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flower pot is advisable in order to obtain a symmetrical plant, the 
young growths being tied out in various directions. Several years 
elapse before a handsome, pyramidal plant 4 or 5 feet high is 
obtained ; the growth of side shoots is encouraged by pinching off 
the top of the leading shoot when it is growing freely. Those 
shoots necessary to the formation of a well balanced and syui- 
metrical plant are retained and secured in position by tying, the 
others being rubbed off. It is only when the shoots are young and 
supple that they can be trained properly. Fuchsias are stored in a 
frostproof place during winter. Pyramid Fuchsias are not planted 
out in the flower beds; they are grown in pots or tubs, the latter. 
being “plunged” beneath the soil. Thus to all appearance they are 
actually growing in the bed or border. It is most necessary to pay 
careful attention to the watering; one must not forget that the 
plants are in flower pots and need a great deal of water during hot 
weather. Standard Fuchsias are just as easily grown. When the 
stem has reached a height of 3 or 4 feet, the point is taken out, 
side growths subsequently develop, and eventually the head is 
formed. Scarcely any plant is more easily trained than a Fuchsia ; 
the young and tender shoots are as obedient to a judicious and 
careful system of stopping and training as a well trained horse is to 
properly handled reins. Fuchsias are easily increased by cuttings 
in spring. If the old plants are put in a warm greenhouse and 
well syringed, plenty of cuttings will soon be available. They root 
readily in pots filled with sandy soil under a handlight in the 
greenhouse. Good single varieties are German Empress, Prince of 
Orange, Rose of Castile, Mrs. Rundell, Heinrich Henkel. Double 
Fuchsias to be recommended are Rosalie, Madame Bruant, Amie, and 
Avalanche. 
Tuberous Begonias.—These make a gorgeous display in the 
flower garden, especially if the summer happens to suit them. They 
delight in cool, moist weather, and then bloom freely from July 
until frost cuts them down. Innumerable shades of colour are 
represented from white through yellow, pink, rose, scarlet to 
crimson. If seed is sown in a warm greenhouse in January, and the 
seedlings are grown on without a check and hardened off for plant- 
ing out in June, the Begonias will be in flower in July. After the 
flowering season, the bulbs or tubers are taken up and kept in 
boxes covered with soil during the winter in some frostproof shed. 
When signs of growth are apparent in spring, the stock of plants 
may be increased by cutting some of the bulbs in two with a sharp 
knife ; there should be at least one shoot to each piece of bulb. In 
March the tubers are potted up into 48 sized pots (43 inches diameter) 
and grown on in the greenhouse ready for bedding out in June. 
course, they must be gradually hardened off before being put out. 
Some excellent named sorts of bedding Begonias are Lafayette, 
crimson scarlet; Count Zeppelin, bright crimson ; Bertini, orange ; 
ae pure white; Worthiana, orange ; Phosphorascens, brilliant 
scarlet. 
