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STANDISH'S SEEDLING FUCHSIAS. 
fertilizing, Mr. Standish was astonished to find, in 1843, that the produce had 
acquired so much larger leaves and flowers, as to be nearly twice the size. They 
are more soft- wooded than the hybrids of F.fulgens^ and exhibit the interesting 
fact, that instead of degenerating, as most florists' flowers do when propagated by 
seed without being fertilized, they improved to a very great degree. Mr. Standish 
thinks, indeed, that still higher improvements may be made by sowing the seed of 
the last generation. 
Our artist has tastefully represented the three varieties on one stem, for the 
sake of efiect. The flowers are, however, numbered, in order to distinguish them ; 
and the habit of each is very like the others. They are close-growing and neat. 
No. 1 is called Attraction, and has the pleasing aspect of the old F. glohosa, with 
rather longer and more acute as well as reflexed sepals, and immensely larger 
corollas, which are of the richest purple. No. 2, named President, is a longer and 
bolder flower, more in the way of F. Standishii, with a much better corolla. 
Colossus, No. 3, has a shorter tube to its flower, less reflexed sepals, and a 
particularly fine purple corolla. They are all meritorious and delightful objects. 
