1 8 CAMELLIA CULTURE. 



as stocks on which to work the double varieties by either 

 inarching or grafting. 



I prefer grafting to inarching the Camellia, although I 

 seldom use either process, as, for the past ten years, my 

 mode of propagating all varieties of this plant has been 

 from cuttings. 



As all the double varieties are just as easily grown 

 from cuttings, and the single red is only used as a" stock," 

 I do not grow it at all, having no use for it. 



The cuttings, as I take them, root freely, and grow 

 equally as well as though they were inarched or grafted, 

 and with only one-half the labor and expense. They will 

 also make the handsomest shaped plants. 



Alba plena (old double white) is in my estimation 

 the best white variety, although we have many new vari- 

 eties, and are constantly adding to our catalogues. It 

 has the preference with all large growers. 



Nearly all florists propagate this variety, and increase 

 their stock by growing the single stock and working the 

 double kinds by inarching or grafting. 



Fifteen years ago, grafting was the new method of 

 working the Camellias, and is the only method used by 

 many of the growers at the present time, and we must all 

 admit it is a much better and quicker mode than the old 

 style of inarching. However, at the present day, the pro- 

 cess of growing successfully all the double red varieties, 

 and alba plena also, from cuttings, excels grafting, in- 

 arching, and all other methods, as you will find explained 

 in the following chapters. 



