CHAPTER III. 



THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL PRICE OF THE SINGLE 

 RED CAMELLIA, ALSO OF THE ALBA PLENA, GROWN 

 FROM CUTTINGS, ONE, TWO AND THREE YEARS OLD. 



THE single Camellia stock, when in flower, three years 

 old, will rarely bring, at retail price, twenty-five cents 

 apiece, and in fact there are but few persons who will 

 have it at any price. Alba plena Camellias, grown from 

 cuttings at three years old, with from two to four buds, 

 are worth, at retail price, seventy-five cents to one dollar 

 dpiece. A two-year-old alba plena, with one and two 

 buds, retail at fifty cents. A one-year-old alba plena, 

 without buds, is worth more than a single stock at three 

 years old. 



The present price, wholesale, for alba plena without 

 buds, one year old, is ten dollars per hundred. 



Single stock, three years old (all this time to grow), is 

 only worth ten dollars per hundred. 



Alba plena (old double white) will take longer to 

 root than the red varieties. See Chapter IX. 



My experience has taught me to grow all Camellias 

 from cuttings. 



Many growers will say that alba plena will not do as 

 well on their own roots as if they were inarched or 

 grafted. 



They are mistaken in this. Perhaps they cannot root 



them, or they have never seen them grown in this way. 



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