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Excerpt from Flora Australasica, Vol. 1: Or, a Selection of Handsome, Oh Curious Plants, Natives of New Holland, and the South Ska Islands; Containing Coloured Figures and Descriptions of Some of the Choicest Species Most Proper for the Conservatory or Greenhouse, and Many of Which Will Endure T
Seeds of this handsome species of Correa were collected by Mr. William Baxter, the indefatigable Collector Of F. Hench man, Esq., at Kangaroo Island, on the south coast' of New Hol land; from those were raised young plants in 1824, at the Nur sery Of Mr. J. Mackay, at Clapton, where they began flowering for the first time in February last; and plants of it are now for sale at his establishment, where many other new or rare plants from New Holland have flowered this season, and others are continually coming into bloom. The present species thrives well in an equal portion Of light turfy loam, peat, and sand, or if the loam and peat is very light the less sand will be required, and where peat earth cannot be readily procured, decayed leaves or very rotten dung may be substituted. It is a very hardy Greenhouse plant, and we believe would endure our Winters if planted by the side Of a wall in a south aspect, and to be covered with a thick mat in severe frosty weather, but a Slight frost would not injure it; it would certainly succeed well in the southern counties if treated in that manner. Cuttings of it will root readily if planted in' pots of sand under hand-glasses or bell-glasses, or it will succeed well grafted or in arched on C. Alha or C. Virens, particularly the former, to which it is nearest related. Our drawing was made from a plant at Mr. Mackay's Nursery, the latter. End Of February. The genus was first named by Sir J. E. Smith, in compli ment to the late M. Correa de Serra, a celebrated Portuguese Botanist. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
