616 



FUCHSIA 



in an erect terminal naketl lilac-like panicle ; calyx 

 lobes and petals about equal in length. Mex. B.M.2G20. 

 —Little grown, but excellent for winter (lowering. 



8. procdmbens, Cnnn. Trailing Fcchsia. Trailing 

 Queen. Trailing: Ivs. alternate, small ( ;.i-K in. across), 

 cordate-ovate, long-stalked : fls. solitary and axillary, 

 apetalous, the short calyx tube orange and the reflexing 

 obtuse lobes dark purple, anthers blue: plant dioecious. 

 N. Zeal. B.M. 6i:i9.-A very interesting Jittle plant, 

 suitable for bu-,liets. 



SlK-i- ■^;-': ..:■ ^-- :.'i-'-i ■ .11 •:- \M-- ' . , m l , ■ :, n ■ /" 



ing |ii.; 



sleniler-tulied. in droopinK ■ 

 Peru. B..M. .lOHS.-F. sft'K 

 drooping, with ; ' ' 

 and petals, and 1 



su)all 



short, 



L. H. B. 



FULLER, ANDREW S., horticultural writer, was born 

 in Utica, N.Y., on August 3, 1828, and died May 4, 189C, 

 at his home at Ridgewood, Bergen county, N. .1. Pig. 878. 

 When quite young he removed with hisparents to Barre, 

 N.Y., where his father tilled a small farm. At the age 

 of 18 he went to Milvvaukee, Wis., where he worked at 

 the carpenter's trade, and became particularly skilful in 

 the construction of greenhouses, and built a small one 

 for himself on a city lot. Here he brought together a 



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878. Andrew S. Fuller. 



varied collection of plants, the care of which founded 

 the nucleus of his later attainments and renown as a 

 horticulturist. While he lived in Milwaukee be inarrif^l 

 Miss JennieCrippen. who survives him. Tbev n.-vi-r b.-id 

 any children. In IS.5.T thev moved to Flus'hin-, L. I.. 

 N.Y., when William R, Prim-e offered Mr. FiiII.t I he 

 management of his s-rei-nlionsps. But his aml.itii.n di'l 



and in l.-.'i? hr rri,i>iv,..l i.. I :rM,,kl\ n, X, v., and ciiira^nd 



improvement of the strawberry bv cross-fertilization 

 and selection of the best of the niany thousands of seed- 

 lings raised by him. The most famous of these were 

 Brooklyn Scarlet, Monitor and Colonel Ellsworth, the 

 first of which was generally recognized as the highest- 

 flavored strawberry in existence at the time, although 

 too soft for market. The entire stock of :W0.000 plants 

 was purchased by the "New York Tribune," which sent 



FUMARIA 



them out as premiums to its subscribers, in consequence 

 of which they have been widely known as the "Tribune 

 strawberries." It was during this period that Fuller 

 wrote his first book, the "Strawberry Culturist." In this 

 work he brought together and systematized all that 

 was known about the subject at the time, combined with 

 the results of his own practical experience. The luin- 

 ciples underlying scientific strawberry culture, a.s well 

 as the practical hints and directions for carrying on the 

 work in the garden and field, are given in so thoniugh 

 and admirable a manner that even now, after 40 years 

 since they were written, it would be difficult to improve 

 upon them. Realizing the necessity of having more 

 ground for experimentation, and in order to escape the 

 noise and turmoil of the city, he bought a large piece of 

 land near Ridgewood, N. .1. This, when he moved on it, 

 early in the sixties, was little more than a barren waste, 

 but under his constant care it was not long before it de- 

 veloped into one of the most charming homes and inter- 

 esting and instructive garden spots in the country. 

 Almost every species and variety of ornamental trees and 

 shrubs hardy in the locality were represented, and his 

 collection of small fruits was the most complete in the 

 '^niirifT-y. These furnished him unequaled means and 

 ! • rial for observation, study and identification, the re- 

 : I - !ind accounts of which he made known in theclear, 

 iMi^i. convincing stvle for which his writings have be- 

 riiii.- 1 anions. A. S. Fuller was an indefatigable woiker. 



agiition of Plants," and the"Nut Culturist." The last of 

 them he was fond of calling his "monument," as he did 

 not intend to write another book, and so fate decided tliat 

 it should be. He died a few days after he had finished 

 his manuscript, and never saw the completed book, of 

 which he was perhaps more proud than of any other of 

 his works, yet in the history of horticultural literature 

 his "Small Fruit Culturist" will, no doubt, occupy the 

 foremost rank. It was more instrumental in the devel- 

 opment and building up of the great industry to which 

 it is devoted than any other book written before or after, 

 and in any land. It was translated into German and 

 published in Weimar in 1868. His books contain but a 

 small part of his writings. His editorial and other contri- 

 butions to the "American Agriculturist," to "The Rural 

 New-Yorker," of which he was part owner for atime, the 

 " \( \v York Sun," of which he was agricultural editor for 

 211 'II-, ■■ \nniican Gardening" and other periodicals 

 '.' III! || ids of volumes. He was also editor of 

 II, I ;■ . i . ll..rticulture,"186G-1867. While Mr. Ful- 

 ler I -illy known as a horticulturist, there was 

 li I of natural science to which he had not 



il !• less attention. His entomological col- 



li I lily that of coleoptera, was one of the 



n : in the country; his mineralogical and 



ail I ! i-ii.il la.llections contained many rare speci- 

 mens, and his horticultural library was one of the most 

 complete in the United States. Personally, Mr. Fuller 

 was a charming man, liberal and hospitable almost to a 

 fault. He was a man of striking personality, of decided 

 character and opinion, and an implacable foe to sliam 

 and deceit. In whatever he undertook he was always a 

 leader, never a follower ; he was always on the lookout 

 for new grounds to traverse, an<l nothing made him hap- 

 pier than when a new problem presented itself for solu- 

 tion, but as soon as it was solved his interest in it 

 ceased. During the later years of his life, although in 

 ETood health, Mr. Fuller left his place but seldom, but in 

 his earlier years he traveled considerably, and took an 

 artivc- and leading part in the meetings of the American 

 l'nninl"L'ical Society, the American Institute Farmers' 

 <'lnli. tlie Fruit-Growers' Club, and many kindred so- 

 cirtiis, of which he was an active or honorary member. 

 F. M. Hexamer. 

 FUMAEIA (firm ».s, smoke). This genus includes the 

 common P'umitory, F. officinalis, formerly held in great 

 repute for various ailments, but now practically ban- 

 ished from me. lira! iiractice. Seeds are still rarely sold 

 to those win. liav.i failli in old physic gardens. The 

 plant is fnll\- iii-si-iil..-.l in our commonest botanies, and 

 has a large literature, which is especially interesting to 



