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and remarkably elegant when in flower. The side-branches should be pruned back to a couple of eyes, and the young
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shoots, if they are allowed to grow without stopping, will flower freely. When they are kept constantly pinched back through the summer there is little else besides wood. All the growths that are not required should be removed altogether. Propagation by either cuttings or seeds. The plants require plenty of water when growing freely through the summer.
Fuchsia.—The robust habited fuchsias are wonderful pillar plants when trained up from twelve to twenty feet, and fur-
