THE GARDEN IN AUGUST 



August is really but July continued, for no important 

 new feature is peculiar to it. July is very distinct from 

 June, as the latter is from May, and that again from 

 April, but July and August are essentially alike. The 

 weather is similar, the flowers are similar, and, as a 

 result, it is probable that the enthusiasm of gardeners 

 reaches a lower point in August than in any other month 

 of the year. 



Roses and Carnations are still among the most im- 

 important flowers in the garden, and the majority of 

 summer blooming annuals and perennial herbaceous 

 plants are still flowerful. 



It is somewhat depressing to observe how the beautiful 

 race of Fuchsias has gone out of cultivation since it went 

 out of fashion. I do not know quite when the Fuchsia 

 was introduced into this country, but I believe it was 

 about the middle of the eighteenth century. The Rev. 

 William Hanbury, "Rector of Church Langton, in 

 Leicestershire," in a two volume work in folio, en- 

 titled " A Complete Body of Gardening and Planting," 

 published in 1 77 1, of which I possess a copy, says that 

 in his time only one species of Fuchsia was known. 

 " This being the only species of the genus, it is named 

 simply Fuchsia. Father Plumier calls it Fuchsia triphylla 

 flore coccineo. It grows naturally in most of the warmest 

 parts of America." Hanbury included it among stove 

 plants, alleging that it is "very tender at all times," 

 but as a matter of fact F. coccinea can easily be grown 

 in the open air in most districts of England, though it 



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