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AZALEA CULTURE. 



The young and old foliage will become hardened by the 

 tiine the sun strikes them. If put out on a clear day the 

 sun will burn the foliage and the plants will have an 

 unhealthy and unsightly appearance. 



Both the Azalea and the Camellia will stand our sum- 

 mer suns if the two precautions are used, putting them out 

 on a wet day and plunging the pot to the rim in the sand. 

 I do not approve of putting them in the shade under 

 trees, as the drip from them causes many unhealthy plants, 

 which are covered with vermin, &c. 



If the plants have been 

 properly cared for, re-potted 

 nnd topped, at one year old 

 they should have the appear- 

 ance of figure 9. Plunge the 

 pots in beds in the open air 

 during May. These plants 

 will make another growth, 

 covering up the unsightly 

 stems which have been topped. 

 Many of them will form buds 

 and bloom the second season. 



The plants will require no 

 One year old plant re-potted 



and topped. further attention except water, 



ing, and occasionally, during the months of June, July 

 and August when the night dews are not heavy, syringe 

 once or twice a day. Syringing and dampening the foliage 

 are as important during the summer as if the plants were 

 housed. By September these plants will be eighteen 

 months old, their buds will be formed, but with only one 



