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suits them best. Potting should be done very firmly, espe- 
cially in the case of young plants. Azaleas do best in cool and 
airy apartments. If they are intended for forcing, they should 
be brought into a warmer place and sprayed frequently until 
the flowers expand. 
Boronia megastigma. A beautiful slender plant, with axil- 
lary purple flowers in great profusion in early spring. Very 
sweet scented. Leaves small, pinnate, or tri-foliate. Boronias 
should be grown in a soil composed of equal parts of fibrous 
loam, peat, leaf mould, and sand, and need firm potting, plen- 
ty of water at the root during summer, and a light, airy posi- 
tion in a cool place. 
Bouvardias. Well-known plants, producing clusters of brill- 
iant flowers. Propagate by means of half-ripe cuttings, and 
pot in light fibrous soil. Water freely in summer and keep in 
alight, cool place. Repot frequently, and stop the young 
growths as often as necessary to form bushy plants. Occasional 
sprayings are beneficial. Bouvardias flower for a long period 
in winter, spring, and early summer. ‘There are single and 
double flowers, white, flesh-colored, or scarlet. 
Browallias are annual plants with showy blue and white 
flowers, and very pretty when in bloom. Sow seeds in sum- | 
mer, in light sandy soil. Cover the seed-pot with a ‘pane of 
glass; keep moist and shady, thin the seedlings and pot later 
singly in small pots. Grow the plants on in rich fibrous soil, 
and pinch frequently to form bushy specimens for winter- 
blooming. 
Camellia. ‘This old favorite, although hardy in the South, 
deserves to be grown in a small state as a window-plant in the 
North. Procure small bushy plants of a flowering size. Repot 
about once in two years, in a mixture of equal parts of fibrous 
