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Garden and Forest. 



[October 31, 1SS8. 



F. scrratifolia, a handsome slirub, with luigiit, rose-colored 

 axillary tiowers. This species, a native of Peru, has furnished 

 our gardens with many varieties. 



F. spectahilis, introduced from Ecuador about 1848; distin- 

 guished by the length of its reddish-purple calyx tube. The 

 spreading petals are vermilion. 



F. splendens, a Mexican species, with the reddish-purple calyx 

 tube contracted at the base, with green sepals and yellowish 

 petals. 



F. cordifoUa, discovered in Guatemala by Hartvveg, who in- 

 troduced it into Europe. Near F. splendens, from which it 

 may be distinguished by its cordate leaves and longer 

 flowers. 



F. penduUflora, a recent introduction ; the llowers in axil- 

 lary and terminal clusters ; the calyx-tulie crimson flushed 

 with chestnut. 



F. sessilifolia, a handsome shrub with long racemes of pen- 

 dulous flowers, and with oblong-lanceolate, sessile leaves ; a 

 native of Colombia. 



F. simplicUaulis, a species near F. corynibiflora and F. dc- 

 pcndens J calyx-tulie bright rose-colored ; petals scarlet. 



F. tiiphylla, the oldest species of Fuchsia known ; flowers 

 axillary and in terminal clusters of a uniform scarlet ; leaves 

 in threes. 



F. caracaseelsis [F. nigricans), is no longer in cidtivation. 



F. ampliata, a superb Peruvian species, with large, ver- 

 milion llowers. 



II. Species not Introduced. 

 F. confcriifolia, Peru ; F. Har/wegi, near Huambia ; F. 

 hortella, Colombia ; F. sylvatica, Ecuador ; F. umbrosa, 

 Ecuador ; F. canescens, Colombia and Peru ; F. seabrinscula, 

 Peru ; F. agavacensis, Peru ; F. ampliata, superb species of 

 Peru ; F. quindiensis, Quindio ; F. longiflora, Andes of Q., 

 rare, beautiful species to introduce ; /''. loxcnsis, Peru ; 'F. 

 coroUafa, Colombia, a very ornamental plant ; F. curviflora, 

 Colombia ; F. denticulata, Peru ; F. nieinlezanaiea, Caracas ; 

 F. salicifolia, Peru. 



SECOND SECTION. 



In this section, for a long time, one species only was 

 known ; it was cultivated under the name of F. excorticata. 

 Its strange flower was more peculiar than attractive, and it 

 has been almost entirely dropped. To this species another 

 has since been added under the name of F. procuinbens, also 

 interesting solely on account of its peculiarity. These two 

 species are natives of New Zealand. An intermediate form 

 between F. excorticata and F. procumbens, also found in New 

 Zealand, and called by Hooker F. Colcnsoi, had not been in- 

 troduced. This last Fuchsia concludes the list of known 

 species. 



In traversing the mountains of South America, pre-emi- 

 nently the country of Fuchsias, I met with a number of these 

 species, and was able to secure numerous specimens, 

 amounting to twenty-two varieties. Sixteen had been gath- 

 ered by travelers before me, two are new, and four cannot 

 be decided upon, as the specimens are incomplete. 



My new species are (i) F. vulcanica. Branches, leaves and 

 peduncles covered with short, thick, white, bristly pubes- 

 cence. Branches rounded with short segments, sessiles, or 

 nearly sessiles, leaves, in threes or fours, elliptical or obovate, 

 abruptly pointed, sparsely toothed, flowers few, solitary, 

 axillary ; peduncles short ; ovary oblong, calyx red (?) bristly! 

 especially in the young flowers, tube slightly curved, gradually 

 enlarging from the base to the summit; lobes oval-triangular- 

 acuminate; corolla glabrous, bright cherry-red, petals rounded, 

 a third shorter than the sepals, stamen and style exserted. 

 Volcano of Azufral (Colombia).— This Fuchsia is related to 

 F. ampliata by the character of its flowers, but differs from 

 ^ it ill a remarkable pubescence, perhaps unique amono- 

 Fuchsias, and by its sessile leaves and by many other charac^- 

 ters. (2) F. scherffiana.—'RounAed branches, delicately bristled, 

 leaves opposite or ;ilternate, petiole with short bristles, full 

 grown blade lanceolate— oblong, acuminate, very obscurely 

 toothed, scilliate, with short bristles on the midrib and second- 

 ary ribs of the upper side, and on the midrib of the under 

 side ; almost glabrous elsewhere. Flowers few, solitary 

 axillary ; peduncles slender, covered, like the oblong ovarv! 

 with a few short hairs. Calyx almost glalirous, ovary red,' 

 tube narrow and cylindrical from its base for a third of its 

 length, then gradually enlarged and again cylindrical • lobes 

 oval-lanceolate, long-pointed; corolla, scarlet; petals, oblono-- 

 elhptical ; the point round cuspidate, a little shorter than the 

 calyx. Stamens and style exserted. 



An intermediate species between F. petiolaris and F. 

 triphylla, distinguished from the first by its very elongated 



leaves with rather short petioles, its oblong ovary, its smaller 

 sepals and its glabrous petals without hairs ; and from F. 

 triphylla by its more elongated leaves and its flowers, which 

 are few, larger and not in clusters at the ends of the 

 branches. 



The sight of the beauty of these flowers as they grow in 

 their native land awakened the desire in me to see them more 

 widely cultivated. By new crossings of wild species, inter- 

 esting hybrids would certainly be- obtained, and old varieties, 

 of which the characters always turn in about the same circle, 

 would be rejuvenated. Ed. Andre, in Revue Horticole. 



Foreign Correspondence. 

 London Letter. 



AS autumn advances the fortnightly gatherings of the 

 Royal Horticultural Society become more and 

 more confined to open-air flowers; and hot-house plants 

 and flowers, especially Orchids, are fewer at each meet- 

 ing. At last Tuesday's show the flower exhibits consisted 

 mainly of Dahlias, which were represented by every class, 

 and made a brilliant display. To these were added a mag- 

 nificent group of hybrid Cannas from IMessrs. Cannell, 

 about which I wrote some time since; some excellent late 

 Roses from the Waltham Cross roseries ; a large and most 

 interesting group of Pitcher plants (Nepenthes) from Mr. 

 B. S. Williams ; and a marvelous array of that splendid 

 bulbous plant, Kerine Fothcrgillii major, from the garden 

 of Baron Schroeder, which is as famous for its Nerines as 

 for its Orchids. Fruits are, of course, one of the predomi- 

 nating features of the autumn meetings, and on this occa- 

 sion IMessrs. Veitch exhibited a fine collection, rich in va- 

 rieties of Plums, Apples, Pears, Figs and other fruits, 

 which proved a great attraction. 



The certificated flowers and plants were more plentiful 

 than usual, most of them being new sorts of Dahlias, chiefly 

 of the show and fancy classes. I will not attempt to de- 

 scribe them fully, that being nearly impossible, as they differ 

 so slightly from each other and from older sorts, while their 

 tints are in most cases so subtle that one cannot invent 

 terms for them. Of the true show and fancy types, the large 

 and globular flowers with shell-like florets arranged with 

 faultless symmetry, a large number were considered worthy 

 of certificates of the first class. Of these Mr. Turner, the 

 famous Dahlia raiser and grower at Slough, sent the fol- 

 lowing : Maud Fellowes, white florets tipped with purple ; 

 Admiration, crimson tipped with white ; Hugo, crimson ; 

 Agnes, rich yellow. From fliother raiser came John 

 Cooper, a large and superbly shaped flower, buff flaked 

 with purple. The vi'ell-known Dahlia growers, Messrs. 

 Keynes, of Salisbury, secured a certificate for their Mat- 

 thew, an orange-yellow flower. The Pompon or Bouquet 

 class was represented by numerous new sorts. Mr. Tur- 

 ner's certified sorts were : Vivid, scarlet ; Juliette, pale 

 yellow tipped with bright red; and Lothair, orange-red 

 and crimson ; while Messrs. Keynes showed Little Ethel, 

 white ; Little Darkle, maroon crimson (almost black) ; 

 Whisper, yellow tipped with buft"; Eur3'dice, purple tipped, 

 with pink florets. The Juarezii, or Cactus flowered section, 

 which is perhaps at the present time the most popular 

 class of Dahlias among us, was represented by some new 

 sorts of distinct and sterling merit, but only two were con- 

 sidered worthy of certificates. These were both from 

 Messrs. Keynes ; their names being Honora, a large 

 flower of a bright, clear yellow ; and Panthea, a deli- 

 cate shade of buff yellov^r. Most numerous of all the 

 classes, because so easily raised, is the single Dahlia, of 

 which there was an endless array of new sorts submitted. 

 The committee, however, do not award certificates for 

 single flowers, except in special cases, because there are 

 already in cultivation such a multitude of really fine kinds 

 of all colors. The only sort certificated on this occasion 

 was one called Lady Montefiore, a finel}' shaped flower 

 with broad, flat florets of a clear yellow tipped with 

 crimson. 



