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FUCHSIA SERRATIFOLIA. 
it in bis recent travels through that country, and transmitted specimens to hi 
employers, Messrs. Yeitch and Son, of Exeter, to whose kindness we are indebtei 
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 ; 
satiny gloss on the upper surface and a tinge of red beneath. The flowers hav 
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 tub 
tipped with yellowish green, and petals of a rich vermilion hue, they are ver 
conspicuous and interesting. 
It will require similar treatment to that bestowed upon F. fulgens aiu 
F. corymbijlora^ and will doubtless be as readily increased from cuttings. 
