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they grew luxuriantly. From the similarity of the two genera, he 

 considered it was confirmatory of the benefit of bottom heat for the 

 camellias. 



"Mr. O'Loui^hlin approved of removing some of the buds, if too 

 close or too numerous on the plant. He considered cuttings from 

 the single red to be the best for stocks. He did not believe that 

 tongiieing was injurious to grafts, and recommended that the pots 

 should be well drained with brick rubbi."<h at the bottom, with rough 

 peat over that to the depth of five or six inches, as the health of the 

 plant mainly depended upon good drainage. He saw, in Dorsetshire, 

 fine camellias eight to nine feet high, planted out in the open air, 

 protected by a few thatched hurdles: they were not injured by the 

 tevr:e frost of 1837-3S, 



"Mr. W. Keane believed that sudden changes of temperature were 

 the causes of buds falling off; the heat he considers best to flower 

 them is 60° by day and 50° at night. When done flowering, the 

 heat to be raised to 80° by day, and from 65° to 70° at night, to grow 

 them well. When the flower buds are set, the temperature to be 

 gradually decreased, until |)laced out of doors in June, in some 

 shady situation; if wanted to flower early in the autumn or winter, 

 they should be set growing early in the spring. He was o))i)osed to 

 tie system of inarching with bottles of water in which to iiis^ert the 

 end of the scion, as it rerjuires too much nicety for general practice. 



"Mr. Gilfoyle agreed with Mr. Fish in the advantaije of bottom 

 heat for the orange trees, but did not think there was such an anal- 

 ojry between them and camellias, as to warrant a gardener to adopt 

 the same practice for both. He believed that the camellia, by the 

 nature of the i)lant, could transpire from the leaves but very little 

 water, while, on the contrary, the foliage and wood of the orange 

 were naturally more permeable, and could receive a greater quan- 

 tity of water at the roots without fear of cankering them, or of sour- 

 ing the soil. 



"Mr, Caie observed that the constitution of the plants should be 

 closely studied, to direct us in removing the buds and in the applica- 

 tion of water, which may be freely given to healthy plants in the 

 flowering season. In his opinion, the success of grafting does not 

 depend upon the clay, bottle, or any other practice, but is mainly to 

 be attributed to the beneficial influence of a close atmosphere. 



"Mr. T. Keane was sure that the idea of Mr. Fish was borne out 

 by the fact, that the rays of the sun were concentrated on the drops 

 of water which remained on the plants, by whi(;h the blotched ap- 

 pearance was given to the leaves; he approved of kee[)ing them near 

 the jjlass, and of shading them on hot, sunny days. 



"Mr. Shearer agreed with Mr. Caie, that camellias could be grown 

 nearly all the year round, and also in the advantage of keeping them 

 near the alass, to receive the benefit of light and air." — (Gard. Mag.) 



New Dahlias. — In our last volume, (VII., p. 441,) wo gave a 

 lonL'' and jjarticiilar account of the ])rincipal dahlia exhiliitions which 

 took place in England last season, naming the flowers which gained 

 the first or premier prize at all the celebrated shows which took 

 place. We also, so far as we had time, gave a list of such as ap- 

 peared to have been the most successful of the old or newer kinds. 



