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were saved from. My Cockscomb seed was purchased from a 

 London seed-shop, and I know nothing of its origin ; but the plants, 

 except those four cuttings, are all heights and colours, from yellow 

 to crimson, and the foliage of scarcely two alike. 



COKREA "BRILLIANT." 



[HIS is certainly one of the best kinds of Correas in cul- 

 tivation. It has a striking effect in the greenhouse 

 during the winter months. Its propagation is easily 

 effected, either by cutting, grafting, or inarching. G. 

 alba, being a hardy variety, with a vigorous habit of 

 growth, is preferable as a stock. If short-jointed pieces of the 

 young wood, in a half-ripe state, are selected for cuttingn, planted 

 in sandy peat, covered with glass, and placed in a close, cool situa- 

 tion for about a month, and then removed to a very gentle bottom- 

 heat, they will soon root freely. 



When the cuttings are obtained early in the season — but unless 

 plants are placed in heat this will seldom be the case — it will be 

 easy, with ordinary management, to have them rooted, potted off, 

 and established in four-inch pots previous to winter ; and in case 

 that the cuttings are not fit for potting singly early in autumn, it 

 will be better to keep them over the winter in the cutting-pot. 

 When potted oft*, whether during autumn or spring, it will be neces- 

 sary to keep them rather warm and moist till they have become 

 established. In February, or early in March, place the young plants 

 in a moist temperature of about 50°, and keep them properly sup- 

 plied with water. As soon as they commence growing, examine the 

 state of the roots, and shift into pots two sizes larger such as 

 require more pot room. Water must be very carefully administered 

 for a week or two after potting, and the soil, as well as the ball of 

 the plants, must be in a proper state as to moisture when potted. 

 If these important, although apparently trivial, matters are rightly 

 attended to, the young plants will soon burst into vigorous growth, 

 and should be allowed a free circulation of air during bright warm 

 days. It will probably be necessary to regulate the growth by 

 pinching out the points of any over-luxuriant shoots, so as to secure 

 a compact habit of growth. The Correa, like many other hard- 

 wooded plants, grows freely in a moist and moderately warm atmos- 

 phere ; but when kept in a hot and dry temperature, the young 

 wood becomes prematurely ripened, and ill health ensues. Perhaps 

 the equal temperature and moist atmosphere most congenial to the 

 growth of the plant is more easily secured, during the summer 

 months, in a cold frame than elsewhere ; but the removal must be 

 carefully effected, and the plants should be kept freely supplied 

 with air for a time, previous to the change, and the frame so 

 managed as to maintain the temperature and atmosphere sufficiently 

 warm and moist, to prevent them sustaining any check. During 

 summer, a slight shade, on the forenoon of bright days, will be 



