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culture requires a considerable degree of attention and 

 care. Cuttings of the single red variety strike freely, and 

 upon these, as stocks, the finer sorts are grafted by inarch 

 ing or side-grafting. The soil generally employed is a 

 mixture of peat and light loam. Care must be taken not 

 to allow the roots to become matted in the pots. The 

 young plants should be shifted at least once a year ; when 

 old, and in large tubs, shifting once in two years will be 

 sufficient, It is found beneficial to apply a certain in 

 creased degree of heat while the plants are growing, and 

 till they form flower-buds for the following season. To 

 have Camellias in perfection, a house with a span-roof 

 should be appropriated for their reception. There are 

 some splendid collections of this noble plant, in appropriate 

 houses, in the nursery gardens in the neighborhood of Lou* 

 don, particularly at Hackney, Vauxhall, and Clapton. 



Conservatory Plants. These are composed of a selec 

 tion from the numerous inmates of the green-house. They 

 should be naturally of an elegant form, capable in general 

 of sustaining themselves without the support of stakes, and 

 somewhat hardy in their constitution. Many of the Aus 

 tralian plants, particularly the Acacias and Banksias, are 

 well adapted for this purpose. The ascending Proteas of 

 the Cape, Clethra arbora of Madeira, and many others of 

 a similar habit, may likewise take their place in this de 

 partment. To these may be added a few of the hardier 

 Heaths and Camellias, together with the broad-leaved 

 Myrtle, double-flowering Pomegranate, Camphor- laurel, 

 Tea-tree, and some of the varieties of the magnificent 

 Rhoddodendron arboreum. Any wall in the interior of the 

 house may be furnished with a trellis, and covered with 

 such climbing plants as Lonicera Japonica, Maurandia. 

 semperfloreus, and Barclayana, and the trailing Pelargo- 



