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Hybrid fruits. There are several hybrid fruits available now, 

 some of which are dealt with under their own names in this work. 

 The Loganberry is the most important (see p. 151). The Strawberry- 

 Raspberry is of no importance, as the flavour is very poor. It is a 

 Japanese plant, a hardy herbaceous perennial, with white, per- 

 fumed flowers. The berries are globular and dark in colour, and 

 are borne on the new wood. The reputed origin a cross between 

 Strawberry and Raspberry is very doubtful. The Japanese Wine- 

 berry is a species (Rubus phoenicolasius) , and is a hardy shrub, 

 which bears red fruit in clusters, ripe in summer. It is juicy and 

 sweet and makes a good preserve. The Austen Dewberry is a 

 large form with black fruit of good flavour ; it thrives in damp sites. 

 The Mahdi is a hybrid between Raspberry and Blackberry, and 

 bears dark Raspberry-like fruit of good flavour. The Lowberry is 

 also a good hybrid. 



Fuchsia (fu-chsia, after Herr Fuchs. Ord. Onagrarieae) . This 

 graceful plant has many admirers. There are few plants more 

 elegant and pleasing, and the culture is not difficult. Bud-dropping 

 is the only serious defect, and that can be avoided with care in 

 watering (see Watering). The Fuchsia thrives in a cool greenhouse 

 in summer, and may be grown as a window plant with success if 

 properly watered and ventilated. When pushed on by repotting 

 specimens of great size may be grown, and such plants, 6 or 7 ft. 

 high and laden with flowers, are very beautiful objects; but smaller 

 plants in 5 -in. or 6-in. pots are more useful to most gardeners. 

 These may be got by striking cuttings of young shoots about 3 ins. 

 long in sandy compost in spring; they root more surely if covered 

 by a bell-glass. When 6 ins. high the tops may be pinched off, and 

 freely branched plants will follow. A compost of loam 3 parts, leaf 

 mould i part, and sand will suit them. With adequate moisture 

 they will grow rapidly, and soon come into bloom. At the end of 

 the season the water supply should be reduced and the plants 

 brought to rest. They can be stored in any dry, frost-proof place 

 for the winter; and in spring can be retarded by being put in a warm 

 house and syringed. They may then be pruned hard back to 

 encourage a fresh lot of shoots from the base. The following are 

 good varieties: 



Single. 



Countess of Aberdeen 

 Loveliness 

 Lye's Excelsior 

 Rose of Castile 



Double. 



Avalanche 

 Ballet Girl 

 Miss Lucy Finnis 

 Phenomenal 



The hardy species are often used for the garden, and come up year 

 after year, making large bushes in mild districts. In cold places it 

 is well to put some litter over the roots after cutting them down in 

 autumn. The following are good: macrostema gracilis, purplish- 

 red; macrostema Riccartoni, scarlet. The species corymbiflora, 

 scarlet, and its white variety are sometimes grown under glass. 



Fumigation. The burning of tobacco-paper in plant-houses, 

 which is what gardeners understand by fumigation, has largely 



