82 AZALEA CULTURE. 



Especially for the Azalea, if you have not peat soil, use 

 leaf mould with some sand added. Where le.if mould is 

 not to be had, use one- third sand with loam. 



Soil is often blamed for not growing good plants, when 

 the fault is with the grower for not ventilating and syring- 

 ing properly. 



Why do so many Azaleas perish in the hands of ama- 

 teurs, and why are they so unsuccessful with the cuttings of 

 this plant ? Nine-tenths of the Azalea cuttings and plants 

 die from neglect to syringe properly. Red spider is the 

 whole cause of the failure. Sand and soil are seldom in 

 fault. 



With me the Azalea and Camellia cuttings are the 

 easiest to grow of my stock, requiring less attention than 

 many of the soft wooded class of plants. 



My advice to the inexperienced is, pay less attention to 

 the mixtures of soil, and more to airing and syringing, and 

 your success will be much better. 



