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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 jxardens in the neighborhood of Lon- 

 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, ami covered with 

 such climbing plants as Lonicera Japonica, Maurandia 

 semperflorens, and Barclayana, and the trailing Pelargo- 



