CHAPTER XXV. 



HOUSE SUITABLE FOR AZALEA CULTURE. 



Any glass structure will be suitable to grow this plant, 

 although some particular styles are better adapted than 

 others. 



\\hen building, we all have some object in view, 

 and are guided in the kind of a structure by what we want 

 to grow in it. 



For Azaleas, Camellias, and all hard-wooded and speci- 

 men plants which are not of rapid growth, I prefer a span 

 roof houso, as represented in figure 34. The plants that 



Fig- 34- 

 House suitable for Azaleas. 



I have named only grow from six weeks to two months in 

 the spring. By being grown in this kind of a house they 

 are well shaped. In a lean-to house, hard-wooded plants 

 usually grow one-sided, unless they are turned very 

 often. 



Azaleas and Camellias flourish well together. The same 



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