8 CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XVII. 



PAGE 



Engraving showing double red, three years old. How many 

 of the red varieties to grow in proportion to the white. 

 When I resort to grafting 53 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



Engraving showing alba plena four years old, from cutting 



of five eyes. Present price of this size 55 



CHAPTER XIX. 



Alba plena planted out in greenhouse. Engraving of my 

 double-pitch Camellia house, one hundred feet long by 

 thirty-two feet wide. Engraving of my lean-to house, 

 seventy-five feet long by sixteen feet wide. The way 

 to grow Camellia flowers for profit 57 



CHAPTER XX. 



Plants in pots and tubs. When they require re-potting, 

 top dressing, etc 61 



CHAPTER XXI. 



How to water plants. The quantity of water required. 

 Three important matters in growing Camellias. How 

 to have fine flowers 64 



CHAPTER XXII. 



Time to re-pot large Camellias 66 



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CHAPTER XXIII. 



The remedy for alba plena flowers when they open a 

 yellowish color. Putting plants outside in summer. 

 The kind of a day that Camellias should be put out in 

 the open air 68 



