. 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. ^;;4.^^-^AD. same tountrN is a weak trailing herb The lis ate showy, )e prolonged bejond the ovary and bell shaped to tubular, \Mth 4 spreading lobes , petals 4, sometimes 5 or in some species w^ntlng , stamens usually 8, often exsertcd st\le long cxserted, the stigma prominent fr (sel lorn seen under g
. 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. ^;;4.^^-^AD. same tountrN is a weak trailing herb The lis ate showy, )e prolonged bejond the ovary and bell shaped to tubular, \Mth 4 spreading lobes , petals 4, sometimes 5 or in some species w^ntlng , stamens usually 8, often exsertcd st\le long cxserted, the stigma prominent fr (sel lorn seen under glass) a 4-loculed soft berry. Of the many species, less than half a dozen have entered hirgely into garden forms. The common g:irden kinds have come mostly from F. Manellanica. This species was introduced into Great Britain from Chile in 1788, or about that time. It is va- riable in a wild state aa 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. at the day sorm- of the ,s of F. Maqi'lhiinr,, â,â inunoiily s|i.,kcn of as sjirries, so much(b> . fimn tho t\ As ,arly as 1848, 541 vii and l 'lHr, " La ,sia, son His- toiroetsa Culture"). Tb- Fuchsia reached the height of its popularity about the of this century. At the present time it is niDstly for window garden- ing and conservatory The garden forms of the present day are with difficulty referred to specific types. The long-tubed or so-called speciosa forms are probably hybrids of F. Mage!tallica and F. fulgens (Figs. 875,876). Others are evidently direct varieties from the stem types. There are many full double forms. For the historv and the garden botany of tho Fuchsia, see Hemsley "in the Garden 9:284 and 11:70; also Watson, the Garden 55:74. Fuchsias are amongst the easiest of house plants to grow. The essential points are t
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