants with 

 rather tall stems or pyramids. In the 

 milder districts, where it is a shrub, we 

 see it to perfection ; in others, the tall- 

 stemmed or pyramidal plants have to be 

 placed out in summer. The right way to 

 manage Fuchsias put out for the summer 

 only is to induce them, as far as possible, 



Crown Imperial (Fritillaria imperialis). 



to produce all their growth in the open 

 air ; for if you start them, nurture them, 

 and make them full of leaves and strong 

 young growth in the spring, they will be 

 disappointing ; but if you keep them back 

 and do not let them burst into leaf until 

 put in the open air in May, they will go 

 on and retain all the strength they gather, 

 suspending graceful blossoms until the 

 leaves desert the trees. They should then 

 be taken up and put in a dry cave, cellar, 

 or shed for the winter, and it would not 

 be difficult to " keep them back " in spring. 

 And even if they seem inclined to push 

 forth before the time to put them in the 

 flower garden there should be no difficulty 

 in placing them in some quiet sheltered 

 nook, where they may receive more 

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