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No. 1062, 
FUCHSIA MACROSTEMA, 
Class. Order. 
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
We were favoured last year with this 
beautiful plant, by the Horticultural So- 
ciety. It flowered during the latter part of 
summer. | 
In the Flora Peruviana, where it is des- 
cribed and figured, a reference is very pro- 
"x given м re» pue of Father Feuillée, 
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lant. 
NORDEN: DI Willdenow and ae " has 
Feuillée found it, in the beginning ape p 
last century, in Chili, on a mountain in 
latitude 36°, and says that it is used by the 
Indians in medicine, and also for dying a 
black colour. Ruiz and Pavon collected it 
near Conception, in Chili, where it flowers 
from June to April. 
It requires the greenhouse, and may be 
readily increased by cuttings. The soil 
should be light loam, 
