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Greenhouse and Stove Plants. 
AZALEA, 
pearance as possible, and withal to correct, 
that loose untidy appearance that plants 
always have when allowed to grow as if 
they were wild. If they are only required 
for home decoration they will do with 
much less tying, but if, on the other hand, 
they are for exhibition and have long dis- 
tances to travel, then the shoots must be 
secured so as to keep them from chafing, or 
the flowers would be literally ground to 
pieces. 
For producing flowers for cutting the 
Azalea has few equals ; you may cut with 
impunity without injuring the health of 
the plant, but of course plants should be 
grown for the purpose, as no one would 
think of cutting their best specimens. We 
have heard it said that the flowers do not 
stand well cut out of heat in winter; the 
fault arises from two causes—using too 
much heat, or keeping the plants too far 
from the light. While being brought into 
flower they ought to almost touch the glass : 
so treated the flowers will stand for a week 
in water or sand and water. 
The Azalea is a plant not at all im- 
patient of cold. We have seen plants in a 
north retarding house in the early spring 
frozen considerably, and afterwards they 
flowered quite as well as others that had 
not been subjected to so low a temperature ; 
but we should not advise such treatment if 
at all avoidable, as they might get so far 
frozen as to injure the roots ; and, as pre- 
viously stated, this cold treatment induces 
in young plants a hard stunted condition, 
to get them out of which takes a consider- 
able time in the spring. Im selecting 
varieties care should be taken to procure’ 
such as are not only good free growers, pos- 
sessing distinct, finely-coloured flowers, but 
also such sorts as retain their bloom for the 
longest time. This is a matter that does 
not receive sufficient attention, yet is of 
very great importance whether they are 
required for exhibition or ordinary deco- 
rative purposes, some varieties carrying their 
flowers double the length of time that 
others will, There is also much difference 
in the early or late habit of flowering in 
different kinds ; by a judicious selection 
the season of their blooming can be much 
prolonged. 
The following kinds can be depended on 
as worthy of cultivation, and in every way 
possessing the above qualities :— 
A. Apollo. White, striped with carmine, 
flowers large and of good substance. 
A. Baronne de Vriere. Magnificent 
white, slightly splashed with crimson ; 
very large flowers. 
A. Brilliant. Orange-scarlet ; one of the 
very best Azaleas in cultivation ; a good 
grower, and will come into flower after 
most other varieties are over. 
A. Cedo Null. Very rich purple, fine in 
form and colour; one of the highest 
coloured varieties grown. 
A. Charles de Buck. In the way of Duc 
de Nassau ; a really splendid variety. 
A. Comtesse de Beaufort. Fine bright 
rose, spotted with maroon ; a magnificent 
variety. 
A. Criterion. A fine old sort ; free 
grower, profuse flowerer, and very effective. 
A. Duc de Nassau. Very large, rosy 
purple ; a vigorous grower ; one of the 
best sorts in cultivation. 
A, Kclatante. The deepest crimson, 
shaded rose, and profusely spotted ; one of 
the very best. 
A. Flag of Truce. 
double variety. 
A. Flambeau.' Deep glowing crimson. 
A. Flower of the Day. White, sightly 
striped with rose ; a fine variety. 
A. Iveryana. <A fine white ; one of the 
White ; very fine ; 
best, taking all properties into account. 
A, Jean Vervaene. Deep salinon colour, 
edged and striped with white, the upper 
petals having a dark spot. 
A. La Pax. <A vigorous, free-growing, 
telling variety. 
A, Louis von Baden. White ; splendid 
shape ; good habit and profuse flowerer. 
A. Madame Ambroise Verschaffelt. A 
fine effective sort ; ground colour pale-pink, 
edged with white, flaked and striped with 
crimson. 
A. Madame de Cannart @ Hamale. White, 
sometimes striped ; a large flower. 
A, Madame Joseph Vervaene. Delicate 
rose, bordered with white, suffused with 
bright red ; a most desirable variety. 
A. Madame Leon Maenhaut. Amaranth, 
new in colour; form and habit unexcep- 
tionable. 
A, Madame Lowise de Kerchove. Salmon 
edged with white ; semi-double. 
A. Madame Louis Van Houtte. Splendid 
white, streaked with rose; a semi-double 
sort, of great excellence. 
A. Madelaine. Pure white; flowers 
large and semi-double. 
A. Mademoiselle Marie Van Houtte. 
White, flaked with salmon ; semi-double. 
A. Marquis of Lorne. Very bright red ; 
a splendid variety. 
A. Mars. Splendid bright red, perfect 
in shape; a good and vigorous grower, 
and should be in every collection, however 
select. 
A. Mons. Thibaut. Fine rosy red, 
distinct, and worth a place in even the 
most select collection. 
A, Roi de Hollande. One of the most 
