prickliness of their stalks; the prickles are seldom found on the young
shoots.

This plant will bear to be placed abroad in the warmest summer months,
the rest of the year it requires artificial heat. It is usually placed
in the dry stove, to which, as it is seldom without flowers, it imparts
great brilliancy.




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FUCHSIA COCCINEA. SCARLET FUCHSIA.


_Class and Order._

OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

_Generic Character._

_Calyx_ 1-phyllus, coloratus, corollifer, maximus. _Petala_ 4, parva,
_Bacca_ infera, 4-locularis, polysperma.

_Specific Character and Synonyms._

FUCHSIA _coccinea_ foliis oppositis ovatis denticulatis; petalis
obovatis, obtusis. _Hort. Kew._