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first. Let them all be removed to some part of the garden 

 where there is no other of the tribe, and turn them out into 

 the open ground, that they may have all the air, rain, and 

 wind ; beyond choosing a sheltered spot, they will require 

 no protection, but, as the seed-pods swell, they will require 

 constant watching, so that as soon as the pods are full-grown 

 they may be gathered and put into a deep vessel of some 

 kind, because when they spring open they send the seed an 

 immense distance, and much of it would be lost if the box 

 or other vessel they were put in were shallow, and so also 

 would it be scattered in all directions if allowed to split or 

 spring open on the plant. The plants for seed will require 

 to be frequently watered, and it would be wrong to put an3'' 

 out for seed except such as have the good qualities we have 

 pointed out, or at least some one or more of them, in a large 

 degree. It is but chancework what we obtain from seed, 

 and there is no way of perpetuating the plant ; but the char- 

 acter of seed saved carefully, even of the most sporting an- 

 nuals, may be greatly improved by proper selection. 



GENERAL REMARKS. 



All the difference between growing larger plants is, that 

 the larger ones are kept growing fast, with plenty of pot- 

 room, and keeping up the heat, picking oiF the premature 

 bloom-buds to prevent any check of their growth, and giving 

 a few more shifs from one pot to another. 



Art. ITI. The Camellia ; its History, hitroduction^ Propa- 

 gation, Cultivation, and General Treatment, with a De- 

 scriptive List of the finest varieties. By the Editor. 



{^Continued from page 309.) 



Continuing our article under the heads detailed in our last 

 number, we commence with 



Pruning the Camellia. 



Few plants bear the knife much more freely than the ca- 

 mellia ; but, from a want of the knowledge of this, or a fear 



