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in about three weeks, and should be shifted into larger pots 

 as they grow. These plants if attended to will form fine 

 flowering plants for Autumn and early Winter blooming. 

 Cuttings may again be made in February or beginning of 

 March and treated as above. These will make fine young 

 blooming plants in the early Spring and Summer, but to 

 effect this they must be kept growing throughout the Winter. 

 This can only be effected where heat is regularly supplied- 

 Fuchsias require plenty of water and shade during the 

 following season. Some of the finest flowering plants we 

 have seen were flowered under calico. 



Summer Culture. The plants struck in the Autumn 

 make the finest specimens for Midsummer blooming. When 

 the young plants have filled their pots with roots, shift them 

 immediately into five-inch pots, in a compost of light loam 

 and leaf mould, in equal parts, adding a due portion of sand 

 to keep it open ; this will be rich enough for the first two 

 shifts. Let them stand pretty close to the glass to cause a 

 stout growth. Now is the time to determine upon the form 

 the plants are to take when fully grown. 



Pyramidal Form. To furnish side-shoots nip off the 

 tops when the plants are six inches high. Side-shoots will 

 then be produced, and these should be tied out horizontally. 

 The uppermost shoot should be tied upright, to be stopped 

 again when eight or nine inches have been added to its 

 stature. By the time this has taken place a fresh shift will 

 be necessary. The diameter of the pot at this shifting 

 should be seven inches. This shift should take place about 

 the beginning of October. Replace them in the house or 

 cold frame again as near the glass as their shoots will allow. 

 Give them every attention to cause strong quick develop- 

 ment by watering freely at the roots, by syringing them 

 overhead in the evening, especially in sunny weather, and 

 shutting up early in the afternoon, at the time the syringing 

 is done. This will create a moist stimulating atmosphere, 

 and the plants will grow fast and produce broad healthy 

 foliage. Stop them again, and tie the side shoots out in such 

 a way as will furnish every side of the plant with horizontal 

 branches equally distributed. If the house is a lean-to it 

 will be necessary to turn the plant round every three or four 



