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and its varieties. F. denticulata is described as twelve feet high, 
o-oro-eously beautiful, when loaded with its .purple flowers, still 
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larger than those of F. corymbijlora, while F. simplicaidis and 
apetala are similar in appearance, but yet more striking. 
I consider F. corymbijlora as hardy as any Fuchsia in cultiva¬ 
tion. It grows and flowers freely, if planted out in light rich 
soil about the end of May, where it soon forms a fine head and 
abundance of roots. When it is in this state, it may be taken up 
and planted in a conservatory, or a pot, without the slightest 
injury. The plant is a very strong feeder, and can scarcely have 
too rich soil, or too much room to grow in. Small flowering 
plants may be obtained by taking off cuttings when in a flower¬ 
ing state 5 and by planting them in thumb pots placed under a 
bell-glass, they will strike root immediately; and by shifting 
them in larger pots like Balsams, they will soon become fine 
flowering plants. F. corymbijlora will in a few years become a 
plant at least twice the height spoken ot in the hlora Peiu\iana , 
and as to flowering, it appears to flower at every branch it makes. 
From recent observation, the flowers do not come so large in the 
height of summer as in the autumn and spring; the flowers 
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flavino- when fully exposed to the hot sun. 
°° ° J. S. 
June 12. 
Note by the Editor. —The iuclisiae form the second tribe 
of the Onagruriece , and consist or two sections one with the 
stamens enclosed and the flowers polygamous, and anothei with 
the stamens exserted and the flowers bisexual. They all belong 
to the Linncean class and order Octandria Monogynia ; and they 
derive their common name from Fuchs (h ox), an eminent German 
botanist. They are among the most graceful of hardy, or half- 
hardy, flowering shrubs ; and, with the exception of two or three 
species, they thrive well in the open air, especially on rock-work ; 
but they all require a rich, and, at the same time, a free soil. 
F. coccinia, the scarlet-flowering one, was introduced into this 
country from Chili as long ago as 1788, and was long esteemed 
as a first-rate favourite, though some recent ones are more free 
in their growth, and more splendid in their flowering. 
