•I HK ILLUSTRATION HORTICOLE. 



PL. CLXXV. 



AZALEA MARSHAL MAC-MAHON, brugge. 



nat. okd. ERICACEAE. 



: Generic Character see preceding plate CLXXI. 



This munificent variety 

 orgeous flowers, the largest 

 tly exceeding four inches in 

 aped, eraarginate , undulate 

 ' ■ brilliant fiery red, the 

 totted with a clear violet. 



nd the 



very dark 



The filaments are scarlet, : 



blue, some of the flowers shew a tendency to become double 

 from the transformation of the stamens into petals. It l 

 certainly one of the finest varieties hitherto produced. 



ORNAMENTAL GARDENING. 



AZALEAS AT 

 or rather Chinese, shrubs are 

 ms. and wr scarcely know them 

 lata (if a greenhouse. Art has 

 t task; and the degree of per- 

 rdeners of Ghent in the culture 

 tteof Exhibitions both at home 

 Florence again 

 that came from Belgium and 



wn, is the beauty they acquire 

 caUtiefl where the climate and 

 proper development. In Belgium 

 - and resists our 

 IOU : and there are, doubtless, 

 •Uriah and flower freely on the 

 !, i. aa a great many do well at 



the opportunity of seeing them 

 aallv those on Lake Como , has 

 efli oi Pallanza, Lake Major, 

 ian and English varieties. They 

 wer with surprising profusion. 

 y succeed best, as they are not 

 of a scorching sun. 



LAKE COMO. 



Nevertheless, the results obtained about Lake Como are 

 still more remarkable. Above all , the Azaleas at the Villa 

 Carlotta should be seen. This estate is at Cadenabbia, 

 opposite Bellagio, and was formerly known as the Villa 

 Sommariva. Here also are some valuable works of art, 

 amongst other some bas-reliefs by Thorwaldsen , the Danish 

 sculptor, and the famous statues by Canova, as Love and 

 Psyche, the Magdalene, etc. We shall give a description of 

 this beautiful estate at another time. 



The newer part of the gardens , near the village of 

 Cadenabbia, have recently been improved and embellished 

 under the superintendence of the gardener, M. Giuseppe 

 Morganti. A bank of Azaleas particularly attracted our 

 attention , and we intended saying something about them, 

 but our pen is too feeble to describe their splendour when 

 in full bloom. These repeated clumps of shrubs , clothed 

 with innumerable flowers , like a mantle of gauze of a 

 thousand tints, had a most charming effect. All of the varie- 

 ties flourish equally well. They naturally assume a roundish ' 

 outline, but without the stiff uniformity and regularity of 

 our greenhouse specimens. 



We have only one word to add ; let every one go and see 

 this forest of Azaleas , for no description can give an idea 

 of their splendour in the month of April. E. A. 



Grafting Camellias in the Open Ground. 



I of Camell 

 blem difficult to solve , 

 ngup, in spite of all 



method of grafting 

 • great 



therefore 



gardener, has 



s able 

 uccessful plan. 

 •' — About the middle 

 ; nt in, close or other- 

 ■ a complete or only a 

 utting the branches 



th e pyramidal 



i of the 



longer, gradually dimi- 



rt ed, on the wedge 



taus cut off, one or two 

 astern, securely bound 



up, and overlaid with the grafting wax, Lhomme-Lefort , 

 m the usual manner. A small bottle with a large neck is 

 then slipped over the whole , the open nozzle being stuffed 

 with damp moss, and a piece of paper tied over the upper 

 part of the bottle to prevent the sun from scorching the graft, 

 but at the same time permitting sufficient light to enter. 

 Thus the graft is placed in a medium in every way favourable 

 to its complete junction. 



In this way M. Cornells has already changed many old 

 Camellias into choice varieties , and he intends going through 

 the whole of his collection, reforming misshapen trees and 

 replacing inferior varieties. 



The accompanying wood-cut will assist our readers in 

 understanding the foregoing details of M. Cornells method, 

 and be the means, we think, of its general adoption. 



