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forcing house, to remove its lateral 

 branches and leaves to about half its 

 height. The plant must then be 

 kept constantly growing for two years, 

 till it has attained the required height ; 

 during which period it must be fre- 

 quently shifted into larger and larger 

 pots ; the lateral shoots and leaves 

 must be taken off as fast as they 

 appear. When the plant has acquired 

 the height of eight or ten feet, it may- 

 be suffered to have a little rest ; that 

 is, it may be taken out of the hot- 

 house, and placed in a greenhouse, 

 when it will lose its leaves, and cease 

 growing ; for it must be observed, 

 that while kept constantly growing by 

 heat and moisture in the hot-house, 

 it will retain its leaves during winter, 

 contrary to the usual habits of the 

 genus. The following spring, when 

 the plant begins to grow, the top 

 should be pinched off, when it will, 

 in the course of a few months, pro- 

 duce a beautiful head, covered with 

 flowers ; and in this state, if set in 

 the centre of a bed of Fuchsias on a 

 lawn, or in a flower-garden, it will 

 have a very pleasing effect. F. ful- 

 gens is a tuberous-rooted species, 

 with herbaceous stems, which natu- 

 rally die off after the plant has pro- 

 duced its seeds. When this is the 

 case the root requires to be kept 

 quite dry till the following spring, 

 when it may be brought forward by 

 putting it into a hot-house, or plung- 

 ing it into a hotbed. Young cut- 

 tings of this species strike as freely 

 as any of the other sorts ; but they 

 require care, as they are liable to 

 damp off. In some cases, a single 

 leaf has struck, the roots proceeding 

 from the thickened part at the base 

 of the petiole. F. arbor escens forms, 

 in its native country, a handsome 

 low tree ; but in England it proves 

 much more tender than the other 



species, and succeeds best in the 

 stove, where it deserves a place on 

 account of its fine foliage, and its ter- 

 minal heads of lilac flowers. It 

 grows very freely from cuttings, which 

 often attain the height of five or six- 

 feet in one year. F. discolor is a 

 hardy species, a native of Port Fa- 

 mine, near the Straits of Magellan, 

 but it is not very handsome, from the 

 dingy colour of its flowers. F. coc- 

 cinea is interesting from having been 

 the first Fuchsia grown in England, 

 and the only one known in this 

 country for many years ; it having 

 been introduced in 1788 ; while the 

 oldest of the others (F. gracilis) was 

 not introduced till 1823. F. coccinea 

 should be kept inthe green-house. All 

 the Fuchsias hybridize freely with 

 each other, and vary very much from 

 seed, which most of the kinds ripen 

 every year. The fruit is a dark 

 purple berry, which when ripe is 

 eatable. 



Fuma x ria. — Fumariacece. — Pretty 

 little plants with curiously shaped 

 flowers, which grow best on calcareous 

 or sandy soils. The annual kinds 

 should be sown with other annuals in 

 March, April, or May ; and the pe- 

 rennial species are increased by divi- 

 sion of the root. Some of the kinds 

 are now called Corydalis. 

 Fumitory. — See Fuma x ria. 

 Fu'nkia. — Hemerocallidaceee .— 

 The Japan Day-lily. Bulbous-rooted 

 plants that were formerly considered 

 to belong to the genus Hemerocallis. 

 They are natives of China and Japan, 

 and are grown in the open air in Eng- 

 land. F. ccerulea is quite hardy and 

 will grow anywhere, but F. alba re- 

 quires a warm dry border, as do the 

 newly introduced species. They are 

 all very ornamental, and some of then*, 

 are fragrant. 



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