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tliirkets uf fuchsiasj like thickets oi: bracken, only a million 

 times incire glorious, in the rainy parts of Brazil, and Peru, 

 and ^lexico, and Venezuela, and Guatemala, and learn 

 tlierel'nini tliat the plant does not disdain warmth, and is 

 decidedly fund of moisture. It is in no respect a wall 

 liiiwer, for it simply cannot live on a dry crust, and so the 

 key to the culti\ation of the fuchsia is to pirovide it with a 

 rich soil in close proximity to the water-lintt. If only for 

 one thing the fuchsia is an interesting plant, for an Eng- 

 Hsh cultivator, who understands it as well as any man 

 living — ]\Ir. Cannell, of vSwanley — has declared that 

 fuchsias should be grown exactly as radishes are, and, 

 absurd as it mav sound, it is almost exactly true. ^A ell, 

 to grow really tender, mild, sweet, delicate radishes, you 

 must grow them quickly — a warm, rich, moist bed, plenty 

 of light and air, and be quick about all the business. And 

 this, in the concrete, is just the right rule for the fuchsia 

 grower. Be quick about it. Put the cuttings in a moist, 

 warm bed; put the young plants in a light and very rich 

 soil; do not give them very much air, and be sure they have 

 enough water; and shift them into larger and larger pots 

 unld they are as large as you lequire. and then let them 

 riouci', and presto! you will have fuchsias. You may call 

 tlieiii radishes if you like, but it will be more proper to call 

 them jilums, because the donl.ile purple tiichsias are like 

 miuiature plum-trees when in llowcr, and the fruits of all 

 fuciisias are eatable, and make good tarts, provided they 

 are assisted with lemon-juice, sugar, S:c. &:c., for their own 

 ])ropcr Ihn'our is somewhat tlat, green, and poverty-stricken. 

 I'o grow handsome pot fuchsias is aluiut as easy as any- 

 thing in the way of tirst-idass tloriculture ; but compara- 

 tively few amongst the many who put their hands to the 



