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inches in depth, no trouble being taken to examine and sound each 

 individual pet, to ascertain if the soil is wet quite tlu'oui^h. The 

 leaves, from their leathery texture, show no signs of the suffering the 

 plants are undergoing until matters become desperate. If the water- 

 ing-can comes to their relief before the leaves flag, it is thought 

 that no injury is done; vain delusion! for in a month or two, the 

 buds fall off wholesale, and no end of wonder is excited as to the 

 cause, for the plants may then be in tlie most favourable condition 

 with reppect to moisture at the roots. 



Before they are put out of doors tliey should be freely exposed to 

 the air. A shady position, away from the drip of trees, should be 

 selected for their quarters, and each pot stood upon a couple of bricks, 

 to prevent worms getting in through the bottom. The plants should 

 be regularly looked over, and watered when required, but without 

 over-doing it, for it is quite as easy to ruin their health with too much 

 water as it is by drying them up. 



The principal points in camellia growing are to pot them in 

 sound fibry soil, to have the drainage perfect, to afford sufficient 

 moisture at the roots without any excess, and to avoid all sudden 

 changes and checks. When tlie pots are full of roots, and it is not 

 considered desirable to repot the plants, a watering with weak 

 manure water, will be of immense assistance to them. 



SELECTIOiN' OF OLD VAEIETIES. 



In bringing the foregoing remarks to a conclusion, we cannot do 

 better than give a list of twenty varieties, that are of good form, free 

 bloomers, and can be purchased at a cheap rate. 



AJba Flena, the old double whit?, which still holds its place as 

 one of the very best. 



JBealii, fine bright crimson. 



Bmiomiana, white, beautifully flaked with carmine. 



Chandleri eJegans, immense size, lively rose. 



Comte cle Ftanders, good white^ veined T^ith rose^ a fine imbri- 

 cated flower. 



Countess of Berhy, another good white, flaked with rose. 



Countess of Ellesmere, large white, flaked with carmine. 



Donhelaril, large semi-double crimson, mottled with white, admi- 

 rable on account of its free flowering qualities only. 



Duchess of JBucdeugli, rosy carmine, good. 



Fimhriata, white, petals beautifull}^ fringed. 



Lady Hume's Blush, fle^h colour, line. 



Lavinia Maggi, white, blotched with crimson. 



Marchioness of Exeter , beautiful rose. ; 



Marie JMorren, rich carmine. 



Mathotiana, bright crimson, grand. 



Baolina JMaggi, pure white, beautifully imbricated. 



Storyii, fine rosy pink. 



Teutouia, rose, t^tripedwith while. 



Valtevaredo, beautiful rose, form first-rate. 



Variegata, an old favourite, bright rosy crimson, mottled with 

 white, rather small, but a free bloomer, invaluable for bouquets. 



