FUCHSIAS- 
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CHAP. XI.] 
the shoots should be taken off and made into 
cuttings. Petunias may be grown in any 
good garden soil; and require no particular 
attention as to watering, &c. In fact, they 
are, perhaps, the best of all plants for a lady 
to cultivate; as they will afford a great deal 
of interest and amusement, with the least 
possible amount of trouble. 
Fuchsias are another family of plants that 
may be cultivated with very little trouble. 
Fuchsia globosa is at once the hardiest and 
the handsomest kind. F. virgata is also tole¬ 
rably hardy. All the Fuchsias require a 
light, rich soil, or a mixture of rich sandy 
loam and peat; and regular watering, as when 
the outer roots are once withered, either by 
want of moisture, or by exposure of the pot 
to the direct rays of the sun, the plant gene¬ 
rally dies. For this reason the Fuchsia is 
not so well adapted for a window plant, as 
many others. Fuchsia fulgens differs con¬ 
siderably from the other species, and will not 
flower well unless in the open ground, and 
with a sunny exposure. It is also tuberous 
rooted, though woody in its stem. It is 
easily propagated; and even a leaf taken off 
