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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
intended to be grafted ; bind these firmly together, so that the barks of both 
meet on one edge at least, and cover the join with grafting wax to keep 
out the air. 
Propagation by cuttings is a very simple operation. Cut off the ends of 
shoots, when the plant has done growing, two joints long; let the under part 
be cut with a sharp knife close up to the joint. Prepare pots by filling them 
within half an inch of the top with the usual soil, laid very level, and half an 
inch of sand above. Press the bell-glass which is to be used as a cover on the 
sand, to mark how much space is available, and then thrust the cuttings through 
the sand, so as to touch the soil but not enter it. Water well to settle the 
sand close to the stems, and cover with the glass. Let the glass be wiped 
every morning, and be shaded during the hot sun. Generally speaking cut¬ 
tings root freely, and the stocks of C. alba must be provided by cuttings. In 
rejecting seedlings, robust-growing ones may always be kept for stocks, although 
rejected as varieties ; they are just as good as any to work others on—that is to 
say, if they are strong growers. 
The properties which constitute perfection in the Correa are these :—In habit 
they must be shrubby, short-jointed—that is, with close foliage, and branching 
horizontally. The leaves must be dark green, smooth on the surface. The 
flowering must be continuous, abundant, and distributed all over the plant. 
The flowers must be tubular, but barrel-formed .in preference to pinched in— 
the lower part bell-mouthed and reflexing; the outer surface of the same 
texture as the inside; the edge without indentation; the barrel without 
corners, flutes, or ribs; the mouth two diameters of the neck, the length same 
as the leaf; the footstalk short; the flowers pendent. Selfs must be of the 
same colour inside and outside the flower. In variegated flowers, if there are 
two colours, the tube must be of one, and the neck and mouth of the other; if 
a third colour, it must be confined to the lips only. The greater the contrast 
the better, all the colours being bright, or rather dense, and the more abrupt 
the transition from one colour to another ’the better. 
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The Correa is capable of being vastly improved, and as a winter-bloomer is 
worth the attempt. We have already some very decided colours, especially in 
C. cardinalis.—( Gardeners' Chronicle.) 
STRAY NOTES. 
Convolvulus mauritanicus is a charming plant for a window box. It 
grows and flowers profusely. The blossoms close early in the evening, but 
yet remain open during the day. Young shoots spring up from the root to 
replace those whose flowels have expanded. As a basket plant it will be very 
useful indeed. 
In the same box Thunbergia aurantiaca flourishes well, and gives plenty of 
blossoms. Entwined among the Convolvulus the two form a very pleasing 
contrast. During the recent cold weather it made but little progress ; but 
since the hot weather set in it has grown rapidlv, and flowers freely. 
E. W. 
OUR CONTEMPORARIES. 
LTllustration Horticole for June and July, has plates of the follow¬ 
ing plants;— 
Phorminm tenax fuliis variegatis (Variegated New Zealand Flax).—A good 
