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FUCHSIA SERRATIFOLIA. 
it in his recent travels through that country, and transmitted specimens to his 
employers, Messrs. Yeitch and Son, of Exeter, to whose kindness we are indebted 
for the specimen depicted. 
It is a magnificent-looking plant, with a stout erect stem and spreading 
branches, amply clothed with whorls of large, oblong, rich green leaves, with a 
satiny gloss on the upper surface and a tinge of red beneath. The flowers have 
a very gay and elegant appearance, and although there is only one from each axil, 
yet as they all droop and hang below the branches, and consist of a long rosy tube 
tipped with yellowish green, and petals of a rich vermilion hue, they are very 
conspicuous and interesting. 
It will require similar treatment to that bestowed upon F. fulgens and 
F. corymbi/lora, and will doubtless be as readily increased from cuttings. 
