PLANTS FOR WINDOW GARDENING. 69 



Could we have but one camellia, we would choose 

 Double white or Candidissima, for white ; for blush, Lady 

 Hume's blush ; for crimson, Sarah Frost. 



All these are peculiarly adapted for the window. 



ORANGE AND LEMON TREES. 



These are favorites for parlor culture, and easily grown. 

 Their treatment is almost identical with that required for 

 the camellia : the same soil, the same temperature, and the 

 same general treatment will produce success in the culture 

 of both. 



But they are by no means so clean plants as the camellia, 

 being very subject to scale and mealy bug. The only 

 remedy is constant washing, both of the stem and leaves, 

 with a weak soap-suds warm, and applied with a soft cloth. 

 Grown in large tubs they do well in a parlor if kept suffi- 

 ciently cool, and in summer succeed well out of doors. 



They are thirsty plants and require much Avater : good 

 drainage is essential. From December to March they will 

 make but little growth ; then -water moderately. About 

 the first of March growth begins, succeeded by bloom ; then 

 give more water. After the young growth becomes hard- 

 ened, they may be set out of doors if the weather is favor- 



