102 THE FORCING GARDEN, 
The loss referred to is in the flowers for a season, 
but as the Camellia is such an abundant bearer of flowers 
(which are frequently three-fourths too numerous on a 
plant) that they have to be thinned out to get fine 
specimens, no real loss is sustained by partially cutting 
back some of the leading branches, if the minor ones 
are left to flower and fill up. So that by this annual 
or biennial cutting back of some of the plants they will 
never get too large for the house; and instead of run- 
ning up to head, and becoming barren of foliage, and 
of course of flower, they will maintain a well-clothed 
appearance down to the ground. 
A house of the size of the above, will take forty- 
eight good strong plants for the middle bed, which may 
be 15 feet wide, taking four rows of plants at a distance 
of 3 feet apart each way ; the pathways will be 3 feet 
wide, with a border of 2 feet next the walls, all round 
the house. The walls will take about forty plants to 
cover them, ultimately; thus eighty-eight will be re- 
quired to fill such a house at a moderate calculation. 
These may consist of any desirable sorts, which will 
cost in good strong plants, at trade prices, 251. to 301. 
per 100—well set with flower buds if obtained in the 
autumn, about October, when they may be planted; or, 
if deferred till after the flower, and then planted as I 
have said, which is perhaps the safest, plants of the 
same size may be had for a lower price. And, if I may 
be permitted to recommend where to get them both 
good and cheap, I should say of John Standish & Co., 
of the Royal Nurseries, Ascot, Berkshire, or of Charles 
Turner of Slough. 
The Camellia, for cut flowers, may be grown in large 
pots. Pots 15 inches in diameter will do for them for 
