Fuchsia. 
(TASTE.) 
T HE Fuchsia , a native of Chili, was named after Leonaid 
Fuchs, a noted German botanist. _ 
Mr. Shepherd, the conservator of the Botanic Gardens at 
Liverpool, gives the following interesting account of the intro¬ 
duction of this elegant little flowering shrub into oui English 
gardens and greenhouses. T i 
Old Mr. Lee, a nurseryman and gardener near London, 
well known fifty or sixty years ago, was one day showing his 
variegated treasures to a friend, who suddenly turned round 
and exclaimed, “Well, you have not in your collection a pret¬ 
tier flower than I saw this morning at Wapping Indeed ? 
and pray what was this phoenix like ? ” was the rejoinder. 
“ Why, the plant was elegant, and the flowers hung in rows 
like tassels from the pendent branches, their colour the richest 
crimson, and in the centre a fold of deep purple. Obtaining 
minute direction of the spot, Mr. Lee posted off.to Wapping, 
and on discovering the abode, he at once perceived that the 
plant was new in this part of the world. Entering the house 
which was tenanted by a sailor’s wife, he said y g OOL ( 
woman, this is a nice plant; I should like to buy it. Ah, sn . 
] could not part with it for any money : my husband brought 
it from the West Indies for me, and I promised when he went 
to sea again to keep it for his sake.” “ But I must have it! 
“No sir.” “Here—(emptying his pocket)—here are gold,silver 
copper.”’ (His stock was something more than eight guineas.) 
“Well-a-day! but this is a power of money, sure and sure. 1 is 
yours, and the plant is mine ; and, my good dame, you shal 
have one of the first young ones I rear, to ^ ee P y ° ur , 
band’s sake.” “ Alack ! you ’ll promise me ? You shall by 
Jove you shall!” A coach was called, in which was safely 
