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Fuchsias 
FUCHSIAS are among the most colorful and useful 
of all flowering shrubs. No flowering shrubs we 
grow will give us more wealth of color and prove 
more satisfactory if intelligently used. By pruning 
the plants back at different seasons, some as early 
as August and others as late as March, some will he 
in bloom every day and month of the year. 
EVANS & REEVES NURSERIES are celebrated as 
being the home of one of the finest collections of 
Fuchsias in the world, comprising a great many spe- 
cies and varieties, many of the last being originations 
of Mr. Jack Evans. During the Fuchsia season, 
visitors to our Nurseries may see as many as 10,000 
Fuchsias on display. 
CULTURE OF FUCHSIAS 
While most Fuchsias within a reasonable distance 
of the coast, particularly the single flowered types, 
will grow and bloom well in the full sun, the majority 
of them will be happier if planted in a cool situation 
with protection from the direct rays of the sun during 
the heat of the day. 
Before planting, the ground should be deeply and 
thoroughly worked, and should have incorporated 
with it plenty of well rotted manure and leaf mold. 
The soil should never be permitted to dry out during 
the summer months. A mulch of manure, leafmold, 
peat moss or leaves should be kept on the top of the 
ground to protect the roots of the plants so that the 
sround never becomes hard or baked. The plants 
should be fed from time to time throughout the 
spring and summer season. Drenching the foliage 
of the plants in early morning, the late afternoon or 
evening will be found extremely beneficial, as this 
serves to give them the cool atmospheric conditions 
they are so fond of. Never under any circumstances 
put lime where Fuchsias are growing or are to be 
srown. 
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DISPLAY GARDENS 
The display gardens maintained in connec- 
tion with our nurseries contain hundreds of 
Fuchsias and Pelargoniums. You are urged to 
visit these gardens and enjoy this colorful dis- 
play. Seeing mature specimens growing in the 
ground under natural conditions, makes the 
selection of nursery stock for your own garden 
much easier. 
