CHAPTER VII. 



ENGRAVING OF CUTTING OF INDICA ALBA TO BE USED AS A 

 STOCK. ENGRAVING OF INDICA ALBA ROOTED. 



Grafting the Azalea differs entirely from the Camellia. 

 The stock on which I graft is Indica Alba, the 

 old single white. Although I use this for a stock, I consider 

 it the best single white in my collection for flowers and for 

 early forcing. It should be grown largely by those who 

 grow for profit. It is easily rooted, of quick growth, and 

 makes a strong stock. 



Grow this variety precisely the same as the other kinds, 

 with one exception : make the cuttings a little longer, say 

 about three inches. Remove two or three leaves from the 

 bottom of the cutting, as represented in figure 1 6 ; place in 

 boxes. In previous chapters will be found 

 full directions for rooting this cutting. 



Figure 17 represents a cutting of Indica 

 Alba rooted. It is five weeks since it was 

 placed in the sand. 



It has made a growth of half an inch, 

 which will be seen by the engraving. If 

 this plant is wanted to be used, on which 

 to graft the new kind, do not remove the 

 top. 



Fig. 1 6. If to be grown without grafting, I would 



Cutting three advise the top to be pinched out when 

 inches long. pottedj in order to make a bushy plant. 



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