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curculio commences to sting the fruit—about the 
time fruit sets, and the blossoms fall. My princi¬ 
pal object in desiring you to publish this in your 
valuable paper, is to induce as many as will to try 
the experiment this year, and as soon as satisfied, 
to communicate the result to you. A. S. R. 
Hudson , April 16, 1853. 
How to Save Plums. —One of my neighbors 
has been successful with his, in this way; he threw 
into the trees unleached ashes, three mornings in 
succession, when in the fullest bloom. He tried 
it on a part of his trees one year, and saved them, 
while the others failed — the last year on the 
others, and saved them. W. Humeston. Strongs¬ 
ville, April 4, 1853. 
Culturethe Fuchsia. 
The Fuchsia is a favorite with all lovers of flow¬ 
ers, and is well adapted for cultivation by all. 
For while the hot-house and the green-house may 
be ornamented with one or other of the varieties 
of it every month in the year, the cottager may 
enjoy its beauty in his flower plot during the sum¬ 
mer, and keep it in a dormant state in his cottage 
during the winter, to embellish his garden again 
another year. There are several ways to grow 7 
this flower in perfection, according to the fancy of 
the amateur. At this season of the year the old 
plants, are breaking out with quantities of young 
shoots. These may be taken off when an inch or 
so in length, will strike readily if potted in white 
sand, or peat and sand, under a hand glass in a 
green-house or warm room. The glass should be 
taken off, and the moisture wiped from its inside 
daily; if there is any hot-bed, they will root more 
quickly if placed in it. When rooted they should 
be potted off singly in small pots. The compost 
may be peat, (or leaf mold) loam and old rotten 
manure in equal parts, with the addition of a sixth 
part of white sand. In a green-house they should 
oe syringed freely as soon as the plants get six or 
eight inches high, and as the roots get to the out¬ 
side of the pots, they should be shifted into larger. 
If it is intended to bloom them in the green-house, 
the shifting may be repeated two or three times 
before July, if it is wished to have a large plant. 
Partial shading will add to the beauty of the foliage, 
and thevsupply of water in hot weather must be 
liberal at all times. In June, or before, in situa¬ 
tions where there is no fear of a low temperature 
at night, Fuchsias may be turned out into the open 
borders. A little mulching round life stems will 
materially benefit them. In the autumn, before 
the frosts set in, re-pot the plants, or put them in 
old boxes and remove them to the green-house, or 
a room to which frost cannot get access, to pre¬ 
serve them through the waiter. Fuchsias in pots 
placed out of doors during summer and autumn, 
where they get the morning sun only until 9 or 10 
o’clock, will be found to bloom profusely; and 
their flowers will be finer than if fully exposed to 
the sun’s rays all day. The old plants of last year 
may be made very beautiful objects, if at this sea¬ 
son they are shaken out of the old compost in 
which they have grown, and the lower branches 
cut off close to the stem, so as to convert them in¬ 
to standards. The heads should be cut in mode¬ 
rately, and they should be immediately re-potted 
in the compost above recommended, in a pot con¬ 
siderably larger than that used last year. Place 
a strong stick, to which secure the stem firmly, as 
the wood is very brittle. As the young shoots 
grow, stop them as soon as they have six leaves, 
by pinching off the end of the shoots; this must 
be repeated several times for the next three 
months, and will produce a thick, bushy head, 
which, during autumn, will be covered with 
bloom. 
Of late years, the varieties of the Fuchsias have 
become almost as numerous from increase by seed, 
as Dahlias and other florist’s flowers. The finest, 
