FUCHSIA, FUNKIA 375 



You may also propagate in April, grow the plants all Summer 

 in pots, let them dry off by October, store them away under a bench 

 in a dormant state until the end of December and then start them 

 into growth again. Fuchsias can be grown into large plants! If 

 you ever go to San Francisco, be sure to visit the little beauty 

 spot back of the superintendent's office at Golden Gate Park where 

 there are planted out some Fuchsias 10 to 12 ft. in height. Once 

 in awhile on private places we see F. speciosa planted out in a soKd 

 bed and grown into a standard well worth a long trip to see when in 

 full bloom. 



Fbame Culture 



No plant more than the Fuchsia enjoys a hotbed. Here it can 

 be grown to perfection. Provide one with plenty of headroom, 

 and when you give the plants their final shift into 4s or 5s have the 

 bed ready. Plunge the pots in it up to their rims and maintain a 

 close atmosphere. Allow enough room between them for develop- 

 ment, and, with the bottom heat and the moisture, you will obtain 

 some wonderful plants better than anything you can ever hope to 

 grow in a house. 



Varieties of Fuchsias 



Trailing Queen is what you want for your hanging baskets, 

 and for this purpose grow the plants on in pots up to the middle 

 of April and then plant from five to seven in a 12-in. wire basket. 

 They don't need to be hung up until the branches begin to droop 

 over the sides. 



Black Prince is a single variety, used by the florist more ex- 

 tensively, perhaps, than any other on account of its fine, upright habit, 

 good foliage, and early flowering. Its color is carmine. F. speciosa 

 has white sepals and an orange corolla, making it one of the most 

 attractive of the single varieties and a particularly fine specimen 

 plant. Among the double ones, the best known are Storm King, 

 with scarlet sepals and white corolla ; President Garnot, crimson and 

 mauve; and Phenomenal, which, as the name indicates, is of enormous 

 size. There are many other fine sorts, both single and double. Rose of 

 Castile and Little Beauty are two of them. 



FUNKIA (PLANTAIN LILY) 



This is an old garden favorite and it is well to have a small 

 stock on hand to take divisions from in case a customer wants a 

 few plants; but it is the variegated form which interests the florist 

 most. Field grown plants may be lifted, carried in a coldframe and 

 potted up about February. They will in a few weeks make most 

 attractive pot plants, and be just the thing for the show house. 

 If you have enough of them, in say, 5-in, pots, you can create a 



