CHAPTER XX. 



PLANTS IN POTS AND TUBS. WHEN THEY REQUIRE RE- 

 POTTING, TOP DRESSING, ETC. 



I FIND that alba plena, in pots or tubs, after they are 

 fifteen or twenty years old, are more difficult to manage 

 than those planted in the ground. 



Fig. 23 is a representation of a plant in a tub, thirty 

 years old, in a fine nourishing condition, with over four 

 hundred buds. 



Plants of this size will not need re-potting every 

 season. 



Many of them will stand from three to five years, and 

 even longer, in the same size pot or tub. 



Judgment must be used in regard to those plants that 

 require removing. 



Those that do need removing will have an unhealthy 

 appearance, the foliage will be of a yellowish hue, and they 

 will have made but little growth the previous year. The 

 flower buds will not come to maturity. Such a plant 

 should be taken from the pot or tub, all the loose and sour 

 ground taken from the ball one inch all around, or until 

 good sound roots are seen, then place back into the same 

 size or a smaller pot. Encourage it to make roots, and 

 the top will soon begin to grow. 



All Camellias over eight or ten years old, would be 

 very much improved by drainage. 



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