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 our English 
gardens and greenhouses. _ , 
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 co our 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 S°° 
woman, this is a nice plant; I should like to buy it. Ah, sir 
I 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. i is 
vours, and the plant is mine ; and, my good dame, you sha 
have one of the first young ones I rear, to k ee P y0 £ r 11 h Y S “ 
band’s sake.” “ Alack ! you ’ll promise me ? You shall by 
Jove you shall! ” A coach was called, in which was safely 
