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plant was raised by Mr Gulliver, gardener to the Rev. S. Mar- 

 riott of Horsemonden, Kent. It was sent out in May 1842 at 

 2 is. each by Messrs Cripps, of Tunbridge Wells, who at the 

 time described it as follows in their advertisements : " The 

 flowers of this unique variety are white, sepals delicately tipped 

 with green, with a superb bright purple corolla, the stamens of 

 a delicate rose, and the pistils white. The plant is of excellent 

 habit, with foliage about the size of F. gracilis, of which it is 

 believed to be an accidental variety." This plant was the fore- 

 runner of a whole race of beautiful white-sepalled flowers. Mr 

 Dominy informs me that he knew an instance where this 

 variety, Venus victrix, was used as a seed-bearing plant 

 crossed with pollen from F. serrati- 

 folia, and all the seedlings were like 

 the male parent in every particular 

 a very interesting fact, as proving in 

 this case the prepotence of the male 

 parent. Venus victrix has recently 

 been reintroduced to commerce by 

 Mr H. Cannell of Woolwich, and is 

 one of the best of all the white- 

 sepalled varieties for hybridising pur- 

 poses. One of the first of the varie- 

 ties having a white corolla and red 

 sepals was F. " Madame Cornellison," 

 which originated on the Continent in 

 1860. 



Interesting and in many cases de- 

 scriptive lists of hybrid and seedling 

 Fuchsias may be found in the adver- 

 tisement columns of the * Gardeners' 

 Chronicle' for 1841 and subsequent 

 years, the principal raisers then being 

 Youell, Epps, &c. 



Fuchsias are all very readily and 

 quickly propagated by cuttings of the young growth in a gentle 

 bottom-heat indeed even old leaves and cuttings of the roots 

 develop into plants readily. If a heated case is not handy, slips 

 or cuttings root well pricked into the soil of any pot in the win- 

 dow. To use a popular expression, cuttings of the Fuchsia " root 

 like couch-grass," and this is the quickest and readiest way of 

 increasing well-known varieties. New varieties are easily raised 

 from seed ; and as nearly all the cross-bred forms seed freely, any 

 desirable variety may be selected as the seed-parent, its flowers 



Longitudinal section of the 

 flower of Fuchsia splendens. 



