. 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. 614 FUCHSIA FtrCHSIA (Leonard FiK-hs, 1501-15C5, German pro- fessor of medicine, and a botanical author). On(r(fi-are(e. Sixty or 70 species, tiie greater part in tropical America, but three or four in "New Zeala
. 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. 614 FUCHSIA FtrCHSIA (Leonard FiK-hs, 1501-15C5, German pro- fessor of medicine, and a botanical author). On(r(fi-are(e. Sixty or 70 species, tiie greater part in tropical America, but three or four in "New Zealand. They are very va- riable in character. The common Fuchsias are known to us as small herbs, but some of them are shrubs in their native countries. J*^. eJ^corficafa, of New Zealand, is a tree 30—40 ft. h\sh,v:heveRS F. vrocumbens. ot the. same country, is a weak, trailing herb. The fls. are showy ; calyx-tube prolonged beyond the ovary and bell-shaped to tubular, with 4 spreading lobes ; petals 4, sometimes 5, or in some species wanting ; stamens usually 8, often exserted ; style long-exserted, the stigma prominent : fr. (seldom seen under glass) a 4-locul'd soft berry. Of the many species, less than half a dozen have entered largely into garden forms. The common garden kinds have come mostly from F. Magellnnica. 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. Maqelhinira are commonly spoken of as species, so much do thev 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 p
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