Plate 3iG. 

 CAMELLIA, DUCIIESSE DE NASSAU. 



Although we liave hitely tiguicd a new IV'lgiau Camellia 

 {Jfrs. Dombrain), jet the great beauty of the variety iu nur 

 ])re.seut Plate will be deemed a sufficieut excuse for our tiguring 

 it also, Avhile its exquisite shape clearly entitles it to be ranked 

 amongst the very foremost in those (lualities which constitute 

 a good Camellia. 



A great deal of discussion has taken place lately with regard 

 to the proper method of cultivation to be adopted with this 

 universal favourite, and some very opposite methods ha\e been 

 recommended, both as to the time for repotting, and the 

 nature of the soil in which the)' are to be grown. Mr. Pearson, 

 of Ciiilwell, Notts, has recommended a plan which, at any 

 rate, has the merit of novelty in it, one which he states he 

 has found most successful, and which we can bear witness to from 

 our own personal experience, lie suggests that the soil in 

 which the Camellia is grown is generally too light, tliat all 

 admixture of peat and leaf-mould should be avoided (although 

 the Belgians, who are very famous cultiA ators of it, use hardly 

 anytliing but leaf-mould, so far as we liave been enabled to 

 judge) and that loam only slionld be used; contrary, too, to all 

 the usual directions on the subject, he recommends that 

 instead of •' well-rotted loam." it should be used ijuite fresh as 

 it comes off the pasture, cut about an inch and a half thick, 

 and then torn to pieces about an inch stjuare ; that llie 

 Camellias should be potted immediately that they liave done 

 flowering, kept shaded, cool, and well watered, and that 

 liealtliv foliaire and abundant bhioni will reward sucli cnlti- 

 vation. 



