CORYPHA. 
roots give them a 3-inch shift : make the 
new soil tolerably firm. A day previous 
to potting see that the ball is well mois- 
tened, but do not give any water afterwards 
until it is absolutely required. If the mate- 
rial on which the pots stand is kept damp, 
the length of time betwixt the operation of 
potting “and the necessity for giving water 
will be prolonged. To further extend this 
keep the house a little close, the increased 
warmth produced by which will assist 
vrowth. After potting immediately train 
the shoots out so as to give a well-furnished 
bottom to the plants. They are rather in- 
clined to an erect habit of growth, and are 
sufficiently strong in their wood to do 
without much support from sticks. This 
latter frequently leads to the omission of 
tying them out whilst young, which has 
the certain effect of spoiling them by their 
running up and leaving the bottoms scant 
of shoots. Stop the points to induce them 
to break back and form bushy specimens. 
All through the spring and early part of 
summer close the house soon in the after- 
noons to assist growth, and damp the 
plants overhead at the time of shutting 
up; in very bright weather a little shade 
in the middle of the day will help them. 
Do not let the soil ever become so dry be- 
fore water is given as in the case of delicate 
hardwooded subjects. Should any shoots 
take the lead so as to unduly rob the 
weaker ones, pinch the points out and 
bend them down so as to give the others a 
chance of equalising the growth. 
In August cease svringing overhead, and 
give air plentifully night and day to ripen 
up the growth. This is necessary to mature 
the young wood, which will cause it to 
flower more freely, but the ripening process 
need not becarried so far as with many hard- 
wooded plants, Correas not being at all sub- 
ject to suffer from mildew. They should 
now be wintered a little cooler than recom- 
mended for the previous winters. About 
the same time in the spring as before re- 
pot, again giving a 3-inch shift, and use 
the soil in alittle more lumpy condition. 
They will flower nicely this season if all 
goes well with them, yet in the case of 
these plants it is better to pot at the time 
advised than to defer it until after they | 
have bloomed, as it will in no way inter- 
fere with their flowering. Whilst in bloom 
they may be placed anywhere in the con- 
servatory where they will not be too much 
crowded with other things. _ When the 
flowering is over they should at once be 
moved to a situation such as that in which 
they have been grown, and their shoots 
shortened back and tied out. Winter as 
previously, and again move into larger pots 
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in the spring, giving them 2 or 3 inches 
more room, according to the greater or less 
quantity of roots they are found to have ; 
treat as before through the early part of 
summer. This season they will make well- 
furnished small specimens, and will bear a 
good head of bloom. Attend to the tying 
so as to keep them in shape ; but at no 
time will they require more than a limited 
quantity of sticks to hold the principal 
shoots sufficiently open. After they have 
lowered again go over them, and shorten 
back the growth. It will not be advisable 
to repot in the ensuing spring as before, 
for unless very large plants are required 
they may be kept ‘for years in a healthy 
flowering condition by the use of manure- 
water, given once a week or so through 
the growing season. They will be found 
to answer for ordinary decorative purposes 
better when thus grown to a moderate size 
than if larger; and as these Correas are 
not difficult subjects to manage, a few 
young ones can from time to time be 
started to take the place of such as get old 
and worn out. 
C. bicolor, C. Brilliant, C. cardinalis, and 
C. magnifica will all be found worth a place,, 
and repay the comparatively little care re- 
quired to grow them ina much better con- 
dition than they are often seen in. 
Insects.—Correas are little subject to 
the attacks of such insects as usually infest 
the greenhouse. Thrips sometimes make 
their appearance upon them, and must be 
destroyed by fumigation or dipping. They 
also sometimes get affected with scale, both 
white and brown, if they are placed under 
or in contact with other things on which 
the insects exist. Remove the brown 
species by the use of sponge and brush ; 
for white scale repeated dipping, or syring- 
ing with strong insecticide in the winter 
season will be necessary. 
CORYPHA. 
A genus of handsome fan-leaved mostly 
stove Palms. They are robust gowers, 
wtimately requiring a good deal of room. 
Propagation and cultivation given under 
Palms, general details of culture. 
C. australis (syn.: Livistona australis ). 
A strong-growing greenhouse species with 
large leaves, deeply divided, and thick in 
texture. Ina young state it is one of the 
most useful kinds for decorative purposes. 
A native of New Holland. 
C. umbraculifera. A stove species, yet. 
it will stand much hard usage, and bear in 
summer a lower temperature than the 
stove. The leaves are plaited and divided 
at their outer edge. From India. 
