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and I have, therefore, placed only this one variety under the name of the species. This kind of Fuchsia is well 
deserving of cultivation from its free growth, its large and handsome leaves, and the great abundance of its flowers. 
7.—FUCHSIA GRACILIS Lindl. THE SLENDER FUCHSIA. 
Synonymes.—I’. decussata Graham ; F. macrostema var. gracilis 
D. Don. 
Varinty.—F. g. B. multiflora Lindl., syn. F. tenella Hort. 
Encravincs.—Bot. Reg., t. 847, and t. 1052. 
Speciric Cuaracter.—Branches very slender, pubescent. Leaves 
opposite, glabrous, longer than the petiole, remotely denticulate. Petals 
retuse. Stamens exserted, much longer than the flowers. 


Description, &.—This is one of the most graceful of all the kinds of Fuchsia, and it is decidedly the best for 
training to a single stem so as to form a small tree, and this is done in the following manner :—The first point is 
to select a healthy young plant that has a strong leader, and, taking it into a forcing-house, to remove its side 
branches and leaves to about half its height. The plant must then be kept constantly growing for two years, till it 
has attained the required height ; during which period it must be frequently shifted into larger and larger pots, 
the side shoots and leaves being taken off as fast as they appear. When the plant has acquired the height of 
eight or ten feet, it may be suffered to have a little rest; that is, it may be taken out of the hothouse and placed 
in a greenhouse, when it will lose its leaves and cease growing ; for it must be observed, that while kept constantly 
growing by heat and moisture in the hothouse, it will retain its leaves during winter, contrary to the usual 
habits of the genus. The following spring, when the plant begins to grow, the top should be pinched off, when it 
will, in the course of a few months, produce a beautiful head covered with flowers ; and in this state, if set in the 
centre of a bed of Fuchsias on a lawn or in a flower garden, it will have a very pleasing effect. This species was 
introduced about 1820. The variety multiflora was introduced about 1824. Both are natives of Mexico. 
fF, gracilis is figured under the name of I’. decussata in the “ Botanical Magazine,” but this is evidently a mistake, 
for the true F’. decussata is as different a plant as possible. 

8.—FUCHSIA CONICA Lindl. THE CONICAL-TUBED FUCHSIA. 
Synonyme.—F. macrostema var. conica D. Don. 1 denticulate, glabrous. Flowers pendulous, solitary. Segments of the 
Encravinc.—Bot, Reg., t. 1062. 
Speciric Cuaracter.—Leaves in whorls of three or four, ovate, flat, 
calyx nearly equal; tube of the calyx conical, 
Description, &c.—A yery handsome species, introduced from Chili in 1824. It forms a shrub, growing about 
two feet high, closely covered with leaves, but not producing many flowers. It is a very elegant species, but is now 
seldom grown, haying been quite superseded by its descendant F’. globosa. The most remarkable part of the flower 
of this plant lies in the figure of the tube of the calyx, which has a conical form, being much broader at the base 
than at the apex, in consequence of which it appears divided from the ovarium by a strong contraction. 
9.—FUCHSIA GLOBOSA Hort, THE GLOBE-FLOWERED FUCHSIA. 
Synonyme.—F. macrostema va. globosa D. Don. Sreciric CuaracTer.—Smooth. Leaves opposite, in threes, peti- 
Encravines.—Bot. Mag., t. 3364; Bot. Reg., t. 1556 ; Sweet’s | olate, ovate, acutely denticulate. Flowers axillary, solitary. Petals 
Brit. Flow. Garden, second series, t. 216; and Paxton’s Mag. of Bot., | subrotund. Stamens exserted. Stigma four-lobed. 
vol, ii., p. 75, and vol. iv., p. 75. 
Description, &c.—This species is perhaps one of the most popular of all the kinds of Fuchsia. It is a dwarf 
plant, rarely exceeding two feet in height, but spreading widely with nearly horizontal branches, which are of a 



