THE ERYTHRINA LAURIEOLIA. 
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the more choice kinds were not inserted in their branches, as all who 
have any knowledge on the subject are aware, that as stocks, the 
China roses afford every chance of success. 
In selecting buds, it must be remembered, that all the different 
varieties will not grow with equal success ; it will be necessary there¬ 
fore to choose the free growing kinds, or such as seem to partake of 
the same habit, and require similar treatment to the common China 
rose. The Rosa semperflorens, Boursoult, Noisette, &c. seem to 
flower better, and grow stronger, than when supported by their own 
natural roots. The moss rose, Tuscany,and othersol similar habits, 
will not flower more than two or three years at the furthest, for the 
shoots they are budded upon soon begin to decay, which renders it 
necessary to insert a succession of young buds annually, and to cut 
the old ones away. Some of the free growing kinds will flower the 
same year they are budded, these should be cut back to two or three 
e}*es in the winter, and also the shoots they are budded upon to one 
eye above each bud; those sorts which are of slower growth, will re¬ 
quire the shoot leaving several eyes above the bud, as it is apt to die 
down when cut close to the bud. Budding roses on a trellis is 
more to be recommended, than budding the different sorts on stand¬ 
ards. A standard rose makes an object in itself, and I think is more 
calculated to please without mixture on the same plant, but with re¬ 
gard to the trellis, it is the greatest object to have a regular succes¬ 
sion of flowers of different colours in perfection throughout greater 
part of the year, on the same plant. 
James Brown, Jun. 
Stowe Gardens, Oct. 8, 1832. 
ARTICLE XI. 
ON THE NATURAL HISTORY AND CULTIVATION OF THE 
ERYTHRINA LAURIFOLIA. 
BY F. F. ASHFORD. 
On perusing page 813 of the Register, I find that a Florist, wish¬ 
es to be informed of a method that will encourage the Erythrina lau- 
rifolia (Crista-galli of many gardens) to flower. I am induced to 
send the following by which I have succeeded in cultivating and 
flowering this splendid Exotic to great perfection. 
The Erythrina (from Erythos, red, alluding to the colour of its 
blossoms) laurifolia, or laurel-leaved Coral tree, is a native of South 
America, where this with other species of this beautiful genus, form 
some of the loftiest trees of the forest. 
