Plate 277. 

 NEW FUCHSIAS. 



The group of new varieties of Fuchsias forming this plate are part of a batch of fine 

 seedlings raised by Mr. James Lye, gardener to the Hon. Mrs. Hay, Cliffe Hall, Market 

 Lavington, Wilts. Mr. Lye is well known in the West of England as an exhibitor and 

 cultivator of Fuchsias, and the specimen plants he is in the habit of exhibiting at Flower 

 Shows at Bath, Trowbridge, Chippenham, Calne, and at other places are remarkable for their 

 splendid size, superb growth, and wonderful floriferousness. It is worthy of note that while 

 the cultivation of the Fuchsia as an exhibition plant has declined in many parts of the coun- 

 try, it has reached a stage of high development in Wiltshire. In no other part of the 

 country can such specimens be seen. 



In the course of cultivating Fuchsias for show purposes, Mr. Lye found that many fine 

 varieties were unfitted by their habit of growth and sparseness of bloom as exhibition 

 plants, and this led him to turn his attention to the raising of seedlings fitted for show and 

 decorative purposes. His latest batch of seedlings answer these ends in such a remarkable 

 degree as to justify their being figured. Mr. Huntley (No. 1) has red tube and sepals, 

 and dark violet-purple corolla ; flowers large, bold, and of the finest form. Letty Lye 

 (No. 2) is a charming light variety with delicate, flesh-coloured tube and sepals, and deep 

 carmine corolla tinted with purple. Mrs. Huntley (No. 3) has a white tube and delicate 

 flesh-coloured sepals, large brilliant carmine corolla, very stout and of excellent form. Royal 

 Standard has coral red tube and sepals, and a pale plum purple corolla ; the flowers of the 

 best form and substance. Mr. Lye is to be congratulated on having raised such a fine lot of 

 seedlings. 



Plate 278. 

 AQUILEGIA CALIFOENICA IIYBPILDA. 



In the number for August of the present year a representation of one of the new Aquilegias 

 raised by Mr. J. Douglas, Loxford Hall Gardens, Ilford, was given. That was a charming 

 hybrid obtained from A. cceralea crossed with the pale yellow A. chrysantha. The fine and 

 distinct variety now figured is a seedling from the small red-flowered A. californica crossed 

 with A. chrysantha. Here, as in the case of A. ccerulea hybrida, the flowers are of large size, 

 the sepals bright orange-red, and the corolla or centre clear creamy-yellow. It is a singu- 

 larly fine and distinct form, with a vigorous growth and hardy constitution, bearing its 

 beautiful flowers in great profusion, and it is a decided acquisition to the class of Spring 

 flowering hardy plants. 



These fine Aquilegias are so valuable as to deserve some special care in their culture, 

 and while they flower well in the open ground in early Summer, the plants should be lifted 

 in Autumn, potted and Wintered in a cold frame, and then planted out in light rich soil to 

 flower : or they may be bloomed in the pots and planted out to mature their Summer growth 

 after the flowering season is over. The double Columbines also make very acceptable border 

 flowers. 



