74 GARDENING INDOORS AND UNDER GLASS 
Azalea—The azalea is the most beautiful 
flowering shrub — if not the most beautiful of all 
winter flowering plants. With proper treatment an 
azalea should do service for several years, becoming 
more splendid each season. 
You will probably get your plant when it is in 
full bloom. At this time, and during the whole 
growing season, it requires abundant water. The 
best way to make sure of giving it a thorough one, 
is to stand it for half an hour in a pail of water. 
Keep it in a rather cool place, say forty-five at 
night, and the flowering season, which should last 
several weeks, will be prolonged. 
With the azaleas you must do the work for next 
year’s success as soon as the flowering season is 
over. After repotting, keep in a temperature of 
fifty to fifty-five degrees at night. 
There are three types of azalea suitable for win- 
ter blooming, the Indian, Ghent and Mollis, of each 
of which there are several kinds. The Indian type 
has the advantage of not blooming without its 
leaves, as the others do. The best way to select the 
varieties wanted is to purchase when in bloom. It 
will not pay the amateur to attempt propagation. 
Bouvardia—Pink, white or red flowers, sweet 
scented. Propagated by root cuttings, but as the 
plants are good for a number of years, the best 
way is to get them from the florist. Old plants may 
be divided, small enough to go into number three 
