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and are for the most part more showy, and consequently better 
adapted for the greenhouse or conservatory : those from the lat¬ 
ter places have a more robust constitution, 'are generally of a 
dwarfer and more compact habit, and the flowers, though 
smaller, have the advantage when numerically considered : these 
attributes evidently fit them for beds in the flower garden. The 
Mexican varieties may be grouped also in the open air during 
the summer; but their appearance in this situation does not 
equal that of the Chilian species and their hybrids : some of 
these latter are sufficiently hardy to withstand the severity of 
our winters by being cut down and the stole covered with mulch. 
One of the most beautiful subjects we ever claimed cognizance 
of was a hedge of fuchsias —treated in this way they annually 
presented a most resplendent mass. The routine culture in 
other respects is uniformly the same. Mr. Todd has favoured 
us with the subjoined concise but comprehensive account of his 
method of cultivating them : 
<< Dear Sir,- —I grow all fuchias to a single stem, which they 
will do in a summer’s growth if you strike them early in the 
spring. I put my cuttings in according to the number I wish to 
strike round the inside of a small pot filled with sharp sand, and 
give them a good watering, so that the sand will be completely 
closed tight round the cuttings ; I then place them into a gentle 
heat; and as soon as they are well rooted, which is easily told by 
their growing freely, I pot them each into a 60 sized pot, well 
drained, using a loamy soil, well enriched with decomposed cow 
or sheep dung, with a sufficient portion of sand to keep the com¬ 
post from closing too tightly, so that the young roots will have 
freedom in the soil; and repot them according to the strength of 
the plants, as they fill their pots with roots. 
“ In October, as they begin to exhaust themselves, more par¬ 
ticularly the older plants, after a very luxuriant summer’s flower¬ 
ing, I gradually dry them until all the leaves are off, then spur 
them all in, the young plants to within one joint of the main- 
stem, and the older plants to within one joint of the previous 
year’s pruning; then I put them in a dry airy place, or at the 
back of the stage in the greenhouse until the spring; and as soon 
