. 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. {F. gracilis, Liudl. , Grah. Very slender aud graceful, tbe fls. drooping on ver Paxt., 1'. I{iccurldiii, Hurt., 'lla, Hon., and others. Some of these are probably hybrids with F. Magel- lan ica. The short-flowered Fuchsias are less popular than formerly, but many varieties are n
. 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. {F. gracilis, Liudl. , Grah. Very slender aud graceful, tbe fls. drooping on ver Paxt., 1'. I{iccurldiii, Hurt., 'lla, Hon., and others. Some of these are probably hybrids with F. Magel- lan ica. The short-flowered Fuchsias are less popular than formerly, but many varieties are now in cult. Of this set the Storm King is a representative. 2. specidsa, Hort. (i^.). 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. Magellanica and F. fulgens. Amongst the named sorts every gradation will be found, from the short-tubed Storm King to the Earl of Beaconsfield with fls. 3 in. long. 3 coccinea, Ait Not known to be cult in America, and inseited here for the of clearing up the syuon>myof J^ tnccineit This species appears to have been introduced before ^ Mar/ellitnc a, and it was named J".Mcctuea by Alton. !• Maijellantca however,. 876. Theresa, a form of F uchsia speciosa (X 54). "usurped its name and spread it to every garden : kingdom, whilst the true plant lingered in botanii dens, lastly surviving (greatly to the credit of the ters, father and son) in that of Oxford ; species was lost from its introduction in 1788 rediscovery in an Oxford garden in 1867; niea forms of F^ Magellanica passed as ^'. coccinea. FUCHSIA 615 coccinea is much more graceful than any of the varieties of F. Magellanica, flowers even more freely, and is readily distinguished by the almost sessile leaves with broad bases, and the hairy twigs and petioles; further, its foliage turns of a bright crimson when about to ; -
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