174 THE CAIffADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



SELECT FUCHSIAS. 



Fuclisias are among the preltiest of our soft wooded, free blooming 

 plants. The}' are of the easiest cultui-e, requiring during the summer a 

 partially shaded position, with moderately enriched soil and plenty of water 

 during their season of growth. Some of the varieties are also well adapted 

 for bedding purposes. Such varieties as possess good habit and good vigor- 

 ous growth, and also free blooming qualities, are the most suitable for this 

 purpose. I give below the best of a large collection, including all the 

 newer kinds recently introduced : 



Avalanche (Smiths). — Of a straggling growth, the flowers are of the 

 largest size, double, corolla white. 



Avalanche (Henderson's). — The habit of this variety is neat and com- 

 pact, although a strong grower; the foliage is of light yellow, the flowers 

 very large, the sepals crimson, corolla purple. In the western cities this 

 kind is grown more extensively for retailing than is any other. Its habit 

 of blooming when quite small makes it suitable for this pui'pose. It is 

 without doubt the best dark double fuchsia, all qualities considered, in cul- 

 tivation. 



Black Prince. — A distinct variety ; tubes and sepals a waxy carmine ; 

 pale pink corolla, margined with rose. 



Elm City. — An old double fuchsia of good habit ; tube and sepals bright 

 scarlet ; corolla crimson. 



Queen of Whites. — Tube and sepals bright red ; pure white single co- 

 rolla ; good habit. 



Lord Byron, — One of the finest dark single fuchsias of recent introduc- 

 tion, having a tine branching habit, blooming when quite small; tube and 

 sepals bright crimson; corolla large, open; of the darkest pui-ple, almost black. 



Mrs. H. CannelL — Considerable excitement has been manifested among 

 horticulturists on both sides of the Atlantic regarding the merits of this 

 fuchsia. It is undoubtedly one of the finest double white varieties yet in- 

 troduced. The flowers are of large size, and are produced in great abun- 

 dance on well-shaped plants. 



Sunray. — Some plants of this fuchsia in our greenhouses just now have 

 leaves of the finest mai-kings, and of the richest colors, equalling the finest 

 tricolor geraniums, and not much inferior to the fine-leafed caladiums. The 

 flowers have scarlet sepals with purple corollas. 



Warrior Queen. — A good single, crimson sepals, corolla violet. 



The following are the best winter-blooming kinds : — 



Speciosa. — -Sepals flesh-colored ; corolla scarlet. 



Mrs. Marshall. — Pure white tube and sepals ; rosy-pink corolla. 



Bianca marginata. — The sepals of this one are white, corolla crimson. 



Earl of Beaconsfield. — Of recent introduction, but an excellent one for 

 winter blooming. The blooms are often over three inches long, the tube 

 and sepals a light rosy carmine, corolla a deeper carmine. A splendid 

 flower for keeping a long time after being cut, being of fine substance. 

 The double-flowering kinds are not very suitable for winter blooming, but 

 can be had to bloom early in the spring by propagating early in the fall, 

 and growing on slowly during winter. — M. Milton, in Country Gentleman. 



