THE Australian Horticultural Magazine AND GARDEN GUIDE. | 1 |
THE FUCHSIA. | 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 |
THE HYDRANGEA. | 4 , 5 |
THE CROCUS. | 5 , 6 , 7 |
LAVENDER. | 7 , 8 , 9 |
THE CARROT. | 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 |
THE ENDIVE. | 13 , 14 , 15 |
PARSLEY. | 15 , 16 , 17 |
SALSIFY. | 17 , 18 |
THE WATERCRESS. | 19 , 20 , 21 |
GARDEN OPERATIONS. | 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 |
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Fix this textAustralian Horticultural Magazine
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Fix this textGARDEN GUIDE.
Fix this textNo. 3.
Fix this textMELBOURNE, MARCH, 1878.
Fix this textVOL. 11.
Fix this textTHE FUCHSIA.
Fix this textNo plant is perhaps a more general favourite than the Fuchsia
Fix this textand it is to be found m nearly every garden. Its graceful droop-’
Fix this textmg flowers produced in the greatest profusion are an attraction to
Fix this textmost people, and no collection of plants can be considered com-
Fix this textplete without it. It belongs to the natural order Onagraceaj, and
Fix this textembraces a number of species, mostly natives of South America
Fix this textbut one (F excorticata), a very strong growing kind, is indigenous
Fix this textto New Zealand. The name was given in honour of Leonard
Fix this textI uchs, a celebrated German botanist, who lived in the sixteenth
Fix this textcentury. The finest known species was F. coccinea, a hardy kind
Fix this textwith small scarlet flowers, introduced from Chili in 1788. In 1796
Fix this textF lyciodes, another species indigenous to Chili, was brought to
Fix this textEurope, and these were the only kinds known till 1823, in which
Fix this textyear F. macrostemon and F. gracilis were added to the list. In
Fix this textthe following year several important additions were made to the
Fix this textlist, and since then many other interesting species have been dis-
Fix this textcovered and introduced.
Fix this textThere is, perhaps, no other plant that has been more improved
Fix this textby the art of the horticulturist than the Fuchsia, and the florists’
Fix this textvarieties of the present day afford a striking contrast to the
Fix this textspecies from which they have originated. The number of varieties
Fix this textthat have been raised from seed are innumerable, and include
Fix this textamong them flowers which it is impossible to surpass according to
Fix this texttheir respective type. Those who remember the old varieties that
Fix this textwere once grown and highly prized, and will mentally compare
Fix this textthem with the flowers of the present day, must acknowledge the
Fix this textimmense difference between the flowers of the past and the present.
Fix this textThere are varieties enough to suit all tastes, dark and light, single
Fix this textand double, large flowers and strong habits. It is difficult now
Fix this textfor florists to produce flowers superior to existing ones, and the
Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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