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THE LADIES’ MAGAZINE OF GARDENING. 
For plants not plunged in water, which require but little sun, the best 
perhaps are the Camellias and Fuchsias ; particularly the splendid new 
Fuchsia Standishii , and F. fulgens , and F. corymhijlora. All these 
Fuchsias like a very rich soil, and a shaded situation; but to these must 
not be added the well-known Fuchsia globosa , as that species will not 
flourish without plenty of light and air. 
AUSTRALIAN SEEDS. 
The following letter was addressed to Mr. Beaton :— 
Sir, —Having seen, in Mrs. Loudon’s Magazine, your kind offer of 
affording additional information to any one interested in the raising of 
foreign seeds, I have ventured to send you a list of eleven sorts, received 
a few days since from a son, now a settler in the interior of Australia. 
I think I understand your published remarks, and it appears to me they 
apply more particularly, if not entirely, to shrubs or trees. Now, I hope 
some of the seeds sent to me may prove blooming annuals. Will you 
therefore have the kindness to inform me if any of them are such as I 
hope, and if so, whether any other plan is requiste than those you have 
already so clearly laid down ? 
J. W. Manning. 
Although your promise of answering inquiries was only offered through 
the medium of the Magazine, I hope you will not object to reply direct 
to me, as it will save time; and Mrs. Loudon shall have copies sent to 
her if you desire. 
Australian Seeds. —Acacia longifolia, Melaleuca ericifolia, Leptosper- 
mum stellatum, Acacia splendens, Viminaria denudata. 
Moreton Bay. —Callistachys lanceolata, Fomaderris lanigera, Pultenea 
plumosa, Dillwynia parvifolia, Polygala speciosa, Grevillea robusta. 
3, Paragon, New Kent Road, London, 
March ls£, 1841. 
To this, Mr. Beaton sent the following answer :— 
Madam,— The seeds you received from your son are those of shrubby 
greenhouse plants, of the easiest culture. You will find no difficulty in 
rearing them, especially if you have a cucumber-frame. 
The directions about sowing seeds in Mrs. Loudon’s Magazine are 
applicable to all sorts of foreign seeds. The great point desired in sowing 
the hardier kinds of seeds in a cucumber-frame, is to get them to vegetate 
as early in the season as possible, that the young plants may have more 
time to gain strength before the growing season is over, which will enable 
them to stand the vicissitudes of our dreary winters with less risk. 
