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as the buds begin to smell I shake them out, that is, the earth 
from the roots, and cut all the long matted roots oft; and as the 
roots are greatly reduced they will require smaller pots, which 
must be quite clean, and give them a good drainage. I prepare 
a compost of the best loam I can get well enriched with decom¬ 
posed cow or sheep dung, and a quantity of sharp sand sufficient 
to keep the compost lively and free for the young roots to work 
in; I then give them a good watering sufficient to pass through 
the bottoms of the pots, and let them remain until they become 
dry again, afterwards water rather sparingly until the plants 
begin to root freely. When they are well rooted and the weather 
warm, they will take water freely if the drainage is good; and 
as soon as the pots are filled with new roots I give them another 
shifting into the blooming pots. Fulgens and Corymbiflora 
answer admirably this way; I had thirty-six fine trusses on a 
plant of Fulgens this year, and they continue to bloom up to 
the present time. My specimens have shown perfect masses of 
their beautiful flowers from the rim of the pot to their tops, 
forming a complete column of beautiful pendant flowers. 
“ By impregnation on any of the shrubby sorts with the farina 
of Fulgens, some very interesting varieties are obtained. If the 
seeds are well ripened in August, I sow it directly, separating it 
from the pulp by rubbing and washing it in water; a fine even 
surface of soil is required on which to lay the seed, which must 
be covered about one eighth of an inch; but before I cover the 
seed I give it a gentle watering, then put the pot into moist heat, 
and the earth must not be allowed to dry when the seeds begin 
to vegetate, or they will be destroyed; when they are up I treat 
them as mature plants. If I keep any seeds till the spring, I 
dry them in their pods. Morris Todd. 
The following list contains a 
Fuchsia formosa elegans. 
„ stylosa conspicua. 
,, richartonia. 
„ moneypennii. 
„ tricolor. 
„ rosea alba. 
,* conspicua arborea. 
„ Cowperii. 
few of the best varieties : 
Fuchsia magnifica, Thyne's. 
,, magnifica, May's. 
,, racemiflora. 
„ pendula splendens. 
,, invincible. 
,, floribunda magna. 
„ Gybboniana and Bellonia. 
