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Gardening for Amateurs 



Australian Fuchsia (Correa cardinalis). 



the method of increasing the Boronia 

 it is not often followed by the amateur, 

 owing to the care and experience 

 necessary to ensure success and the 

 fact that good flowering plants can 

 be purchased at a comparatively cheap 

 rate. When flowering plants are ob- 

 tained they must be properly supplied 

 with water and shaded from the sun. 

 When their beauty is over they are 

 cut back to about half their height. 

 This leads to the formation of new 

 shoots ; when this happens the plants 

 are repotted, using quite clean pots, 

 a size larger than before. It is essen- 

 tial that the pots are effectually drained 

 by means of broken crocks. The peat 

 and sand, which must not be sifted, 

 should be pressed down very firmly, 

 and especial care taken that the ball 

 of earth is not buried deeper in the 

 soil than it was before. After the 

 plants are potted they are kept in the 



greenhouse. They may be stood out of 

 doors during the latter part of the summer 

 in order to ripen the wood and ensure the 

 production of flower buds. Nut only do the 

 cultural directions herewith given apply to 

 Boronias, but to most of the other hard- 

 wooded plants. 



Ghorizema. The Chorizemas are pretty 

 free-flowering plants, with small Pea-shaped 

 flowers. The best are C. cordata, red and 

 yellow ; C. cordata lutea, yellow ; C. Chand- 

 leri, orange and red ; and C. Lowii, of a 

 brighter red than the others, tinged with 

 orange. All flower during the winter and 

 spring months. Seeds are sometimes pro- 

 duced, and from these young plants can be 

 raised ; in other respects their propagation 

 and cultural requirements are the same as 

 that detailed for Boronias. Chorizema cor- 

 data is of a somewhat loose habit, and ^oks 

 well when trained to the end of the greenhouse. 



Correa. The Australian Fuchsias, as the 

 Correas are popularly termed, are rather 



Chorizema cordatum. 



