. Floral gems for 1896. Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Roses Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Commercial catalogs Ohio Springfield; Flowers; Bulbs (Plants); Roses; Plants, Ornamental; Commercial catalogs. McGregor Brothers, Florists, Springfield, Oliio. 57 THE RARE OLD FUCHSIA, <S^FULCENS. • • • THIS grand old Fuchsia has been so long neg- lected that most flower lovers are not aware of its existence. Who ever heard of a Fuchsia having leaves over six inches long, and flowers from four to five inches long, with tuberous roots like a Dahlia. This beautiful variety was
. Floral gems for 1896. Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Roses Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Commercial catalogs Ohio Springfield; Flowers; Bulbs (Plants); Roses; Plants, Ornamental; Commercial catalogs. McGregor Brothers, Florists, Springfield, Oliio. 57 THE RARE OLD FUCHSIA, <S^FULCENS. • • • THIS grand old Fuchsia has been so long neg- lected that most flower lovers are not aware of its existence. Who ever heard of a Fuchsia having leaves over six inches long, and flowers from four to five inches long, with tuberous roots like a Dahlia. This beautiful variety was introduced from South America in 1837. and we are indebted to it, more than any other variety, for the many beautiful varieties we now have, as they were originally pro- auced by hybridizing it with other species. It is of the easiest culture, requiring the same treatment as other Fuchias. No plant will attract more attention than a well grown specimen of Fuchsia Fulgens. Its clusters of long, drooping, tube-like, brilliant flowers, and very large, green foliage, gives it a most striking and beautiful appearance. The flowers are four inches or more in length; tube and sepals bright rose; corolla brilliant carmine. It blooms quite .freely, plants in two-inch pots, fre- quently producing flowers; but large, well-established plants will bloom more freely and produce larger clusters. Having tuberous roots it is easily kept over Winter by storing the roots under the bench in the greenhouse or in a cellar, where they will not freeze. Price, 20 cents each. o^a-^o Superb New Double White Fuchsia, \ tvtt?r. k. Q. mivi^. THIS superb variety is undoubtedly the most perfect and beantiful double white Fuchsia ever raised. The short tube and sepals are a bright, rich, reddish crimson color; carolla extra large, full and double; flower of the largest size; is of robust, upright growth, not coarse, but compact and very symmetrical. It has every qualification to recommend it— size, fre
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