CHAPTER XIX. 



ALBA PLENA PLANTED OUT IN GREENHOUSE. ENGRAV- 

 ING 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. 



IF you want alba plena for flowers or for the wood, 

 plant them in beds in a house exclusively by themselves. 



Figure 21 represents my camellia house with span roof, 

 one hundred feet long by thirty-two feet wide. 



The center bed is planted with alba plena, varying in 

 age from twenty to forty years old. 



The side benches are used for the same plants in pots. 



If you want good, healthy-looking plants, adopt the 

 system of planting them in beds in greenhouse. 



The foliage will have a different appearance ; the 

 plants will have double the quantity of flowers, and will 

 also make twice the growth in one season of those planted 

 in pots or tubs. 



Plants grown in this way will need very little attention, 

 and from these you will have plenty of wood for cuttings. 



Camellias need a cool and moist houses, not allowing 

 the thermometer to get above from fifty to fifty-five de- 

 grees F. in winter. 



In summer give to the plants all the air that is pos- 

 sible. 



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