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very hardy species; flowers crimson and purple, summer; 
height io or more feet. F. corymbiflora, flowers scarlet, 
summer ; height 4 to 6ft. F. globosa, flowers purplish-red and 
violet, summer; height 5 to 6ft. F. gracilis, a very pretty, 
free growing and flowering species ; flowers scarlet and purple, 
simmer; height 6 to 10ft. F. macrostemma, flowers scarlet, 
summer; height 6 to 12ft. F. Riccartoni, a hybrid, bears red 
blossoms, is very hardy indeed, and grows well outdoors in 
Scotland. The foregoing will grow well in ordinary light, 
well-drained soil. They should be planted in spring. In 
wiater, when the shoots die down, cut them off, and mulch 
the crown of the roots with cinder ashes or tree leaves as a 
meins of protection against frost. In spring remove the 
muching and then new shoots will soon spring up. This 
proection is not required when the plants grow into large 
shrubs 10 or more feet high. Once the plants get established 
thej will flourish for years and make handsome bushes. Many 
of the tender greenhouse fuchsias will also live outdoors if 
planted against warm walls in well-drained borders. We have 
one planted many years ago at the foot of a greenhouse wall 
facirg north-east which annually dies down to the ground, but 
sends up fresh shoots every spring. We have some in a shady 
border which have survived the winter for four years. Green- 
hous; fuchsias, apart from this fact, are very desirable plants 
to plant out in May or June in shady borders or beds; or in 
sunny ones for the matter of that. They also come in most 
usefil as “dot” plants in beds planted with dwarf flowers, or 
for filing vases and window-boxes. They may be grown in 
bush, pyramidal or standard form. Large plants are usually 
plunged in their pots in the soil and lifted and wintered in a 
cool house, starting them to grow in spring. Fuchsias, both 
hardy and tender, may be easily increased by cuttings of young 
shoots in heat in spring, or in a shady cold frame in summer. 
Garrya. — A genus of beautiful hardy evergreen shrubs, 
belonging to the Dogwood order (Cornaceae). G. elliptica is 
the species most generally grown, and this has dark, shining 
green leaves, grows 8 to 12ft. high, and is a native of Cali- 
fornia. The male and female flowers are borne on separate 
plants. ' The male plant is the more beautiful of the two on 
account of its pale green drooping or tassel-like catkins, which 
are borne freely on the shoots in winter. The female plant — 
foemina — is not so interesting. In the South and West, and in 
mild districts generally, the Garrya does well in the open, but 
in less favoured situations the shelter of a south or west wall 
is desirable. It will succeed in a well-drained ordinary soil. 
Plant in early autumn or April and May. No pruning required 
