CHAPTER XXXL 



ON CAMELLIA JAPONICA FOR WINDOW GARDENING, ALSO 

 FOR BAY WINDOWS AND SMALL CONSERVATORIES. 



CAMELLIAS are plants greatly admired by ladies, and 

 are used extensively for windows and parlors. 



This plant is recommended by many growers for win- 

 dow gardening. 



My opinion is, that perhaps not more than one person 

 in one hundred will succeed in growing this plant. 



Time and money might be more profitably spent on 

 plants that do not require such a cool and moist atmos- 

 phere as the Camellia. 



Dwellings are kept too warm and without any mois- 

 ture ; in such an atmosphere this plant will not thrive. 

 A Camellia brought from a florist in the fall, will perhaps 

 flower what buds are on it ; these will probably be the 

 last flowers you will see on this plant. 



The next season the plant may show flower buds, but 

 the chances of this are very doubtful, and should it bud, 

 the buds generally fall off soon after being brought into 

 the house. V 



Many thousand persons have tried to grow them in 

 this way, and many will yet, without any better success. 



If you have a bay window which is inclosed to ex- 

 clude the dry atmosphere of the house from the window, 

 the chances of the plant will be much better. 



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