GAINES' SEEDLING CORRjEAS. 
(1, Picta. 2, Rub£scens. 3, Delicata. 4, Ferruglnea. 5, Pallida.) 
Class. 
OCTANDRIA. 
Natural Order. 
RUTACEJE. 
GARDEN VARIETIES. 
If a neat habit, and abundance of flowers with a moderate amount of attrac- 
tiveness, are to be received as criteria upon which to estimate the value of a plant, 
we may certainly claim a favourable standing for Corrseas amongst the denizens of 
the greenhouse. Although they are never such gorgeous figures as the Chinese 
Azaleas, and other plants which bloom at most but for a few weeks in the year, 
they have a redeeming property in the long protracted period during which they 
continue to be studded over with their less gaudy, but not less numerous, hanging 
blossoms. 
To the florist this family recommends itself no legs by its submissive yielding 
to the exercise of his art, and flattering his manipulations with novel and improved 
combinations. Our gardens exhibit convincing assurances in almost endless 
profusion of the meliorating influence of cross-fertilization ; and among the number, 
the beautiful varieties of Corrcea depicted in our plate, are well worth the attention 
of those who seek after choice flowering shrubs. But we trust we are not seeking 
too much, if we regard these only as an earnest of future advancement in the scale 
of showiness. 
They are selected from a very extensive assortment in the possession of 
Mr. Gaines, of Battersea, comprising varieties almost insensibly graduating both 
in the form and colour of the flowers, and in their respective habits, from the old 
C. Harrisii to the C. alba and C. virens. The characters of these three kinds, with 
those of C. speciosa, rufa, and Grevillii, are variously amalgamated ; and those 
who wish for more than five, may find many scarcely inferior to the specimens 
here given. 
The first, Picta, was raised between virens and speciosa, and possesses a strong- 
graceful habit and good foliage : in its flowers it partakes considerably of the 
Order. 
MONOGYNIA. 
