AZALEA CULTURE. 



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This being the third 

 year, many Azaleas will 

 need five-inch pots ; re-pot 

 only those that require it. 

 Let the pots be filled with 

 roots. Keep the plants 

 in good shape by topping. 

 Use the knife freely. 

 Azaleas will grow or 

 break freely from either 

 the young or old wood. 



They are not like the 

 Camellia, but will make 

 two growths in one season 

 without injuring the 

 flower buds. 



Some Azaleas make a 

 growth in September, and 

 flower the coming season. 

 Figure 13 represents a plant four years old in a five- 

 inch pot. It is finely budded and well shaped, and will 

 produce about fifty flowers. Give the same treatment 

 us for former years. 



Wholesale price of plants this age, four dollars per dozen, 

 or thirty to thirty-five dollars per hundred. 



Plants over four years old may only need re-potting 

 once in two years, and as they become older will only 

 need it once in from three to five years. The grower 

 must be the judge of this. If the plants are in a healthy 



Fig. 12. 



Engraving two years and a half 

 old plant. 



