CORYPHA. 



Greenhouse and Stove Plants. 



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roots give tliem a 3-inch shift : make the 

 new soil tolerably tlrni. A day previous 

 to potting see that the ball is well mois- 

 tenetl, 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 uf time betwixt the operation of 

 potting and the necessity for giving Avater 

 will be prolonged. To further extend this 

 keep the house a little close, the increased 

 warmth produced by which will assist 

 growth. 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 syringing overhead, and 

 give air plentifully night and day to rijien 

 up the giowth. This is necessary to mature 

 the young wood, which will cause it to 

 flower more freely, but the ripening process 

 need not be carried so far as with many hard- 

 wooded plants, Correas not being at all suli- 

 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 spi-ing as before re- 

 pot, again giving a 3-inch shift, and use 

 the soil in a little 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 i 

 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 i 

 crowded with other things. When the i 

 flowering is over they should at once be 

 moved to a situation such as that in which \ 

 they have been grown, and their shoots ' 

 shoitened back and tied out. Winter as 

 previously, and again move into larger pots , 



in the spring, giving them 2 or 3 inches 

 more room, according to the greater or less 

 quantity of roots they are foimd to have ; 

 tieat tis before through the early part of 

 summei'. This season they Avill make well- 

 furnislied 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 

 flowered again go over them, and shorten 

 back the gi'owth. 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 gromng season. They will be found 

 to answer for ordinary decoiative purposes 

 better when thus giown to a moderate size 

 than if larger ; and as these Coireas 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 ohl 

 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 in a much better con- 

 dition than they are often seen in. 



Insects. — Correas aie little subject to 

 the attacks of such insects as usually infest 

 the greenhouse. Thrips sometimes make 

 their appearance upon them, and must be 

 destioyed by fumigation or dipping. They 

 also sometimes get affected with scale, both 

 white and brown, if they are placed under 

 or in contact with othei' things on which 

 the insects exist. Remove the brown 

 species by the use of sponge and brush ; 

 for white scale rejjeated dip])ing, or syring- 

 ing witli strong insecticide in "the winter 

 season will be necessaiy. 



CORYPHA. 



A genus of handsome ian-leaved mostly 

 stove Palms. They are roliust gowers, 

 ultimately 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. In a 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. 



