. 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. FUCHSIA FUCHSIA 615 Var. grrdcilis (F. gracilis, L\nd\. F. decuss&ta, Grab.). Very slender aud grraceful, the fls. drooping on very long pedicels: tube slender, nearly as long as the nar- row, spreading lobes: Ivs. narrow, strong-toothed. Chile. 10:847; 13:1052. 2507. ,p. 7i. Mn. 2, p. ISB. —
. 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. FUCHSIA FUCHSIA 615 Var. grrdcilis (F. gracilis, L\nd\. F. decuss&ta, Grab.). Very slender aud grraceful, the fls. drooping on very long pedicels: tube slender, nearly as long as the nar- row, spreading lobes: Ivs. narrow, strong-toothed. Chile. 10:847; 13:1052. 2507. ,p. 7i. Mn. 2, p. ISB. —Possibly a distinct species. With F. Maqellanica may be classed F. corallina, Sort., F. Fmniensis, Sovt.{ II. 20:565), , Paxt., i^. Biccartdni, Hort., _F. tenellu, Hort., and others. Some of these are probably hybrids with F. Magel- la n 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. (-F. 7i.!)6cida,Hort.). 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. MageJluiuca and F, t'lflgevs. 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 inserted here for the purpose of clearing up the synonymy of F, coccinea. This species appears to have been introduced before -'''. 3Iagellanica, and it was named by Alton. F, Magellanica, however,. 876. Theresa, a form of Fuchsia speciosa {X %). "usurped its name and spread it to every garden in the kingdom, whilst the true plant lingered in botanic gar- dens, lastly surviving (greatly to the credit of the Bax- ters, father and son) in that of Oxford_ ; The species was lost from its introduction in 1788 to its rediscovery in an Oxford g
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