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mass with many such spikes would offer a 
ble and novel aspect. 
one of the most piran ese, 
greatest and most fer gp a shall be that of a 
a gentleman. A. G. Rchd. f. 
A, Section of flower, twi 8 natural size; B, Two views of th 
POLYsTACHYA ABBREVIATA, n, O id 
| y, Malton. H. G. Rchb. f. 
Ha PROCUMBENS, Hook. f. (Fig. 60). 
of this 
eee anigasi 
in length, with a linear-oblong oe surmounted by 
- bee ot red funnel- shaped cal yx-tube, which is 
vided a 
segniénts, nearly as Ra as the ‘iad and of a deep 
vices Ói . There are no 
ut the Sen are ight in uena, about the length 
of the calyx-lobes and exserted yond the calyx-tube. 
xserted. 
The sie a raed 
Three es of Fuchsia are des tn bes Sgeeatek s 
Binitiook 4 of F the Ta Zealand Flor 
, F. excor- 
icata, which is a tree with siete yai leaves, 
silvery below, and flowers {—1}4 inch long; F, pro 
cumbens, which is very slender, creeping or peontvate, 
with nded ovate or cordate leaves; and F. 
Colensoi, with low-branching woody stems, and 
variable leaves, its flowers as large as th F, 
excorticata. A fourth species has been 
nd desc kers Jcones 
foliage it is impossible to distinguish the species, but 
the flowers of F. procumbens are much more slender 
Fic, 60. — FUCHSIA PROCUMBENS. 
Hibs 
F 
p 
‘ge 
bours, the Lime and the Spanish 
Chest ty the nk of of each of which is so perfectly 
n le it would si well 
in oe ‘pelos of an ancient Greek temple. Like a 
m, C inexhaustible. So much 
that is sweet ; so much more that is princely ; every- 
where ve of the gracefull mate; 
everywhere you feel that if there been a touch 
it has been to ; that further additions can Ky A 
be like the light that falls on a e 4 
ow ed for us to watch the sparkle aad the os of 
ie 
The v en * ragga meet wapo day of an 
friend from London, a as know Cheek: 
worth eves longer pas I Te, and ‘whe has adequate 
eyes, impelled me once again seek its cious 
nineteenth century ; and that we should find 
plenty 
(typical of Fuckea and ‘it ‘Snagince) enlarged 200 o diam. 
AEA 
the — 
roe borealis, though on a larger scale. It may also prove 
valuable to the hybridiser, It is to be that 
the plant in pmu on as re ei as = 
common Fuchsia. The shape of the pollen- 
observed and figured in Mr. pcan: a Smith, i is 
iffer 
MT. M. 
CHATSWORTH. 
Sat hidgatta again ! es: ita as we have 
hakspeare over again, and the Atlantic Ocean, and 
eas the 
aes SS 
Cea: m 
in revisiting an scenes 
enjoyment derived from Nature. I do not mian. ale 
as tated enh tals f] 
+, e 
bom hich 1 of eet familiarity, 
atter of course impli , 
and to see, which Pg TEE and details, the 
reci 
relations of 
oc 
fronds there may have 
growth, and m like- the v A 
their produce on their backs, 
