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FUCHSIAS. 
NEW AND CHOICE FUCHSIAS— contlnuGU, 
PENTHEUS, rich deep crimson tube and sepals ; 
large open saucer-shaped corolla of a rich dark 
purple plum colour. Is. 
PINK PERFECTION, a stout flower of flue 
form, with creamy white tube and sepals and 
rich pink and violet corolla, dashed with 
violet. Is. 6d. 
PRESIDENT, a large flower of excellent form and 
good substance ; tube and well-recurved sepals 
of a bright vermilion ; beautifully formed 
corolla of the richest violet colour. 7s. 6d. 
*REAPER, short tube and extraordinary wide 
sepals, of a bright rosy carmine colour ; short 
double corolla of a rich pui-plish crimson 
colour. 3s. 6d. 
SALMO, tube and recurved sepals of a bright ^ 
carmine scarlet colour ; corolla rich purplish 
crimson. 6s. 
SYROS, tube and sepals of a deep rose colour, 
the sepals very broad and horizontally reflexed ; 
the corolla qf gr eat substance, and of a rich deep 
bluish purple colour ; a very clfectivo flower. 
6s. 
THERA, short tube and horizontally reflexed 
sepals of a light carmine rose colour ; fine 
Large wax-like corolla of a deep purplish plum 
colour ; a fine showy flower. 5s. 
TEKAPO, short tube aitd well-reflexed sepals, 
both of a rich rosy crimson colour ; largo 
expanded corolla of a deep purplish crimson 
colonr. 5s. 
*VILLE DE NANCY, tube and sepals of a pale 
carmine red colour, the latter very wide and 
well recurved ; fine largo double corolla, of a 
brilliant dark violet colour. Is. 
•VIOLLET-LB-DUO, a floriferous variety of 
good habit ; fine full double flowers, witli ex- 
panded corolla of a metallic violet colour, and 
short reddish reflexed sepals. 3s. 6d, 
VIRGO, tube and sepals pure white; the latter 
gracefully reflexed, and forming a perfect 
crown above the corolla, which is of a beautiful 
magenta colour, quite a novel shade. Is. 
*VOIX DU PEUPLE, large flowers, with fine 
expanded milky white corolla ; sepals well 
recurved, of a rich rosy carmine colour. Is. 
WAGNERIAN, tube and sepals crimson ; the 
latter beautifully reflexed ; large and glossy 
corolla of a deep crimson purple colour. Is. 
‘WHI^E GIANT, a .splendid variety, producing 
long racemes of flowers, of immense size ; one 
of the largest double white corollas. Is. 
WORDSWORTH, vide -page 21. 
Selections of other good varieties can he made from Mr. W. B. ’s General Collection 
at 9s. and 12s, per dozen. 
FUCHSIAS. 
HYBRIDS AND SPECIES. 
BOLIVIANA, a remarkably ornamental and attractive species, discovered by M. Eoezl in Bolivia ; 
it is of compact growth, and its branches terminate in largo bunches of beautiful drooping flowers, 
about three inches long and of a rich carmine crimson colour, with bright carmine corolla. Is. 6d. 
CANARY BIRD, a showy and attractive variety ; foliage of a golden yellow colour ; leaves prettily 
veined ; flowers well formed ; tube and sepals scarlet, the latter broad and finely reflexed ; corolla 
a rich dark purple colour. Is. 6d. 
CH. DARWIN, a dwarf and free-flowering variety, obtained from a cross between F. Dominiana and 
F. serratifolia ; it has tubular flowers of a brilliant rosy carmine colour ; the sepals long, slightly 
rqflexed, rose tipped with yellowish green ; long expanded corolla of a reddish yellow colour. Is. fid. 
DR. GORDON, this variety is from the same cross as the preceding ; it is of dwarf habit and produces 
drooping flowers nearly four inches long ; the tube is of a brilliant purplish rose colour ; the sepals 
pointed with orange yellow ; the corolla is very wide and ol a rich orange vemfilion colour. 1.9. fid. 
ED. ANDRE, an e.xtremely free flowering variety, obtained from a cross between F. Dominiana and 
F. serratifolia, resembling the latter in its narrow foliage and in the form of its flowers, which are 
very large, with open corolla of a pale orange colour and long carmine tube and sepals, which are 
yclloavish at the points. 2s. fid. 
GRACILIS VARIEGATA, an elegant variety of good habit, with lance-oval leaves, broadly margined 
wdth white. Is. fid. 
H. LBCOQ, an attractive variety, obtained from a cross between F. Dominiana and F. serratifolia ; 
it has large tube-shaped flowers about one and a half [to two inches long, carmine red at the base 
and dark rose at the summit ; straw coloured recurved sepals ; rosy orange corolla ; dwarf habit. 
Is. fid. 
MICROPHYLLA, a distinct species with miniature foliage, flowers and gi'owth. Is. fid. 
PROCUMBENS, a distinct and interesting species ; the flowers are about three-quarters of an inch 
long, with a linear-oblong ovary, surmounted by an orange-yellow funnel-shaped calyx tube which is 
divided at the throat into four reflexed segments, nearly as long as the tube and of a deop violet 
colour edged with gi’een. It has been figured in the Botamieal Magazine, tab. fil39. Is. fid. 
