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from 51. to 15/. per annum. The sorts cultivated are the 

 old scarlet, roseberry, Surinam, glazed pine, Chinese, round 

 white Carolina, and the Hudson's Bay, or mulberry. The 

 cultivation differs but little from that in private gardens, 

 unless in partaking more of an agricultural character. The 

 ground intended for strawberries is well dug or trenched, and 

 liberally manured, seldom requiring any further dressing 

 while the plants remain productive. The cultivators prefer 

 spring to autumn planting, and never dig between the rows, 

 as that is liable to injure the roots. The scarlet yields five 

 or six crops before requiring to be renewed, the Surinam 

 four, and others are of shorter duration. Irrigation, in dry 

 seasons, is very serviceable where it can be practised. 



59. Upon the Cultivation of Fuchsias. By Mr. James Smith, Gar- 

 dener to William Pinchback, Esq. Camberwell Green. 



An exact copy of this paper was sent us before or about 

 the time it was sent to the Horticultural Society. The fol- 

 lowing is its substance. About the end of February or be- 

 ginning of March, strike in the usual manner, from the 

 youngest shoots, as many plants as may be wanted. After 

 they are fit to pot off, put them in small sixties, then into 

 large sixties, and while they are in the latter-sized pots, keep 

 them in a gentle moist heat, till they are properly established ; 

 then remove them into the green-house, shifting them every 

 three weeks or a month, as the pots fill with roots, till they 

 are established in 24-sized pots, in which they are allowed to 

 flower. 



Nothing can surpass the beauty and regularity of the plants 

 grown in this way. " I have now some of the F. gracilis 

 {Jig. 125. a) in full flower, from three and a half to five feet 



high, with one straight stem, the branches hanging over and 

 nearly covering the pot, and as the branches naturally shorten 



