. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. FUCHSIA FUCHSIA 615 Var. gracilis ( F. grticilis, Lindl. I", (lecussilta, Grab. )• Very slender and grraceful, the fls. drooping: on very long pedicels: tube slender, nearly as long as the nar- row, spreading lob
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. FUCHSIA FUCHSIA 615 Var. gracilis ( F. grticilis, Lindl. I", (lecussilta, Grab. )• Very slender and grraceful, the fls. drooping: on very long pedicels: tube slender, nearly as long as the nar- row, spreading lobes: Ivs. narrow, strong-toothed. Chile. :847; 13:1052. ,p. 74. Mn. 2, p. 186. —Possibly a distinct species. With J*^. Magellanica may be classed F. eorallma, ExoHUnsis,'(,.\\. 20:565), , Paxt., F. Riccartdni, Hort., F. ten^lln, Hort., and others. Some of these are probably hybrids with F. Magel- lanica. The short-flowered Fuchsias are less popular than formerly, but many varieties are now in cult. Of this set the Storm Kiug is a representative. 2. specidsa.,(,'iIoTt.). Figs. 875, 876. The greater part of present-day garden Fuchsias are of the long-tubed type shown in the illustrations. These are probably hybrid derivatives of F. MageUanica and F. fulgenR. Amongst the named sorts every gradation will be found, from the short-tubed Storm King to the Earl of Beaconsfleld with fls. 3 in. long. 3. coccinea. Ait. Not Isnown to be cult, in America, and inserted here for the purpose of clearing up the synonymy of F, coccinea. This species appears to have been introduced before F. Magellanica, and it was named by Alton. F. Magellanica, 876. Theresa, speciosa (X ^). "usurped its name and spread it to every garden in the kingdom, whilst the true plant lingered in botanic gar- dens, lastly surviving (greatly to the credit of the Bax- ters, father and son) in that of Oxford ; The species
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