On the Cultimtion of the Fuchsia. 
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to 4J inches. On the top of the pit wall, are three twelve-indh planks, 
(c c, transverse section) which are used when the frame is wanted for 
melons, cucumbers, &c. supported by pillars of wood or bricks being 
placed between them and the pillar-wall. The space between every al¬ 
ternate pillar and the pit wall, is bricked up to the height of the latter, 
in order to prevent its giving way. The top of the arch, which forms a 
path over the flue, is filled up with coal ashes to the height required, 
upon which a brick path is laid. The back path on the first length, where 
there is no return flue, is filled up with coal ashes from the bottom. The 
flue, (d d, transverse section) is raised upon arches, 12 inches high, in 
order to keep it dry. 
The same brick-work, it may be well to observe, will with a little al- 
low'ance for extra width, do for Calcutta pits of large dimensions. 
John Woolley. 
Trentham-Gar dens, March, 1832. 
FLORICULTURE. 
Article VII .—On the Cultivation of the Fuchsia. By 
Delta. 
This beautiful tribe of plants, is become a general favorite among all 
classes of society. More than twenty species may be obtained at the 
nurseries, of which six are perfectly hardy, viz.— Fiichsia coccinea, gra¬ 
cilis, tenella, virgdta, cdnica, and macrostemon. 
The F. lycioldes, excortiedta, microphylla, parvifdra, arbdrea, &c. 
require a green-house or frame. The only one which requires the stove, 
is the venhsta, or beautiful, it was introduced from Mexico, in 1825. 
The Fuchsia is easily raised from cuttings, and by seed for new varie¬ 
ties. Take off in October, well ripened cuttings with two joints, plant 
them in pans of light sandy loam, and place a bell-glass over them, then 
plunge them in a gentle heat, and keep them free from decayed leaves, 
and in three or four weeks they will have struck root; when this is the 
case, let them be potted out. Place each plant in a 60-sized pot, with 
as good a sized ball as can be obtained, then fill the pots with a mixture 
of rich loam and peat, in about equal proportions; re-place them in the 
hot-bed, and keep the temperature to about 60 degrees Fahr. until they 
have started growing again. About the end of April, they will require 
re-potting; after which, those intended for the open border, should be 
hardened by degrees,—removing them, first to the green-house,—next, 
to the frame,—and eventually to a warm situation out of doors,—if this 
be properly attended to, they will receive little or no check from the ef¬ 
fects of the change of climate. 
