232 green-house — repotting. [March. 
foliage ; very rusty underneath ; they grow almost too freely. 
(Soil No. 11.) 
Fuchsia, or Ladies' Ear-drop. There is an endless va- 
riety of this lovely genus of deciduous small shrubs now 
cultivated, but there are only a few to surpass the common 
and celebrated Cdccinea : true, many have been, and are, 
represented as far surpassing it, but when brought to the 
test, they are, in some particular, found wanting. How- 
ever, among the many, F. Caroline, F. Fxoniensis, F. Gi<ja it- 
tea, F. Robusta, and F. Coccinea rosea. These are very 
superb varieties ; some of the flowers are two and a half 
inches long and two inches in diameter. The following arc 
light-coloured varieties, indeed nearly white, with a purple 
or pink centre, forming a beautiful contrast with the deep 
crimson and purple sorts ; F. Napoleon, F. One in the Ring, 
F. Magnificent^ F. Acantha, F. delicata, F. Snow-drop, and 
F. jiavescens. To grow these in perfection, they require to 
be very frequently shifted, as they advance in growth, till you 
have them in pots ten inches wide. Just now, I have plants 
only six months from the cutting that are four feet high 
and sixteen feet in circumference, loaded with thousands 
of flowers, and are the admiration of every beholder. They 
require liberal supplies of water. F. fulgens is a distinct 
species ; the foliage is very different from any other sort ; 
leaves of a well-grown plant are four inches wide and five 
inches and a half long : the flowers are from two inches and 
a half to three inches long, of a pink and scarlet colour, and 
the plant is nearly tuberous. We would recommend our 
readers to grow them from seeds when obtained : it is well 
known they will produce variety, and it is even supposed by 
some that the seeds of F. coccinea have produced by hy- 
bridizing nearly all the varieties of the present day, which 
exceed one hundred : most of the flowers are a bright scarlet, 
the stamens are encircled with a petal of bright purple, and 
are of very curious construction ; they bear a dark purple 
berry, and are of the easiest cultivation ; but during gammer 
the pots must be carefully kept from the sun, although the 
plants will not be affected by it. If the plants are young 
and growing freely, we find that a deluge of rain, and after- 
wards a hot day, is their instant death. Some of them do 
tolerably well when planted in the flower-garden early in 
May. (Soil No. 10.) 
