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slenderer at the very base, a little exserted. Stigma of four
thick spreading lobes, of a white colour, and papillose.
For this pretty species of Fuchsia, we are indebted to
the never failing source of novelty at the gardens of Robert
Barclay, Fsq. of Bury Hill, in whose collection it was raised
from seed, received from Mexico the Spring of the present
year; and from specimens received from thence in October
last, our drawing and description was made. Mr. Cameron
informs us, that the plant from which the specimens were
procured, was planted out in the border of the garden, where
it had attained the height of three feet, producing numerous
branches, and that it had then been in flower for three
months. Like most of the other Mexican species of this interesting
genus, there is not the least doubt but it will endure
our Winters, in the open border, with the protection of a
mat, or some slight covering, to keep the shoots from being
killed back in severe frosty weather, but to be exposed to
the air as much as possible when the weather is mild, that
the wood may become hardened ; if not intended tobe covered
up at all, the roots should be planted deep in the ground,
and as Winter comes on, the mould should be raised up considerably
against the branches, and squeezed tight against
them, to exclude all air; if the upper branches are then
killed, it will break up strong again from the root in Spring,
and soon make a strong plant, though it will not flower quite
so soon as if the old shoots were preserved alive ; but the
flowers are generally larger and finer, as we have often observed
in F. coccinea, F. gracilis, and F. cónica. It is certainly
worth a little trouble, (particularly for those who have no
greenhouse,) to preserve some of those curious and beautiful
plants, in the borders of the Flower Garden : all the perennial,
or low growing plants, from Mexico, Chili, Peru, Nepaul,
or New Holland, we find will endure the severest of
our Winters, with no other covering than a common garden
pot placed over them in severe frosty weather. The hole at
the bottom, of course, must be closed ; they keep much better
this way than under hand-glasses, or frames, and are not
so liable to damp off. We have now Alstroemeria Simsii, and
A. hirtella, that have stood several Winters with us in the open
border, with several Cape and South American bulbs, and
no other covering but a single mat, in the most severe frost.
For the derivation of the generic name, see fol. 16.
1. Calyx, the tube spread open, showing the four segments. 2. The same spread open,
divested of the segments, showing the four Petals inserted in the mouth, and the eight
Stamens, four alternate with the petals, and exserted ; the others opposite to them and
placed below them, 3. Ovarium terminated by the Style, and four-cleft fleshy Stigma.
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