48 CALENDAR OF FLOWERING 



Fuchsia Riccartoni 



Is a seedling from Fuelled macrostenta globoxa, and 

 has proved to be one of the most beautiful and hardiest 

 of all Fuchsias, a hedge of it is to be seen growing at 

 Finchley, the coldest London suburb, quite unprotected, 

 and bearing its crimson flowers from July to September. 

 For soil, &c., v. F. in. globosa. 



Garrya elliptica 



Is a most charming evergreen that in mild weather 

 will often have its pale green catkins drooping grace- 

 fully from among the leaves in December, and continue 

 to do so until the end of April. It does best against a 

 wall, even with a North aspect, or hanging over a 

 porch, but can perfectly well be planted out anywhere 

 in a sheltered spot. I have read of a hedge of it grow- 

 ing quite unprotected at Bannockburn, in Stirlingshire, 

 and exposed to the North and East. It should, how- 

 ever, never be crowded up, or all the beauty of its 

 drooping catkins would be concealed. It will reach a 

 height of about 10ft. in any fairly dry soil, though a 

 sandy loam is what it prefers ; and to raise it, seeds or 

 half-ripened cuttings should be inserted in that, kind of 

 soil, and kept shaded until they have struck. 



Genista tetnensis 



Is one of the larger growing brooms, about 12ft. 

 high. It was a twig of the smaller kind, G. anglica, 



