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CAMELLIA CULTURE. 



Fig- 33- 



Grafting with bell 

 glass. 



For small plants, adopt the plan 

 which is represented in Fig. 33 of a 

 bell glass, in which six plants can be 

 grafted at one time. 



Be sure at all times to give a little 

 air at the bottom of the glass; this 

 will not only give them air, but will 

 tend to dry up the heavy moisture, 

 which is so destructive in grafting. 



Do not hurry them to unite, and 

 you will preserve the young shoots of 

 graft, which are so often lost by giv- 

 ing extra heat. 



Another mode for working the 

 Camellia is very similar to inarching, 

 and which will be seen represented in 

 Fig. oo. 



This engraving shows how the 

 operation is to be performed. 



Take a branch of some good vari- 

 ety which you wish to work on the 

 single and semi-double kind, and 

 place it in a bottle of water. 



Slice a little piece of wood from 

 the branch which is in the water, and 

 also the same sized piece from the stock, then tie the 

 branch and stock together, as represented in the engrav- 

 ing; by this process they will readily unite in four weeks. 

 This work can be done at any season of the year, ex- 

 cept when the plants are in a growing state. 



Fig. oo. 



Inarching for ama- 

 teurs. 



