The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-01-16
ENeLAND,s FIRST FucAslA.
A Gardeners clever Bargain and the Cos
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A Gsrdener's Clever Bargain and the Good
Use he Made OF It.
Mr.. Shepherd, the respectable and
wei informed CONSERVATION of the boz
tsnical gardens at Liverpool, gave
the following curious account of the
introduction of that elegant little
lowering shrub, the fuchsia, into
our English greenhouses and parlor
windows: "Old Mr.. Lee, a nursery
man and gardener near London, well
known so or go years ago, was one
day showing his variegated treasures
to a friend, who suddenly turned to
him and declared, Well, you have
not in your collection a prettier
flower than saw this morning at
Wrapping. No, and pray what was
this phenix Hke?' Why, the plant
was elegant. and the flowers hung in
rows like tassels from the pendent
branches, their color the richest
crimson In the center a fold of deep
purple, and so forth Particular di-
rections being demanded and given,
Hr. Lee posted of to the place, where
he saw and at once perceived that
the plant was new in this part of the
world He saw and admired. Enter
ing house: 'MyAgood woman, this
Is q nice plant. I should like to buy
it
{" All, sir, I could not sell it for no
money, for it was brought me from
the West Indies by my husband, who
has now left again, and must keep
it for his sake But I must have it.
No, sirp Here Complying his peck
ets), here is gold, silver and copper
(his stock was something more than
8 guineas-) 'Well-a-day, but this is a
power Of money, sure and sure.
lis yours, and the plant is mine,
and, my good dame, you shall have
one of the first young ones 7 rear to
keep for your husbands sake.
'Alaek, alackr You shall, I say
q coach was called, in which was
safely deposited our florist and his
seemingly dear purchase. His first
work was to pull of and utterly de-
stroy every vestige of blossom and
blossom bud It was divided into
cuttings, which were forced into
bark beds and hotbeds, were redi-
Yided and subdivided. Every effort
was nsed to multiply the plant. By
the beginning of the next Towering
season aisr-Lee was the delighted
possessor of 800 fuchsia plants, all
living promise of blossom. The two
which opened first were removed in
to his show house A lady came.
Why, Mr. Lee, my dear Mr.. Lee,
where did you get this charming
dovrar?' 'Heml 'Tis a new thing,
my 1ady-rettyl It's lovelyp Its
rrice2a A guineal Thank your lady
ship, and one Of the two plants
stood proudly in her ladyship's bou-
dor. Ny dear Charlotte, where did
vou get it. etc. oh, It's a new
fi5ning. I saw It at old Mr.. Lees.
Pretty, Is ifnot?' Pretty IT'S beau
tifuIl Its price?' "A guinea. There
was another left
1.-The visitors horses smoked of
to the suburb. A third Towering
plant stood on the spot whence the
FIST had been taken. The second
.aainea was paid, and the second
chosen fuchsia adorned the drawing
room Of her second ladyship The
scene WIS repeated as newcomers
saw and were attracted by the beauty
of the plant. New chariots few to
TIE gates Of old Lees nursery.
Two fuchsias. young, graceful
and bursting into healthy flower,
5rars constantly seen on the same
ssn,ot ia his repository. He neglected
-of to GLADDEN. the faithful sailors
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