

58 THE GENESEE FARMER. 



33nrtiniltitral Drjinrtmcnt. 



CONDUCTED BY P. BARRY. 



THE FUCHSIA. 



The Fuchsia is a green-house shrub of small size, seldom exceeding five to six feet in 

 Loght, and many species not over two or three feet. There is n'othrprkulr y 



the flovve.s. fhese are of a tubuLir shape, and have a very graceful pendant habit 



colo, Neaily, if not all he species yet introduced, are from Mexico and South America 

 I be ongs, m common with the Clarkias, On.theras, Godetias, Zauchsneria^ an<l sev ral 

 other ornamenal genera, to the natural order Onorjroce<e^ (Onograds of Li k1 ley's Ve' 



F^'t ht r'"V^ Fr'V'"^' ^" ^"^^'^^ of 'a^GerLn botani^CLE okah^ 

 F.cHs. It has been cultivated m Europe for thirty years or more, but uitil ten or 



P r^l^^'f? T ^^' "'' 'Tr ^^"""^ attention or become reali; a popukr lant 

 Recently It bas become one of the leading objects of pot-culture, and in r <.ird to o u- 

 lanty ranks with the Rose, the Dahlia, the Verbena, L It hybridizes with the ^rel t 

 ease and success; and therefore varieties almost without number, and far sun aSw ^^^ 

 beauiy he original type,_ have been produced. In Europe, .not only in ITm S-ia' 

 p ant establishments, but in private gardens we find whole houses filled with it Some 



with tW f.^'^'^'T' '^ 'T' ''''' ^'''y "' ^^'y ^•''^^••^t'^^ together, all loaded 



with their graceful, pendant, brilliant blossoms. The prevailing system of flower- 

 g rdening, which is the bedding out of green-house summer-flowerfng ^plants in mis 

 has given a great impu se to Fuchsia culture ; for in England it is wd/ adapted! tis 

 mode of garden embellishment. Like most other plants that hybridize fredy a mu 

 tude of varieties are produced that are deficient in character, requiring the cri^^al ^^ of 



matter of no ittle difticulty to select an assortment embracing the most beautiful and 



a n£ on o r 7' " T" "^".^^^^^^ ^"^ stringent regulations do not exist for the 

 admission or exclusion of new varieties. The evil begins to be no less seriously felt in 



M e can look for a remedy but to nurserymen and florists. If they will unanimously set 

 their f^vces against mere_ novelties in name, without any novel or distinct characte " tl en 

 people may pur-chase with some degree of safety; but as long as the present f^.o h 

 rivalry as to who shall get all novelties f.rst, without regard to^•eal merifs, so lonTwi 

 floriculture be embarrassed, and purchasers and grower? be disappointed. Eveiyma 

 Tvho sends an order for a dozen or half a dozen Dahlias, Roses, Fuchsias, ChrysLTl e 

 mums, or any other genus, should say, " Send me none but u>kat are really 2^/- 

 t^ettn^ f •{•"'"' ^^\^^^^'^h dight botanical distinctions, but such as rcill 

 ort^r/v T ^^-^-^--«^'««f --d contrasts in growth, foliage, and habit of plant, 

 in his tnv ' <''""' rf :f''-'''^f !^' >-^-^" If P"'-oba-rs will express themselves 

 arie ir?' 1 ''^ f they prefer half a dozen good, well marked, and really beautiful 

 on he i lu\^'T "' 7'"'^ '^'' P''^'^' ^"' "" ''''^'''S uniformity, they will be o-etting 

 nose to^tl "''r'l? r""'''^'";'" '™^^ ^""^'^' ^^'^'^ '^'^ generally but erroneously sup- 



CVmtefuir; I o r "T •"' >. ''''' ^' "'^"^^^' ^'•"' ""•' ^^-"«^' -I-owledge the 

 ta^or gratefully. Loth professional and amateur growers should work together fn this 



