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in full light and not far from the glass. Supposing the cuttings 

 to have been taken in March, they would be potted into the 6o's 

 at the beginning of May and into their flowering pots by mid- 

 August. Always treated indoors, the time of their flowering 

 can more or less be regulated for any given time between mid- 

 December and March. 



THE FUCHSIA 



The Fuchsia is surely venerable among market plants. It 

 has seen many others come, stay their allotted time upon the 

 stage, and pass away into the limbo of things forgotten, while, 

 as to itself, it remains perpetually green and young because it 

 stands alone. 



It is somewhat of a phenomenon to see a flowering plant in so 

 many varieties remain practically stationary at a high level of 

 popularity for at least forty years without the fillip of new and 

 improved forms to sustain it there ; yet it is a fact that the 

 leading varieties of to-day are still those grown by our grand- 

 parents. Mrs. Marshall, I/ucy Finnis, Frau Emma Topfer, 

 Countess of Aberdeen, Phenomenal, Try-me-Oh, Tower of 

 London, and Sunray were on the front bench in the seventies 

 and eighties and are there still. 



We state this interesting fact without discussing it, our simple 

 duty at present permitting us only to point out its outstanding 

 merits as a marketable plant and to show how to propagate 

 and grow it. Its merits are not obscure ; they are : 



(1) It is easy to cultivate. 



(2) It is popular among all classes : is <r everybody's " plant. 



(3) As a decorative plant it is exceedingly effective and 

 never out of place. 



(4) It has no rivals, for there is nothing like it. 



(5) It is most inexpensive. 



If as much could be said for all market plants it would 

 revolutionise the trade. Fuchsias are grown from cuttings. 

 They can be raised from seed, but only a few enthusiasts in 

 quest of novelties take that trouble. This may be a pity, 

 for though we have pointed out the utter lack of improvements 

 during recent years, we have not sufficient temerity to suggest 



