FUCHSIA CHANDLE'RII. 
chandler’s fuchsia. 
Class> Order. 
OCTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
ONAGRACEiE. 
Hybrid 
Height 
Flowers in 
Habit. 
Raised 
Origin. 
1 foot. 
July & Aug. 
Shrub. 
in 1840. 
Nq. 881. 
Fuchsia, it will be recollected, is derived from 
the name of an old German botanist. It is not, 
however, the name of the learned German alone 
which, at the present day, graces the genus, but 
also the names of a multitude of zealous propaga- 
tors of novelties. 
Seedling Fuchsias are raised with nearly the same 
facility as annuals; and of such different character 
are some of the new species, of late introduction, that 
a wide range occurs in the genus, within which dis- 
tinct varieties may be propagated by hybridization. 
To such extent has this been carried, that it is 
impossible to determine to what parents a particular 
plant may owe its origin. The mingled forms of 
Fuchsias, existing between fulgens and the older 
species, are still increasing; and, although it may 
seem to interfere with the established species pre- 
sented to us by nature, it would be too cynical to 
desire, for a moment, to cast an impediment in the 
way of this exercise of ingenuity, and production 
of pleasures. The anticipation of raising a flower 
different from, or superior to, what has ever been 
seen; and this, too, enjoyed for a year or two 
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