Cut the ends off the branches of a fuchsia about four or five joints in length in November or in the spring; strip the leaves off, leaving only three or four upon the end of the cutting ; fill a basin or shallow box nearly full with clean sand ; pour water upon it until it is well saturated ; in the sand place the cuttings about one inch apart and two joints deep ; keep the sand always damp, and shade from the hot sun; place the basin or box in a warm room and the cuttings will root in two or three weeks. As soon as they are well rooted, put them into three-inch pots, and as soon as they have made growth, keep repotting them into larger pots as fast as the white or working roots come through the soil and begin to work round the pots, until they have all been put into 9 or 10-inch pots. When they have made growth after first being potted, pinch the ends off; they will then branch out. When the branches have grown again, pinch the ends off as before, leaving one unpinched for a leader or center stem.

Keep pinching and potting until you get them the size and shape you want: then let them flower.

The Black Prince is one of the best, and a very strong grower. Drooping fuchsias can be made by hanging short pieces of bent wire upon the ends of the branches. Various other shapes can be made by judicious pinching and training. The soil should be two parts well rotted sod, and one part each of well rotted leaf mould and manure, with sufficient sand to make it porous. To one barrowful of this compost add two quarts of powdered charcoal, which will keep the soil sweet. Give the plants plenty of room, air and water ; shade them from the strong rays of the sun; syringe the foliage well and often ; keep the atmosphere warm and moist, at a temperature of 45 or 50 degrees, and fuchsias 4 to 5 feet in height and diameter may be grown in less than one year from the rooting of the cutting. Put half a bushel of cow manure into a barrel containing twenty gallons of water; stir it well up; when it has settled clear, water the plants with it once a week while they are growing ; but be sure not to let the liquid touch the foliage.

Tie some tobacco stems to short sticks and place two or three across the tops of the pots; substitute fresh ones once or twice a month, and neither green or black aphis will cause any trouble. - G. M. Stratton, St.

Paul, Minn.