CHAPTER XL 



GENERAL TREATMENT AND CULTURE REQUIRED FOR THE 



AZALEA AFTER IT IS EIGHT YEARS AND OLDER. 



ENGRAVING OF A WELL GROWN PLANT FOUR FEET IN 

 DIAMETER. 



Plants of this age are easily managed, and require but little 

 attention, compared to many other plants. All Azaleas of 

 this size, in re-potting, should be well drained. Broken 

 pots, oyster shells, or any hard material, will answer, that 

 will allow the water to pass out without clogging up the 

 holes which are in the bottom of the tubs or pots. 



I consider drainage an important matter for all plants 

 that are not re-potted every season. (See chapter on 

 drainage.) 



All Azaleas, both large and small, should be put out in 

 the open air during the summer months. As remarked 

 before, it is not necessary to give them shade, but care 

 should be taken to place the plants outside on a 

 wet day. 



Azaleas are somewhat like Camellias, they have a time 

 for making their young growth, after which they form buds, 

 and flower the coming fall and winter. 



One advantage Azaleas have over the Camellias : they 

 will make a young growth in the spring. While in flower, 

 part of this young wood can be taken for cuttings or grafts. 

 The plants will break again and make a second growth from 



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