FU'CHSIA CYLINDRA'CEA. 
CYLINDRICAL- FLOWERED FUCHSIA. 
Class. Order 
OCTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
ONAGRACEjE. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Habit. 
Introduced 
Mexico. 
2 feet. 
August. 
Shrub. 
in 1837. 
No. 993. 
The name of a German botanist is perpetuated 
by the title of tliis genus. 
“A pretty new species of Fuchsia,” says Dr. 
Lindley, in the miscellaneous matter of the Botan- 
ical Register, “raised from Mexican seeds, jiresent- 
ed to the Horticultural Society, by George Barker, 
Esq., of Birmingham.” In the same work it is 
suggested that as it has flowers of remarkably bril- 
liant colour, they may be usefully employed in 
improring the colour of the more showy species 
AAdth long stamens and larger flowers, which want 
brilliancy. No collection is complete without this 
legitimate species — this tme child of nature. 
Fuchsia cylindracea is not alone distinguished 
from the larger flowered species by the size or ex- 
ternal appearance of its flowers, but also by the 
singular fact that its flowers are not hermaphro- 
dite as those are, but contain the anthers and pis- 
tils in separate flowers ; hence in case of fertiliza- 
tion being attempted with larger species, this 
peculiarity must be kept in view. 
VeiT many of the most beautiful of our Fuchsias 
have originated in English gardens — they are 
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