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FUCHSIA GLOBOSA. 
(globe-flowered fuchsia.) 
class. order. 
OCTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
NATURAL ORDER. 
ONAGRAREiE. 
-Oeneric Character. — Calyx four-parted, coloured, funnel-shaped, deciduous. Petals four. Berry 
four-celled. Seeds many. 
Specific Character. — A dwarf shrub, from a foot to eighteen inches high. Leaves usually opposite, 
sometimes in threes, bright green, toothed, ovate, and pointed. Flowers axillary, pendulous. Calyx 
rich crimson. Petals purple lilac, about half the length of the calyx. 
This beautiful kind is stated by Mr. D, Don to have been raised from seeds of 
tlie conica by Mr. Bunny, It is certainly a plant of very great beauty, perhaps 
exceeding any other species or variety known. 
It is dwarf and somewhat spreading, and the slender branches are sparingly 
covered with leaves, which are not of a large size. The blossoms are of a brilliant 
scarlet, and are shown to great advantage in consequence of the smallness of the 
leaves. Before' expansion they are remarkable for their globular form^ and also 
when fully expanded they continue to present a similar appearance, as the points of 
the calyx still continue to curve outwards. 
The plant from which our drawing was taken flowered in the open border at 
Chatsworth, planted in light rich loamy soil, where it appeared to flourish very 
well, and continued flowering until cut down by the frost. It is necessary, how- 
ever, to shelter it in the greenhouse in winter. 
The best mode of propagation is by cuttings of the young wood, put in whilst 
quite tender in spring, and placed in a little bottom heat. 
