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three bunches as black as sloes, and carried them up to the Regent-Street rooms. 
Did not my heart beat high, when Dr. Lindley praised the young gardener’s first 
attempt at exhibiting!—J. Rust, Eridge Castle^ Tunbridge Wells. 
FUCHSIAS FOR FLOWER-GAKDEN DECORATION. 
jP to the present time, the Fuchsia has not become a popular flower-garden 
favourite, yet there are no plants which are more deserving of out-door 
culture than the different varieties of the Fuchsia. Their neatness of 
growth, and the gracefulness of their pendent blossoms, together with their 
varied colours, all unite to render them highly ornamental and full of interest. 
A group of Fuchsias, nicely arranged either in a circular or square bed, placing 
the tallest in the centre, and diminishing in size towards the edge of the bed, so 
that its appearance is that of a cone or pyramid, forms an object worthy of con¬ 
siderable notice ; and the effect is rendered still more beautiful by the regularity 
and uniformity of the mass of colour, either self or varied. Such a bed would be 
more attractive and would command more attention than a bed of Mrs. Pollock 
Pelargonium. The spot selected should be protected from rough winds ; water 
should be copiously used in dry weather, and a slight mulching of rotten manure 
will be found very beneficial.— Ed. Bennett, Gardener to the Marquis of Salisbury., 
Hatfield., Herts. 
The Fuchsias planted out by Mr. Sage, near his residence, and which 
chiefly consist of old plants, flower beautifully every year, and fully bear out Mr. 
Bennett’s recommendation. They are taken up in winter, so that the old stems 
are preserved, and are prepared and replanted in spring.— Ed. 
CULTURE OF THE GOOSEBERRY.—H. 
training-out the young wood of the second year’s growth, the operator 
will have to be guided by the mode selected. If he adopts the horizontal, 
f he will permit the three extreme shoots to develop as strong a growth as 
he can induce by extra feeding; the centre one to be trained quite upright, 
and the two side-shoots horizontally, as in fig. 1. After making about a foot or 
so in growth, the centre shoot may be stopped, in order to divert more sap into 
the side-shoots, which latter may be allowed to develop as much growth as they 
will without being stopped. Each tree will therefore require five small stakes, 
one upright for the centre, and two on each side, which latter may be shifted as 
the growth advances, always remembering that the training must be commenced 
as soon as there are about three inches of growth, and be followed up as growth 
advances. If, on the other hand, the vertical mode is selected, the foundation 
must be laid by training-out the two-side shoots, as in fig. 3 ; but no centre 
stakes will be required for training, as in the former case. 
At the end of the season, these plants may be said to be prepared for planting 
in their final positions, and if convenience be studied, there can be none better 
than in a line parallel with the pathways, and at a distance of not less than 2 ft. 
