616 



FUCHSIA 



in an erect terminal naked liliic-Iike panicle ; calyx 

 lobes and petals about equal in IiMiLiii. ^]^■■.. r.."\I.2G20. 

 — Little grown, but excellent for i ' : n-. 



8. procumbens, Cunn. Tkaii.in I Ikmling 



QoEEN. Trailing: Ivs. alteruate, smiii ' ' ma. toss), 

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

 apetalous, the short calyx tube orange and the reflexing 

 obtuse lobes dark purple, anthers blue plant dioecious. 

 N Zeal B M Gl (9 -A very interesting little plant, 

 suitable for baskets 



Sp. I. s wln<^h ire not known to be m the Amer. trade are F. 

 antttliatK B» uth Fli, Urge, scailet long tubed, drooping. 

 ( f lombi I B \I 68^9 —F baciUans Lindl Compact, with 

 short jointed l)riin hts rts \ti\smill tl irmg-mouthed, rosy, 

 drooping Me\ r I r Tenth. Fls. 2 in. 



long slender di ^ pedicels. Mes. 



B R 27 70 -/ / I l.rid with long 



drooping red 11 l'i:1004.— F. jnn- 



crantha H... k 1 i I l..iij;. pink-red, 



K Vv. 11 f sn 

 IK fls piett\ : 

 i\ Fib long 1 





and peta 



L. H. B. 



FULLER, ANDREW S., horticultural writer,was born 

 in Utica, N.Y., on August 3, 1828, and died May 4, 18%, 

 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 bis later attainments and renown as a 

 hortioiilturist. Wliilehe lived in Milwaukee he married 

 Miss.Ieniii.CripiMTi.wlio survives him. They never had 

 anv cliil.lrcii. In Isri.'i they moved to Flushing, L.I., 

 N.Y.. «1m,i Willi,,,, 1 H. Prince offered Mr. Fuller the 

 man,,-, I ,. i i ,.i I,, - , ,,iiliouses. But his ambition did 

 not all ' I ' I I . I ;,!,', in l,)ng in the employ of others, 

 anil ii, , I .1 to BivHiklyn. N.Y., and engaged 



in f,'r,,|M aii'l -iiiall I laiit 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 subs 

 of which they have been wiilely 

 strawberries." It was during' t 

 wrote his first book, the "Straw I „ 

 woric he brought together ai,,l 



veil 



ing< 



ough 



anrl ailniiralile a niaiiiier 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 

 noi.se and turmoil of the city, he bought a larsje pi.a-e of 

 land near Ridgewood, N. J. This, wh, n I,,- i,i,,\ , ,1 .,i, it, 

 early in the sixties, was little more tl,ai, a l.ai a-, i, \\aste, 

 but under his constant care it was m.i 1,.,,^' I.,-!.., .■ ii de- 

 veloped into one of the most charming hum, s and inter- 

 esting and instructive garden spots in the country. 

 Almostevery species and varietyof 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 unequaled means and 

 material forobservation, studyand identification, the re- 

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

 concise, convincing style for wliich his writings have be- 



,„■ tail,,. us. .\. S. Fuller was an indefatigable worker, 



|,ln-i'ally as w,-ll as ii,,.ntally. Immediately after the 

 |,,ii,lii-ai ,..i, ,.f tl,,-"Strawl„rrv I ',1 It urist," he commenced 

 w,.rk,i,-,.n th. "I ;ia|,e ( ■,ili iinsi ." This was followed by 

 the " Small I'niit ( u I ill ri-t,'" Practical Forestrv,"" Prop- 

 agation of I'ianis," ami the "Nut Culturist." The last of 

 them he was f.,,,,! of calling his "monument," as he did 

 not intern 1 n, writ,- an,.il,cr book, and so fate decided that 

 it should I,,. II,' ,!ii,l a f,-w days after he had finished 

 his maim-' , : ; ' , 'i i ir saw the completed book, of 

 which li, I re proud than of any other of 



his work-, ■< ;ii -I'.ry of horticultural literature 



his "Small liuit I 'i!' mist " 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 anv land. It was translated into German and 

 published "in Weimar in 18G8. His books contain but a 

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

 butions to the "American Agriculturist," to "Tlie Kural 

 New-Yorker." of which he was part owner for a time, the 

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

 26 years, "American Gardening" anil other periodicals 

 woulii fill hundreds of volumes. He was also editor of 

 the "Record of Horticulture," 1.86G-18fi7. While Mr. Ful- 

 ler was principally known as a horticulturist, there was 

 hardly a branch of natural science to which be had not 

 devoted more or less attention. His entomological col- 

 lection, especially that of coleoptera, was one of the 

 most complete in the country; his mineralogical and 

 archeologicnl collectiutis inntaineii many rare speci- 

 mens, ami his h,,rti,'ult,iral lihrarv was ,„ie of the most 

 comnlete in the Fnite,! Stat,'s. IVrsimallv, Mr. Fuller 



fauli 



IS a man uf striking personality, of decided 

 character and opinion, and an implacable foe to sham 

 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, and 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 

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

 his earlier years he traveled considerably, and took an 

 active and leading part in the meetings of the American 

 Pomological Society, the American Institute Farmers' 

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

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

 F. M. Hesamee. 

 FUMAEIA (ftontis, smoke). This genus includes the 

 common Fumitory, F. officinalis, formerly held in great 

 repute for various ailments, but now practically ban- 

 ished from medical practice. Seeds are still rarely sold 

 to those who have faith in old physic gardens. The 

 plant is fully described in our commonest botanies, and 

 has a large literature, which is especially interesting ti 



