. 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. Gardening. 614 FUCHSIA FUCHSIA FOCHSIA (Leonard Fuchs, laOl-loCo, German pro- fessorof medicine, and a botanical author). Onagrdcece. Sixty or 70 species, tlie {greater part in tropical America, but three or four in New Zealand. They ai-e very va- riable in character. The common Fuchsias are known to U3 as small herbs, bu
. 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. Gardening. 614 FUCHSIA FUCHSIA FOCHSIA (Leonard Fuchs, laOl-loCo, German pro- fessorof medicine, and a botanical author). Onagrdcece. Sixty or 70 species, tlie {greater part in tropical America, but three or four in New Zealand. They ai-e very va- riable in character. The common Fuchsias are known to U3 as small herbs, but some of them are shrubs in their native countries. I', exeortieata, of New Zealand, is a tree 30-40 ft. J/', vrocuinbens, ot the. 875. Fuchsia speciosa. The common garden Fuchsia (X %). same country, is a weak, trailing herb. The fls. are showy ; calyx-tuhe prolonged beyond the ovary and bell-shaped to tui)ular, with 4 spreading lobes ; petals 4, sometimes 5, or in some species wanting ; stamens usually 8, often exserted ; style long-exserted, the sticma prominent: fr. (seldom seen under glass) a 4-Ioculed soft berry. Of the many species, less than half a dozen have entered largely into garden forms. Tlie common garden kinds have come mostly from i*'. Magellanu-a. This species was introduced into Great Britain from Chile in 1788, or about that time. It is va- riable in a wild state as well as in cultivation, and plants subsequently introduced from South America were so distinct as to be regarded for a time as distinct spe- cies. Even at the present day some of the forms of F. Maqelhinica are commonly spoken of as species, so much do they differ from the type. As early as 1848, 541 species and varieties —mostly mere garden forms- were known and named ( Porcher, "La Fuchsia, son His- toire et sa Culture"). The Fuchsia reached the height of its popularity about the middle of this century. At the present time it is prized mostly for window garden- ing and
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