ON THE CULTURE OF CAMELLIAS. 225 



be readily increased by this means, as A. decipiens, Sophora fal- 

 cata, &c. 



7. Leaves. — Some exotics, as Hoya carnosa, Gloxinias, Ges- 

 nerias, &c, propagate freely by tins mode, and often easier tban 

 any other way. In the spring months, let the leaves of the kinds 

 intended to increase be taken off close to the stem, and inserted 

 into the same kind of soil in pots. The whole of the petiole (leaf- 

 stalk) and about half an inch of the leaf should be covered; let 

 it lie in a slanting direction, and cover the pot with a bell glass, 

 laying it into a slight hotbed ; and if regular watering be given 

 and the steam out of the glasses be constantly wiped, it will 

 soon strike root. If any should happen to damp ofl', let it be in- 

 stantly removed, or probably it may endanger the whole. As soon 

 as the leaves begin to put out young shoots, take the glass off and 

 remove them to a dry hut for a few days previous to potting off. 



8. Suckers. — Exotics, similar to Pitcairnia, Aloe, Yucca Til- 

 landsiae, &c, after they have done flowering, generally produce in 

 the summer months suckers for propagation, either from the stem 

 or roots. These can be carefully taken of in the following spring, 

 potted, plunged, and otherwise treated as root divisions. 



9. Plant Divisions. — The exotics that are generally propa- 

 gated by this mode are deciduous herbaceous kinds, as Lobelia 

 unidentata, lutea, and campanuloides, Sowerbea juncea, and 

 such like. The plants are best divided when they receive their 

 summer potting, and then their divisions can be potted into sepa- 

 rate pots, and placed along with their fellow-denizens, in their 

 proper departments. 1 have endeavoured to illustrate by the above 

 loose hints (for such they are), the principal modes of increasing 

 exotics used by propagators, with the way each mode may be 

 performed with success. F. F. Ashfokd. 



ARTICLE V.— On the Culture of Camellias. By A 

 London Nurseryman. 



Vom having recently given in the Cabinet two figures of very 

 handsome flowering Camellias, and a list of sorts bcin^ inserted 

 in page 186, has induced me to forward you an accounl ol tin 

 bout mode of growing this \n\ splendid tribe of plants. 

 TOL. in. g | 



