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FIG. 23. Alba plena in tub. Thirty years old .' . . . 62 



FIG. 24. Candidissima. The flowering variety 72 



FlG. 25. Candidissima. The worthless variety 74 



FIG. 26. " Camellia" house, for amateurs and others 76 



FIG. 27 Single stock, with openings to receive the grafts. 81 



FlG. 28. Grafts inserted and tied to the stock 82 



FIG. 29. Frame to receive the grafted plants 83 



FIG. 30. Alba plena, one year from grafts 84 



FlG. 31. Alba plena, two years from grafts 85 



FlG. 32. Grafting for amateurs 87 



FlG. 33. Grafting with bell glass 88 



FlG. oo. Inarching for amateurs 88 



FlG. 34. Single stock in condition for inarching 90 



FlG. 35. Alba plena to be inarched on the stock 91 



FlG. 36. Plants in an inarched state 92 



FlG. 37. The inarch growing 93 



FIG. 38. Inarched plant, six months old 93 



FlG. 39. Inarched plant, three years old, or six years from 



a cutting 94 



FlG. 40. Alba plena, four years old, grown from a cutting 



of five eyes 95 



FlG. 41. Base-burning boiler for a conservatory 98 



FlG. 42. Box for packing Camellia flowers 104 



FIG. 43. Box for summer packing of plants 122 



COLORED ILLUSTRATIONS. 



i. Frontispiece. Group of Camellia Flowers. 

 2. Camellia Japonica. 

 3. Camellia Alba Plena. 

 4. Camellia Imbricata. 

 5: Camellia Sarah Frost. 



