GAINES’ SEEDLING CORREAS. 
(1, Picta. 2, Rab^scens, 3, DelicJita. 4, Ferruginea. 5, Pdllida.) 
Class. Order. 
OCTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
RUTACEiE. 
GARDEN VARIETIES. 
If a neat habit, and abundance of flowers with a moderate amount of attrac- 
iveness, are to be received as criteria upon which to estimate the value of a plant, 
76 may certainly claim a favourable standing for Corrseas amongst the denizens of 
he greenhouse. Although they are never such gorgeous figures as the Chinese 
Izaleas, and other plants which bloom at most but for a few weeks in the year, 
hey have a redeeming property in the long protracted period during which they 
ontinue to be studded over with their less gaudy, but not less numerous, hanging 
•lossoms. 
To the florist this family recommends itself no less by its submissive yielding 
0 the exercise of his art, and flattering his manipulations with novel and improved 
ombinations. Our gardens exhibit convincing assurances in almost endless 
irofusion of the meliorating influence of cross-fertilization ; and among the number, 
he beautiful varieties of Corroea depicted in our plate, are well worth the attention 
f those who seek after choice flowering shrubs. But we trust we are not seeking 
00 much, if we regard these only as an earnest of future advancement in the scale 
f showiness. 
They are selected from a very extensive assortment in the possession of 
dr. Gaines, of Battersea, comprising varieties almost insensibly graduating both 
1 the form and colour of the flowers, and in their respective habits, from the old 
I I. Harrisii to the C. alba and C. virens. The characters of these three kinds, with 
hose of C. speciosa, rufa., and Grevillii., are variously amalgamated ; and those 
7ho wish for more than five, may find many scarcely inferior to the specimens 
ere given. 
The first, Picta., was raised between virens and speciosa., and possesses a strong 
raceful habit and good foliage : in its flowers it partakes considerably of the 
