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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. 
CORREA “ BRILLIANT.” 
M pIS is certainly one of the best kinds of Correas in cul- 
i tivation. It has a striking effect in the greenhouse 
I 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 cuttings, 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 off, 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 j 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 
