THE GARDEN AT HOME 



the summer months. It has rather large, prickly leaves, 

 green above and grey beneath ; the flowers are white, 

 arranged in clusters. A very pretty Solanum, with the 

 descriptive names of ciliatum macrocarpum, sometimes 

 seen in greenhouses and easily raised from seed, has 

 attractive orange-red fruits following quickly after the 

 fading flowers. It is often made use of in gardens in 

 northern France for summer flower beds, and I have 

 no doubt would prove equally satisfactory here. 



There are two Fuchsias that I should like to mention 

 namely, fulgens and macrostemma gracilis. I am sorry 

 the plants with which I hoped duly to impress the home 

 gardener should have such out-of-the-way names, but 

 the reader must believe that the more unpronounceable 

 the name the more uncommon the plant ! I will take 

 upon myself to mention only those that are of merit 

 as well as uncommon. Fuchsia fulgens has scarlet flowers 

 and large leaves that have greater claims to notice than 

 the ordinary Fuchsia foliage. Macrostemma gracilis is a 

 slender, graceful plant with purple and scarlet blooms. 

 The best way to increase these is by means of cuttings, 

 which are very easily obtained in spring from old plants 

 potted up in autumn and kept under glass for the winter* 



What could be more attractive than a flower bed 

 filled with Abutilons of variously coloured leaves, the 

 handsome variety known as Thompsoni forming the 

 chief attraction ? They are not difficult to grow from 

 cuttings inserted early in the year, for these root readily 



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