ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GARDENING. 
CULTURE OF GREENHOUSE SPECIES: Compost, two parts loam, 
one part Wyo l sand. Position, pots in light greenhouse. Repot, March. 
Prune off points of shoots in Spring to induce bushy growth. Water 
moderately Oct. to March, freely afterwards. Temp., Sept. to March 
40° to 45°; March to Sept. 55° to 65°. Place plants outdoors in sunny 
position June to Sept. Propagate by seeds sown jin. deep in light soil 
im temp. 75° in March, or by cuttings inserted in well-drained pots of 
sandy soil under bell-glass in temp. 55° in March, April, or May. 
CULTURE OF PERENNIALS: Soil, ordinary. Position, sunny 
rockeries or borders. Plant, Oct. or April. Propagate by seeds sown 
4 in. deep outdoors in April, or division of roots in ‘Oct. 
CULTURE OF HARDY SHRUBS: Soil, ordinary. Position shel- 
tered, warm shrubberies, or south or west walls. Plant Oct. Prune 
stragely shoots after flowering. Increased by cuttings in cold frame in 
autumn. 
GREENHOUSE SPECIES: C. coronata, yellow, July, 2 ft., 8S. Europe; glauca, 
yellow, May, 3 ft., France; glauca variegata, variegated; pentaphylla, yellow, 
et Algiers; valentina, yellow, March, 3 ft.; viminalis, red, Aug., 3 ft., 
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PERENNIAL SPECIES: C. cappadocica, yellow, July, 6 in., Iberia; emeroides, 
yellow, May, 6 in., Europe; minima, yellow, June, 6 in., 8. Europe; varia, pink 
and white, June, trailer, Europe. 
HARDY SHRUBS: ©. Emerus (Scorpion Senna), red and yellow, April, 3 to 6 ft., 
deciduous, Europe. 
Correa (Australian Fuchsia).—Ord, Rutacerw. Greenhouse ever- 
green shrubs. First introduced 1793. 
CULTURE: Compost, two parts peat, one part fibrous loam & sand. 
Position, pots, well drained, in light, airy greenhouse. Repot in July 
when new growth begins. Prune directly after flowering. Water 
moderately April to July & Oct. to April, freely July to Oct. Temp., 
Sept. to March 40° to 45°; March to Sept. 55° to 65°. Place plants 
outdoors in sunny position July to Sept. Propagate by cuttings in- 
serted in well-drained pots of sandy peat under bell-glass in temp. 65° 
to 75° in April; grafting on Correa alba or Eriostemon buxifolia in 
March. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: C. alba, white, June, 5 to 6 ft.; cardinalis, scarlet, 
March, 3 ft.; lawrenciana, green and white, April, 3 ft.; speciosa, scarlet, June, 
8 ft, and its varieties bicolor, crimson and white, Havrrisii, crimson, pulchella, 
scarlet. All natives of Australia. 
Corsican Pine-tree (Pinus Laricio).—See Pinus. 
Cortaderia (Pampas Grass)—Ord. Graminew. Hardy herba- 
ceous perennial grass. Flowering & orn. foliage. First introduced 
1843. Inflorescence (male & female borne on different plants), white, 
purple, yellow; Sept. to Nov. gic : 
CULTURE: Soil, rich, light, sandy. Position, sheltered shrubberies 
or lawns. Plant, Oct., March, or April. Water freely in dry weather. 
Gather plumes for winter decoration directly fully developed. Propa- 
gate by seeds sown 1-16 in. deep in sandy ‘soil in well-drained pots or 
pans under bell-glass in temp. 55° to 65° in Feb., March or April. 
Transplant seedlings outdoors in Aug. or Sept. Female plumes best 
& most durable for winter decoration. 
SPECIES OULTIVATED: C. argenteum (Pampas Grass), Syn. Gynerium argen- 
teum, 5 to 7 ft., Brazil; argenteum argenteo-lineatum, leaves green and golden; 
conspicua (Syn. Arundo conspicua), New Zealand Silvery Reod Grass, 3 to 12 ft., 
New Zealand; jubata, 4 to 6 ft., Ecuador. 
Cortusa (Bear’s-ear Sanicle).—Ord. Primulacea. Hardy peren- 
nial alpine plants. First introduced 1596. 
CULTURE: Soil, sandy peat. Position, shady horder or rockery. 
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