Plate 107 . 
METEOR EUCHSIA. 
Fuchsia Tiyhrida , var. 
At every place where an opportunity has been afforded of 
exhibiting plants during the present spring, the Messrs. Carter, 
of Holborn, have brought forward considerable quantities of 
this new-foliaged Fuchsia. It has been generally admired, and 
at the Royal Botanic Society received a certificate of merit as 
a pretty-foliaged plant. 
The desire for novelties has extended itself to any variegation 
in foliage, even of the most common British plants, and certifi¬ 
cates have been awarded during the past two seasons for what 
many would regard as mere wayside plants, the modern style 
of gardening, both in and out of doors, freely making use of 
any departure from the ordinary green foliage; and foliaged 
plants, from the magnificent Cyanophyllum down to the little 
Veronica, find their admirers. To all such persons this new 
variegated Fuchsia will be an acquisition, for it is a departure 
from the ordinary white and green, and yellow and green, of 
which so many consist. 
We understand that Meteor w T as received by the Messrs. Carter 
from the Continent, and that it is one of those with semi-double 
corollas; but the character of the flower is of little moment, as 
it will be grown for the foliage, and not for the bloom. The 
leaves, as will be seen on reference to the figure, are of a rich 
golden yellow, variegated with bronze; the ends of the young 
shoots are of a rich crimson. The plant altogether is not un¬ 
like in appearance when young to an Amaranthus; and we are 
informed that a very large number of it will be distributed, 
those who have seen it at the various exhibitions being greatly 
pleased with it. We therefore feel that it may well stand on 
its own merits, without needing any recommendation beyond 
that which Mr. Andrews’s pretty and correct drawing will be 
sure to convey. 
