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FUCHSIA. 
appear as soon as the young shoots have grown a few 
inches in spring, and they come early into flower, when 
they show their blossoms to better advantage, as the 
foliage is delicate. The Fuchsia is a fine plant for the 
flower Garden, and when planted in a bed, (the tall 
gro wing ones in the centre, and the small ones in front,) 
makes a very pretty appearance, when in flower.— 
When they are planted out in the Garden, they should 
be taken up before much frost and put in as small pots 
as the roots can be conveniently got into, and shaded 
from the sun till they are recovered; and if they shed 
their leaves clean them off, trim the straggling branch¬ 
es, and place them in the Greenhouse where they are 
to remain till spring. When they are grown in rooms, 
they will often, if the room is warm, grow early in 
spring, and should be placed close to the windows and 
watered freely, and they will be in flower by the end of 
March or April. As soon as the flowers are over and 
the season arrives for placing them out, they should 
be repotted, and the pots plunged in flower beds, and 
they will flower all the latter part of summer. If they 
are lifted out, and placed in the house windows, before 
the frost touches them, they will flower during the 
Fall, and when they have done flowering and the 
leaves drop off, give them but little water. The Fuch¬ 
sia is easily raised by taking off the young shoots in 
spring, when they have grown 3 or 4 inches long, and 
planting them in a pot of sandy soil, and covering 
them with a glass. If placed in a hot bed or a room 
window, in about 60 deg. of temperature, shaded from 
the sun, and the soil kept a little moist, they will soon 
root. 
