The Garden Under Glass

74 THE GARDEN UNDER GLASS 6-inch pot will be quite large enough for flowering; in faet, nice first-year plants may be flowered in 5-inch pots. A point in their culture worth noting is that when the plants are pinched the point of every growth should be nipped out at the same time. Inattention to this rule will result in unshapely and unevenly flowering plants. Standard plants are particularly pleasing, and if the cuttings of young growths are rooted in the early autumn Diagram 21.—Fuchsia: 1 and 2. Cuttings with old wood attached (a method seldom needed). 3. Cutting of young wood only. 4. Plant rooted, potted and pinched. 5. Last years’ plant pruned back for starting afresh. 6. Fuchsiasdry-ing off beneath staging. and grown along in a warm house during the winter and early spring the standard with a clear three-feet stem can be produced within the year. The leading growth should be encouraged to extend until it is three and a half to four feet high, when it may be topped to induce it to form a head. Meanwhile all side growth must be pinched out, the main stem duly supported, and the plant steadily potted along until it reaches a 6-inch or, in exceptionally favoured cases, a 7-inch pot. Pyramid plants are seldom