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tliroughout the winter and earl}' spring months. They requii'e 

 a compost of two-thirds light loam; and one-third turfy peat. 

 They strike freely from cuttings in sandy soil under a com- 

 mon hand-glass in the spring, selecting for cuttings the shoots 

 which have not any bloom. When they have struck root pot 

 them in three-inch pots with good drainage, and place them 

 in a shallow frame whei-e they may be near the glass ; pinch 

 out the tops to make them grow bushy, and as they fill the 

 small pots with roots change them to five inch pots, and 

 return them to the frame. They must have plenty of air 

 during the spring months, and on mild days may be entirely 

 uncovered ; and throughout the summer they should be con- 

 stantly exposed, except during heavy rains, or when the suu 

 is very powerful ; for they need constant watchfulness as to 

 moisture, and if allowed to dry will get naked at the bottom, 

 which will spoil their appearance altogether. Change the 

 pots for larger sizes as required, and about the first week in 

 September put them into the greenhouse, where they will 

 soon commence flowering, and may continue until the end of 

 May, when they should be put out in the open air, in a 

 sheltered situation, among other greenhouse plants. They 

 seed occasionally, and the seeds may be sown in the same 

 kind of compost, in wide-mouthed pots or seed-pans, very 

 thinly, and when large enough may be pricked out into 

 small pots, three or four in a pot, till they are as large as 

 struck cuttings, when they may be treated exactly like them, 

 but cuttings are preferable. 0. glauca has sported into a 

 variegated-leaved kind. 



CORREA. [Rutaceae.] Greenhouse evergreen shrubs, 

 valuable for blooming in winter and very early spring. They 

 require much the treatment of Boronia. Young plants are 

 raised from cuttings, or by inarching on the common sort, 

 C. alha, which strikes freely from cuttings ; and where the 

 propagation of the better sorts of Correas is an object, it is 

 usual to keep a supply of this common kind in small pots for 

 this purpose. The advantage of inarching on this particular 

 species is, that it is a freer-growing plant at the root than 

 most of the other sorts. The young plants intended for 

 stocks should be encouraged to make a single straight clean 

 shoot, which is inarched as near the soil as convenient. When 



