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almost worthless. 3. Grizzly Frontignan : 
very rich, but very unattractive in appearance. 
4. Duchess of Buccleuch: exceedingly rich. 
5. Ferdinand de Lessees: peculiarly rich and 
pleasant in flavour. 6. Muscat Champion : 
large and luscious. 7. Duke of Buccleuch : 
very large and refreshing in quality. 8. Mrs. 
Pince : as a late variety this is extremely fine 
in quality. 
X. Gbapes producing the largest Bunches. 
1. The largest bunch on record was that 
grown by Mr. Curror, of Eskbank, on a vine 
of the Trebbiano; its weight was 26 lb. 4 oz. 
2. Next comes the White Nice; bunches re¬ 
spectively weighing 25 lb. 15 oz., and 19 lb. 
5 oz. have been grown. 3. Gros Guillaume, 
with a bunch weighing 23 lb. 5 oz. 4. Syrian : 
Speechly’s famous bunch of 19 lb. 5. Black 
Hamburgh: one bunch of this was grown by 
Mr. Hunter, of Lambton, weighing 21 lb. 2 
oz., and another 13 lb. 2 oz. 
XI. The Largest Berried Grapes. 
1. Gros Cobnan: berries measuring 4 in. 
in circumference are recorded. 2. Canon 
Hall Muscat: berries 34 to 4 inches. 3. 
Duke of Buccleuch. 4. Waltham Cross. 5. 
Mill Hill Hamburgh. 6. Dutch Hamburgh. 
7. Muscat Champion. 
XII. Grapes of Peculiar Interest. 
1. Black Corinth : the Grape which pro¬ 
duces the Currants of commerce. 2. Black 
Monukka: the seedless Grape, with crackling 
flesh of singular but agreeable flavour. 3. 
Strawberry : the ripe fruit perfumed and 
scenting the air as with ripe strawberries or 
raspberries. 4. Ferdinand de Lesseps: of a 
peculiarly delicate flavour, and highly per¬ 
fumed. 5. Ciotat: the leaves very much cut 
and laciniated, hence called the Parsley Vine. 
Several varieties of Grapes are remarkable 
for handsomely-coloured foliage in autumn.— 
A. F. Barron. 
FUCHSIA FULGENS. 
W HY this fine plant should be so neg¬ 
lected is surprising, as it is most 
(i/fyt) ornamental when well-grown, and 
as a conservatory plant is invalu¬ 
able. It seeds freely, and by this means a 
large stock may soon be raised. Large old 
plants are the most useful, as after they have 
dono flowering in the autumn, they can be 
put away for the winter where they will be 
safe from frost. Early in spring they should 
be pruned back, and most of the soil should 
be removed from the roots. They should 
then be potted in a compost of peat, loam, 
and a little rotten dung, and be placed in a 
vinery just started. In the course of three 
or four w r eeks’ time, wdien they begin to fill 
the pots with roots, they should be shifted 
into the pots they are intended to flower in, 
using more rotten dung in the compost than 
at the first pottiog. In a few weeks they will 
begin to flower, and will during the summer 
months be objects of great beauty. The plants 
will require liberal supplies of w r ater during 
the season of growlh and flowering up to the 
time when they begin to cease growing and 
flowering; w'ater should then be gradually re¬ 
duced in quantity, and towards autumn should 
be withheld altogether, when they may be put 
away until spring.—M. Saul, Stourton. 
ZINNIA ELEGANS FLORE-PLENO. 
DOUBLE ZINNIAS. 
MONG the old-fashioned annuals a con¬ 
spicuous position must be assigned to 
Zinnia elegans, whose bold flow r er- 
heads of distinct and well-marked 
colours were really striking and ornamental. 
But whatever beauty might be assigned to the 
ordinal single form, the double forms which 
were introduced about a quarter of a century 
ago, and have now become familiar, are far 
more attractive ; indeed, when w T ell grown in 
a favourable situation they stand in the very 
front rank of decorative hardy flow r ers, fully 
equal in beauty to the Asters, and not so 
fastidious as regards their treatment. They 
