ON FUCHSIAS, 
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sally conceded to, as the most appropriate method of insuring 
fine, large, and healthy specimens. At the commencement of 
the season the plants are usually induced to push forth their 
new shoots in as small a space as they can be conveniently got 
into. This is for convenience sake; and as soon as they are 
well established in these small pots, shifted at once into others 
large enough to supply their wants throughout the remainder 
of the season. Here the progress is astonishingly rapid for the 
first two or three months, and then the warm dry weather of 
summer is at hand to ripen the wood thus quickly formed, and 
to facilitate the required production of flowers. 
Many opinions have been expressed as to the best mode of 
training fuchsias; our own is that those kinds possessing a 
naturally strong, erect habit, should be frequently stopped 
while young, to induce a bushiness, which moderates the vigour 
by causing an increase of the foliated, and so also of the flower 
parts, continuing to lead the new branches upwards, inclining 
to either side, so as to form a perfectly round plant; while on 
the other hand, those having a weak pendant character should 
be led up with a single stem to form the centre of the plant, 
and the lateral branches from it allowed to fall gracefully down¬ 
wards. Annexed is a descriptive list of a few of the best 
varieties, both new and old; in which the latter character is 
distinguished by an asterisk. —Editor. 
* Albion. Tube and sepals pale peach; corolla crimson, large 
size; free bloomer, dwarf habit. 
Bridegroom. Tube and sepals pink; corolla light red, large 
size ; free bloomer, vigorous habit. 
Brixtoniensis. Tube and sepals crimson; corolla crimson, 
extra large size; abundant bloomer, medium habit. 
* Coronet. Tube and sepals buff colour; corolla carmine, 
medium size; free bloomer, vigorous habit. 
* Exoniensis. Tube and sepals crimson; corolla purple, me¬ 
dium size; abundant bloomer, pendent habit. 
Expansa. Tube and sepals bright rose; corolla lilac, expan¬ 
sive, large size; free bloomer, medium habit. 
Flamingo. Tube and sepals pale rose; corolla brilliant car¬ 
mine, medium size; most abundant bloomer, vigorous habit. 
Formosa elegans. Tube and sepals carmine; corolla blue, 
medium size; free bloomer, dwarf habit. 
