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young wood), and placed in the properly-prepared pots in 

 a gentle hot-bed. When rooted, which they very quickly 

 will be, pot them singly in small pots, and keep them 

 growing in a gentle heat until the beginning of May, when, 

 after gradually preparing them, they may be removed to 

 the greenhouse, where they should be kept near the glass, 

 and receive larger pots, as the old ones become filled with 

 roots. The pyramidal form is that in which these plants are 

 most generally grown, and it is one in which the beauty 

 of the flowers is seen to the greatest advantage. To keep 

 the plant in good form, the leading growth must be kept 

 well up above the laterals, and the plant frequently turned 

 round should it show any inclination to draw to one side ; 

 the lateral shoots must be pinched in order to keep a proper 

 balance, and to form a dense and shapely pyramid. Thus 

 grown, they form delightful objects in the conservatory or 

 greenhouse, as well as for the hall or for vases — indeed, 

 a Fuchsia, when well bloomed, either a large or small plant, 

 is an ornament in any place. After blooming, if the old 

 .plants are to be kept for another season, place them as well 

 as the young ones in the open air, in order to thoroughly 

 ripen their wood, after which, and when frosts come on, 

 remove them to some cool, dry place, such as a back shed, 

 a cellar, or beneath the stage of the greenhouse, where they 

 may remain until spring, and will require little or bo water 

 during the whole time. In spring, shake them out of the 

 old soil, reduce the roots so that they may go into small pots, 

 and prune the branches close in regular order ; pot them 

 into the soil before recommended, and start them in gentle 

 heat. A gentle syringing will greatly assist the young shoots, 

 but water should be given sparingly to the roots until they 

 are quite active, when, about the middle of May, they should 

 be again removed to the greenhouse. The green fly and red 



