8 THE FLORIST AND 
As it Is desirable to encourage tlie growth of the stem as much as possible, 
so as to be able to support the head without staking, the foliage should be 
left on, and the foliage on the pinched shoots also, for the same purpose. 
About the middle of May the plants should be transferred to the green- 
house, preparatory to placing them out of doors at the end of the month. 
As solidity in the wood is desirable, when out of doors, they should be 
plunged to the rim fully exposed to the sun. But little more attention will 
be required during summer, than careful watering, and stopping the shoots 
every third eye, no potting being "done after this time. By the beginning 
of September they should be lifted, any worms that may have crept into the 
pots, ejected by means of a little liiiie water, some of the top soil taken off 
and replenished with new, and placed in the greenhouse where they will 
soon commence flowering. 
In the spring they should be cut back within two or three inches of the 
stem, a little o^ the old soil shaken from the roots, and repotted into two 
sizes larger pot. After cutting back they might be placed into a little 
warmth, till they break, when they may be turned out of doors and treated 
as in the first season. This being all the treatment they will require from 
year to year. When flowering, occasional weak manure waterings will 
assist them. 
As plants treated this way are intended for ultimate effect, as many 
flowers will not be produced the first season as by the following method ; 
which is recommended till the others get established, and for those just 
forming a collection of plants. Strike cuttings as recommended above, 
except the taking out the bottom eyes, which in this case are an assistance ; 
treat as before recommended, but pinch out the centre every three or four 
inches. By the end of May nice little plants will have been obtained 5 
which should be planted in a moderately rich border. Continue the pinch- 
ing of the shoots, and tie out occassionally to keep them from crowding 
each other. Early in September carefully take up the plants, and pot into 
moderate sized pots, according to the growth they have made, and place 
them in a pit or frame kept moist, for a fortnight, to recover themselves. 
Plants treated thus, will make good sized bushes the first season, and pro- 
duce a large quantity of flowers. By the second season the standards will 
make large plants and except for variety, there will be no need of growing 
others than these for the future. The much neglected Fuchsia corymbi- 
flora, trained to a stem six feet high with a bushy head, secured in the way 
recommended above, forms a magnificent object. For soil, nothing suits 
