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day, and 50° to 55° by night. The 

 treatment should now be of a close and 

 moist character, giving air in modera- 

 tion, and with caution, every morning 

 from eight O'clock until noon, and then, 

 unless very hot weather, shutting close 

 up. 



"There should be a little fire-heat 

 every morning from seven o'clock until 

 eleven, when it should be taken away 

 until four o'clock, and then applied for 

 the evening. 



"The pipes, flues, and floors should 

 be watered abundantly directly the air 

 is taken away; then a good syringing at 

 three o'clock ; and the flues, &c., Stc, 

 wetted as before between five o'clock 

 and six. Watering at the root must be 

 carefully attended to when necessary, 

 using weak liquid manure. 



"Period of Forming the Blossom-bud. 

 — Shading will now be indispensable, 

 the best material for which is coarse 

 canvas; those who are not too busy 

 should remove it every afternoon at four 

 o'clock, and replace it at nine on the 

 following morning. 



" The temperature should range from 

 65° to 70° by day, and from 55° to 60° 

 by night, and be accompanied with a 

 free circulation of air, avoiding all cut- 

 ting winds. 



" The plants must be very sparingly 

 watered, in fact a good smart syringing 

 every afternoon immediately the air is 

 to be taken away, say four o'clock, w ill 

 be nearly sufficient. The fire put out 

 on a warm sunny day, about three 

 o'clock; but it should be put entirely 

 out about five o'clock, as it is only re- 

 quisite to warm the pipes or flues suf- 

 ficient to produce a genial vapour for 

 the night; and half an hour after the 

 fire is pulled out the whole of the flues, 

 pipes and floors, should be saturnted 

 with water, to be evaporated by the 

 next day's ventilation. 



"Period of Feeding the Bud.— The 

 fires may now be dispensed with entirely, 

 merely observing, in the case of sunny 

 afternoons, to make free use of sun 

 heat, by shutting up the house early in 

 the afternoon, say from three to four 

 o'clock, according to the weather. Air 

 should be given freely at all opportuni- 

 ties, and the plants should be syringed 

 heavily at seven o'clock in the morning, 

 and again at four o'clock in the after- 

 noon, saturating the floors and flues, or 

 pipes, with water in the evening. 



•' The plants may be well watered at 

 the root whenever they require it. 



"Period of Blooming. — Free water- 

 ing, and the use of liquid manure as 

 before recommended, must be persisted 

 in, avoiding, however, excess. The 

 plants require to be kept decidedly moist 

 at the root while in the flowering state, 

 rather more so, indeed, than at any 

 other period; and if the potting and soil 

 be right, and the drainage complete, 

 little harm will ensue from a liberal use 

 of water; still, any great extreme, either 

 of drought or wet, will be fatal to the 

 bud. Syringing must be entirely dis- 

 pensed with, and in lieu thereof a de- 

 posit of dew should take place every 

 afternoon at three or four o'clock. 



"Rest Period. — The temperature at 

 this period should be from 50° to 55° by 

 day, and from 45° to 50° by night. No- 

 thing is necessary in addition to a lower 

 temperature, but syringing, steaming 

 and regular watering, with a moderate 

 circulation of air." — Gard. Chron. 



An interesting work republished at 

 Boston with notes and additions, entitled 

 " Monograph of the Camellia," is 

 worthy a place on the shelf of every 

 admirer of this splendid plant. 



C A M E R .\ R 1 A . Three species. 

 Stove evergreen shrubs or trees. Cut- 

 tings. Loam and peat. 



CAMOMILE or CHAMOMILE. (An- 

 themis nohilis.) 



Varieties. — There are two varieties, 

 the common single and the double 

 flowering. 



Soil and Situation. — They require a 

 poor dry soil, otherwise they grow very 

 luxuriant, and become not only less 

 capable of withstanding severe winters, 

 but also less powerful in their medicinal 

 qualities. They will grow in any situa- 

 tion almost, but the more open the 

 better. 



Time and Mode of Propagation. — It is 

 generally propagated by parting the 

 roots and by oflsets, which may be 

 planted from the close of P^ebruary until 

 the end of May; the earlier, however, 

 it is performed the better. This is the 

 most favourable season, but it may be 

 practised in the autumn. It is also 

 raised from seed, the proper time of 

 sowing which is in any of the early 

 spring months, but as parting the roots 

 gives much less trouble it is generally 

 pursued, but after a lapse of several 

 years raise fresh plants, the old ones 



