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FREMONTIA FUCHSIA 



growing and flowering admirably to the very last season, they are always 

 liable to sudden collapse and death. Usually the plant is given a place 

 on a wall, which would scarcely appear to be necessary in the milder parts. 

 It flowers from May to July. 



The Fremontia produces plenty of its black seeds, which furnish the 

 best and simplest means of increase. So averse is it to root disturbance, 

 that young plants should be grown in pots until planted in their permanent 

 places. It likes a well-drained, sandy loam. 



FREMONTIA CALIFORNIA. 



FUCHSIA. ONAGRACE/E. 



In the milder parts 'of the British Isles like Cornwall, S.W. Ireland, 

 Isle of Wight, Isle of Man, etc., fuchsias make some of the most brilliant 

 features of the late summer and autumn garden, growing into trees 10 ft. 

 or more high, with trunks 6 ins. -or more through. In colder, more 

 northerly, and inland localities, they may still be grown in the open air, 

 although they can scarcely be termed hardy shrubs, seeing that they are 

 killed to the ground almost invariably. Yet even at Kew, groups of 

 several sorts of fuchsias make very pleasing displays of colour from July 

 onwards. Shoots spring up freely from the old stools, and attain a length 

 of 3 to 5 ft. during the growing season, continuing to flower as they 

 lengthen until the frosts come. The flower-buds add much to the beauty 



