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BEGONIA FUCHSIOIDES. 
In cultivating this species the warmth of the stove will be required, and , 
should be grown in a fibrous open soil, composed of leaf mould and light loam ' 
equal proportions. It has naturally a handsome habit, but this is greatly improv 
by stopping its branches and shoots, and tastefully disposing them as they gro 
Cuttings treated in the usual way are a very ready means of increase. 
As plants of interest, easy management, and of a really ornamental charactl 
the amateur culturist can scarcely select a group that would afford him more sat 
faction and pleasure than one composed of several of the best species. Th 
commend themselves to him, because of their simple cultivation, their rare beaut 
and their great diversity of character. The fact that the greater part are sto 
plants need not operate to prevent their cultivation, since notwithstanding a geni 
warmth is necessary for them during the period of growth, a warm greenhouse w 
suffice for the development of the blossoms of many of the species. Begonias a 
more at home, and are seen to greater advantage, when brought together in group 
and are so because from the peculiarity of the foliage they do not well associate wi 
other plants. 
The genus is named in honour of Michael Begon, an intendant of the Frem 
Marine, and a patron of Botany, who flourished in the seventeenth century. 
