294 GREEN-HOUSE CAMELLIA SEEDS. 



as great a variety of Camellias as there are of Tulips, Hya- 

 cinths, Carnations, Auriculas, &c." This shrewd remark 

 is likely to be verified much earlier than we anticipated. 



It has been often said that these plants are difficult of 

 cultivation. This is unfounded ; indeed they are the reverse 

 if put in a soil congenial to their nature. When highly 

 manured soils are given, which are poisonous to the plants, 

 sickness or death will inevitably ensue ; but this cannot be 

 attributed to the delicacy of their nature. We can unhe- 

 sitatingly say, there is no green-house plant more hardy or 

 easier of cultivation, provided they are kept at an even 

 temperature, say from 40 to 45 during night, and 45 to 

 50 during day, and they are equally so in the parlour, if 

 not kept confined in a room where there is a continuance 

 of drying fire heat, their constitution not agreeing with an 

 arid atmosphere. 



SOWING CAMELLIA SEED. 



These seeds ripen generally during September and Octo- 

 ber, and must be sown as soon as ripe ; plant them about 

 one inch under ground into pots filled with leaf mould, 

 loam, and white sand, in equal portions ; if the pots after 

 sowing can be placed in a hot-house, they will vegetate in 

 about six weeks, and be ready to pot into single pots in Feb- 

 ruary. Many of them will bloom in the second year ; but 

 if heat is not accessible, keep the pots in the wannest part 

 of the green-house, and give an occasional watering, and 

 the plants will appear some time in May and June : they 

 will be ready to pot into single pots in September, and after 

 doing so put them into a close frame, and shade from the 

 sun for a few weeks ; use at this potting only about one- 

 fifth of sand. 



