. The century book of gardening; a comprehensive work for every lover of the garden. Gardening. 240 THE CENTURY BOOK OF GARDENING. garden forms are in cultivation. Fuchsias are extremely useful in many ways, for they may be grown in the shape of little bushes i8in. high, or as huge plants either in bush or pyramid shape. The pendulous nature of the blossoms adapts them for the roof of a greenhouse or conservatory, while if bedded out during the summer they form an object of beauty till autumn is well advanced. A few kinds are sufficiently hardy to stand the winter without protection, as if cut
. The century book of gardening; a comprehensive work for every lover of the garden. Gardening. 240 THE CENTURY BOOK OF GARDENING. garden forms are in cultivation. Fuchsias are extremely useful in many ways, for they may be grown in the shape of little bushes i8in. high, or as huge plants either in bush or pyramid shape. The pendulous nature of the blossoms adapts them for the roof of a greenhouse or conservatory, while if bedded out during the summer they form an object of beauty till autumn is well advanced. A few kinds are sufficiently hardy to stand the winter without protection, as if cut to the ground they quickly recover. The original species include F. bacillaris, boliviensis, corymbiflora, dependens, fulgens, globosa, gracilis, macrostemma, microphylla, procumbens, spectabilis, splendens, thymifolia, and triphylla. A selection of the garden forms comprises— Single dark : Elegance, President, General Roberts, Royal Purple, Resplendent, Lord Lyons, Wave of Life, Lord Byron, Lord Elcho. Double dark : A. de Neu- ville, De Cherville, Comte Leon Tolstoi, Champion of the World, Avalanche, Marvellous, Phenomenal. With white tube and sepals : Beauty of Trowbridge, Lustre, Lady Heytesbury, Guiding Star, Rose of Castile, Mrs. Marshall, Princess May. White corolla : Delight, Carmell's Gem, De Goncourt, Flocon de Neige. Double white corolla : Ballet Girl, Berliner Kind, Molesworth, Miss Lucy Finnis, Madame Jules Chretien. It is a very easy matter to strike cuttings of moderately ripe shoots in spring, and grow the plants on, using loam, leaf mould, and silver sand for soil. The cuttings will root quickly and readily in a brisk heat, bottom or otherwise. Gloxinia.—A very pretty group ol tuberous-rooted plants that pass the winter in a slate of rest (when the)' must be kept quite dry), recommence growth in the spring, and flower throughout the summer months. They do well in a mixture of loam, well-decayed leaf mould, and manure, and can be easily propagated by taking
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