. 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; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. 876. Theresa, a form of Fuchsia "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 specie
. 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; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. 876. Theresa, a form of Fuchsia "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 garden in 1867; meantime forms of F. Magellanica passed as ^. coccinea. "F. :150 nila). brilliant plant, some- times seen in choice conservatory collec- tions. Evidently a parent of the F. spe- ciosa tribes. 5. triphylla, Linn. Fig. 877. Low and bushy (18 in. high), pubescent: Ivs. often in 3's, small, oblan- ceolate, pe tiolate, dentate, green above and purple pubescent beneath: fls. IV2 in. long, in terminal racemes, cinnabar-red, the long tube enlarging towards the top; petals very short; stamens 4, not exserted. St. Domingo, West Indies. Gn. 41:839. 43, p. botanical collections and sparingly in the trade. The species has a must interesting history, for which see the oUatioiis made above. Upon this plant Plumier founded the genus Fuchsia in 171)3, giving a 877. Fuchsia triphylla (X X). ! draw- of Plu â iptl. Liuuanis founded his F. triphijll,,. rhiniier's figure is so unlike existing Fuchsias that there has I,, .n much speculation as to the plant h.^ m. ant u, |.ortray. native to the West Indies. In IsTT wiote of it: "The figure, however, is so rude tliiit nobody,! believe, has been able to identify it with any living or dried plant. Possibly it is not a'Fuchsia at all in the sense of the present application of the name, for it is represented as having
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