CAMELLIA CULTURE. 



have a greenish center, with only half the number of 

 petals that they should have. 



My plants generally begin blooming about the first of 

 November, and from the fifteenth of December until the 

 middle of January, they are at their height and in 

 perfection. 



At this time I cut from three to six hundred daily. I 

 usually have two thousand for Christmas and two thous- 

 and for New Year's. Many of these are sent west, to 

 those in the trade, at prices according to the quantity 

 blooming at this time. (See Chapter XXXV.) Most of 

 my alba plena are done flowering by the middle of Feb- 

 ruary or the first of March. At this time they begin 

 growing; many of them still have buds, but very few "open 

 well after this. 



The plant is now in a growing state, and casts the re- 

 maining buds. 



Give the plants a little more heat and plenty of water 

 while growing, but as soon as their growth is made, give 

 them the usual quantity of air. 



Do not allow them to make the second growth. 



Use the knife freely in pruning; cut away all the dead 

 branches, and those that are not in a healthy condition. 

 Also top the long straggling shoots. 



This pruning should be done before the plants begin 

 to form new wood, in order to get the plants in a shapely 

 form. 



