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hollow walls, as non-conductors of heat, 

 is well known. Neither can exterior 

 damps be readily transmitted ; and, more- 

 over, such are cooler in summer; for the 

 sluggish agency of such walls in trans- 

 mitting heat is as much in keeping out 

 summer heats as the colds of winter. If 

 the roof is an exterior one, it should 

 either be double, or other means taken 

 to keep out the summer heat. 



Air. The power of thorough ventila- 

 tion when necessary, and equally the 

 power of rendering it almost hermeti- 

 cally sealed is necessary. Of course, a 

 very liberal ventilation is needed when 

 much fruit is housed in the autumn. 

 There should, therefore, be a special pro- 

 vision for both the egress of moisture, 

 and for tbe ingress of fresh and dry air. 

 The higher the level at which the latter 

 enters, the brisker will, in general, be the 

 circulation. 



Liyht. Windows to admit light, of 

 course, for the sake of operations in the 

 room; generally speaking, however, a 

 fruit-room cannot be kept too dark. Most 

 good practitioners agree in the necessity 

 of excluding light as much as possible. 

 Scientific men say, that the surface skin 

 of fruits perspires exactly as the surface 

 of leaves, and that light is a prime 

 agent in inducing such perspiration : 

 hence, heat and light are conjoint causes 

 of shrivelling. Tbe windows or other 

 apertures, therefore, must he provided 

 with close-fitting shutters, and these 

 should be double, even as the walls. 

 During severe weather, mats enclosing 

 hay may be fastened over the exterior. 



As to artificial heat, we think every 

 good general fruit store-room should 

 open into a small closet, which should 

 be so fitted up as to produce an artificial 

 warmth when necessary. If adjoining a 

 mushroom-house on the one side, or any 

 place where a surplus of heat was avail- 

 able, such would be readily accom- 

 plished without extra expense in fuel. 

 Some persons have advocated the placing 

 piping to convey heat inside the cavity 

 of the exterior walls : this sounds some- 

 what philosophical, inasmuch as in such 

 a situation, with a slight amount of con- 

 trollable ventilation, the non-conducting 

 cavities might be kept dry and warm. 

 The situation of pipes or other appa- 

 ratus, however, should depend on the ar- 

 rangement made for the fruit ; the heat- 

 ing source, pipes, &c., being as far re 



moved from them as possible, and cer- 

 tainly not immediately beneath them. 

 Such a little closet might possess merely 

 a stand for drawers down the centre; 

 which stand should be an exact counter- 

 part of a stand in the centre of the ge- 

 neral store-room ; and the best pears, or 

 other tender fruits, being placed in par- 

 cels in the general store, might be re- 

 moved in portions to this ripening room, 

 a whole drawer at once, without moving 

 the fruit. 



FU'CHSIA. (Named after Leonard Fuchs, 

 a German botanist. Nat. ord., Onayrads 

 [Onagracese]. Linn., 8-Octandria I-Mo- 

 nogynia.} 



When gardeners discover the way to improve 

 the size and flavour of fruits, we cannot doubt 

 but that those of the Fuchsia and Cactus will be 

 among the first novelties in the dessert. 

 F. alpe'stris (mountain). 20. Crimson. August. 

 Brazil. 1841. 



ape'tala (no-petaled). 10. Purple. September. 



Chili. 1824. 



arbore'scens (tree-like). 16. Pink. October. 



Mexico. 1824. 



bacilla'ris (rod- branched). 5. Rose. July. 



Mexico. 1829. 



cocci'nea (scarlet). 6. Scarlet, purple. August. 



Chili. 1788. 



co'nica (conical). 4. Scarlet, purple. August. 



Chili. 1825. 



cordifo'lia (heart-leaved). 5. Orange. August. 



Mexico. 1840. 



corymMflo'ra (cluster-fleered). 6. Scarlet. 



August. Peru. 1840- 



cylindra'cea (cylindrical-.tfotyererf). 2. Scarlet. 



August. Demerara. 1S37. 



denticula'ta (toothed). Crimson. August. Brazil. 



depe'ndens (pendent-flowered) . 4. Crimson. 



June. Brazil. 1848. 



di'scolor (two-coloured). 3. Purple, red. Au- 



gust. Port Famine. 1830. 



excortica'ta (barked). 3. Green, purple. July. 



New Zealand. 1824. 



fu'lgens' (glowing). 4. Vermilion. July. 

 Mexico. 1830. 



gra'cilis (slender). 8. Scarlet, purple. August. 



Chili. 1823. 



multiflo'ra (many-flowered). 6. Scarlet, 



purple. August. Chili. 1824. 



integrifo'lia (whole - leaved), lied. June. 



Brazil. 1841. 



macra'ntha (large-flowered). 2. Red. April. 



Peru. 1845. 



macroste'mon (long-stamened). 3. Scarlet, 



purple. July. Chili. 1823. 



microphy'lla (small-leaved). 6. Scarlet, purple. 



August. Mexico. 1 828. 



ni'gricans (dark). Dark crimson. Venezuela. 



1848. 



ra'dicuns (rooting). 20. Scarlet. September. 



Brazil. 1837. 



serratifo'lia (saw-edge-leaved). 5. Scarlet, 



green. August. Peru. 1844. 



simplicicau'lis (simple-stemmed). Crimson. 



July. Brazil. 



specta'liilis (showy). 4. Scarlet. August. 



Andes of Cuenca. 1847. 



splc'ndens (splendid). 6. Scarlet, green. Au- 



gust. Mexico. 1841. 



