616 



FUCHSIA 



FUMARIA 



in an erect terminal naked lilac-like panicle ; calyx 

 lobes and petals about equal in length. Mex. B.M. 2620. 

 Little grown, but excellent for winter flowering. 



8. procumbens, Cunn. TRAILING FUCHSIA. TRAILING 

 QUEEN. Trailing: Ivs. alternate, small (%-% 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. 6139. A very interesting little plant, 

 suitable for baskets. 



Species which are not known to be in the Amer. trade are F. 

 ampliata, Benth. Fls. large, scarlet, long-tubed, drooping. 

 Colombia. B.M. 6839. .F. bacillaris, Lindl. Compact, with 

 short-jointed branches: fls. very small, flaring-mouthed, rosy, 

 drooping. Mex. B.R. 18:1480. F. cordifblia, Benth. Fls. 2 in. 

 long, slender, drooping, hairy, red, on very long pedicels. Mex. 

 B.R. 27:70. F. Dominiana, Hort. Garden hybrid with long 

 drooping red fls. of the speciosa type. F.S. 10:1004. F. ma- 

 crdntha, Hook. Largest-fld. Fuchsia ; 4-6 in. long, pink-red, 

 in large, drooping clusters. Colombia, Peru. B.M. 4233. .F. 

 microphylla, HBK. Dwarf, small-lvd., with deep red, small 

 axillary, drooping fls. : pretty. Mex. B.R. 15:1269. F. serrati- 

 folia, Ruiz & Pav. Fls. long-tubed, speciosa-like, on droop- 

 ing pedicels from the axils of the whorled Ivs., pink, with 

 greenish tinge: handsome. Peru. B.M.4174. F. simplicicaulis, 

 Ruiz & Pav. Lvs. usually in 3's, entire: fls. crimson, long and 

 slender- tubed, in drooping clusters: resembles F. corymbifera. 

 Peru. B.M. 5096. F. splendens, Zucc. Shrubby, hairy: fls. 

 drooping, with a short, thick red tube, short, greenish lobes 

 and petals, and long-exserted stamens. Mex. B.M. 4082. 



L. H. B. 



FULLER, ANDREW S., horticultural writer, was born 

 in Utica, N.Y., on August 3, 1828, and died May 4, 1896, 

 .at his home at Ridgewood, Bergen county, N. J. Fig. 878. 

 When quite young he removed with his parents to Barre, 

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

 of 18 he went to Milwaukee, 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 



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 he married 

 Miss Jennie Crippen, who survives him. They never had 

 any children. In 1855 they moved to Flushing, L. I., 

 N.Y., when William R. Prince offered Mr. Fuller the 

 management of his greenhouses. But his ambition did 

 not allow him to remain long in the employ of others, 

 and in 1857 he removed to Brooklyn, N.Y., and engaged 

 in grape and small fruit culture, which were then in 

 their infancy. Here he gave particular attention to the 

 improvement of the strawberry by cross-fertilization 

 and selection of the best of the many 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 300,000 plants 

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



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 prin- 

 ciples underlying scientific strawberry culture, as well 

 as the practical hints and directions for carrying on the 

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

 and admirable a manner that even now, after 40 years 

 since they were written, it would be difficult to impi-ove 

 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. J. 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 

 country. These furnished him uiiequaled means and 

 material for observation, stud} 7 and identification, the re- 

 sults and accounts of which he made known in the clear, 

 concise, convincing style for which his writings have be- 

 come famous. A. S. Fuller was an indefatigable woi ker, 

 physically as well as mentally. Immediately after the 

 publication of the " Strawberry Culturist, "he commenced 

 working on the " Grape Culturist." This was followed by 

 the " Small Fruit Culturist," Practical Forestry," " Prop- 

 agation 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 that 

 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 th< 

 foremost rank. It was more instrumental in the devel 

 opment and building up of the great industry to whk 

 it is devoted than any other book written before or after 

 and in any land. It was translated into German am 

 published in Weimar in 1868. His books contain but 

 small part of his writings. His editorial and other conti 

 butions to the "American Agriculturist," to "The Rur* 

 New-Yorker,'" of which he was part owner for a time, tl 

 " New York Sun," of which he was agricultural editor fc 

 26 years, "American Gardening" and other periodical 

 would fill hundreds of volumes. He was also editor 

 the "Record of Horticulture," 1866-1867. 'While Mr. Ful 

 ler was principally known as a horticulturist, there wj 

 hardly a branch of natural science to which he had n< 

 devoted more or less attention. His entomological col 

 lection, especially that of coleoptera, was one of thi 

 most complete in the country; his mineralogical am 

 archeological collections contained many rare spt 

 mens, and his horticultural library was one of the mos 

 complete in the United States. Personally, Mr. Fullt 

 was a charming man, liberal and hospitable almost to 

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

 character and opinion, and an implacable foe to shai 

 and deceit. In whatever he undertook he was always 

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

 for new grounds to traverse, and nothing made him ha} 

 pier than when a new problem presented itself for soh 

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

 ceased. During the later years of his life, although 

 good health, Mr. Fuller left his place but seldom, but 

 his earlier years he traveled considerably, and took 

 active and leading part in the meetings of the America 

 Pomological Society, the American Institute Farmers 

 Club, the Fruit-Growers' Club, and many kindred 

 cieties, of which he was an active or honorary membt 



F. M. HEXAMER. 



FUMARIA (fumus, smoke). This genus includes tl 

 common Fumitory, F. officinalis, formerly held in gt 

 repute for various ailments, but now practically bai 

 ished from medical practice. Seeds are still rarely sol 

 to those who have faith in old physic gardens, 

 plant is fully described in our commonest botanies, ar 

 has a large literature, which is especially interesting 



