1879] EUPATORIUM ODORATUM. 135 



heat, and an atmospheric temperature of about 65° should be main- 

 tained. After the grafts have taken, gradually inure them to air and 

 light; and the stock may be cut away above the junction after they 

 have made a few inches of growth ; pinch out the points, so as to induce 

 a bushy habit. They may be shifted into larger pots as they require it, 

 using peat, leaf-mould, and sand, only a little rougher than at first, 

 until they are into 6-inch pots. In all sizes above this, they should 

 have a considerable proportion of good turfy loam incorporated with 

 the compost, as also a few pieces of charcoal. Indeed, if the loam is 

 good, they will be better grown entirely in it, with a sixth part of sharp 

 sand and a handful of ground bones. 



Larger plants will be much benefited by an occasional watering of 

 liquid manure when they are making their growth, and again when 

 the flowers are beginning to expand. There is nothing better for this 

 than pure guano or soot-water, allowing either of them to lie in steep 

 for a night before using, and then keeping back the sediment ; this does 

 not choke up the pores of the soil like manure-water made from sheep 

 or deer droppings. The Camellia is not susceptible to the attacks of 

 insects, unless, sometimes, brown scale, when the usual remedies must 

 be applied. This will be found in most of the insecticides sold by 

 nurserymen, directions for use being always given along with them. 

 Appended is a list of good varieties — viz. : Alba plena, Archduchess 

 Marie, Augustina superba, Bealii, Bianca Gualdini, Cardinal Antonelli, 

 Duchesse de Berri, Duke of Lancaster, Eximea, Fimbriata, Marchion- 

 ess of Exeter, Pearl, Reine des Beautes, Story ii, Thomas Moore, 

 Valtevardda, Vicomte de Nieuport, Imbricata, Jubilee. 



J. G. W. 



EUPATORIUM ODORATUM. 



One of the most useful winter and spring flowering plants is the 

 above. Coming in as it does when flowers, and especially white flowers, 

 are getting scarce, it is the more useful, and is not cultivated nearly so 

 much as its merits deserve. Not its least recommendation is the 

 small amount of care required in its culture. After the plants have 

 done flowering they should be cut back, and put into a vinery at work 

 to break again into growth, in order to get cuttings. These should be 

 taken off exactly as we do Fuchsias; and, in fact, the same treatment 

 that we give to Fuchsias suits them exactly in the earlier stages of 

 their culture. When rooted, pot them off singly into 3-inch pots ; they 

 are not particular as regards soil, the same used for Fuchsias and 

 Geraniums will suit them nicely ; keep them well pinched while they 

 are young, as they are apt to get leggy. The next shift may be into 

 6-inch pots, which will be large enough to bloom them in the first year. 

 They should be grown in a temperature of about 55° till the middle 



