CONTENTS OF CAMELLIA CULTURE. 



CHAPTER I. Why I do not grow single 

 stocks. 



The best white Camellias, and how 

 they are grown by many florists. 



CHAPTER II. Disadvantage of the old 

 method of growing Alba Plena and 

 all double varieties, and superior 

 profitableness of the new. 



CHAPTER III. The wholesale and 

 retail prices of the single red 

 Camellias, also of the Alba Plena, 

 grown Irom cuttings, one, two and 

 three years old. 



CHAPTER IV. flow to propagate Alba 

 Plena Camellias. 



What is needed for the cutting bed. 

 Kind of sand to use. 

 Engraving showing five thousand 

 Alba Plena cuttings, five eyes long. 

 Engraving of box of cuttings, two 

 eyes long. 



Time to take cuttings from the plant. 

 Cuttings from young wood. 



CHAPTER V. Length and size of cut- 

 tings. Engraving showing cutting 

 five eyes long. The best cutting for 

 Amateurs and those of limited expe- 

 rience to adopt. 



CHAPTER VI Engraving showing 

 kind of cutting for the single stock, 

 or the double red varieties. Advan- 

 tages of long cuttings. Number of 

 cuttings you will get from a moder- 

 ate sized plant 



CHAPTER VII. The kind of wood to 

 use. How to prepare the sand-bed. 

 Engraving showing two hundred 

 cuttings, one eye long. Directions 

 for watering the sand-bed, &c. 



CHAPTER VIII Time to put cuttings 

 in the sand-bed. Quantity of heat 

 required. The amount of knowledge 

 requisite to grow them. Cleanliness 

 of bed, etc. 



CHAPTER IX. How long to leave cut- 

 tings in the sand. Length of time in 

 rooting. I do not allow cuttings to 

 make but one growth. Engraving of 

 Alba Plena eigot months in sand-bed. 

 The size of pot required for cuttings. 

 Treatment after being taken from the 

 sand-bed. 



CHAPTER X. Engraving of Alba Plena 

 well rooted, but without eyes or 

 shoots. How to care for them and 

 have them form new eyes. 



CHAPTER XI. Engraving showing Al- 

 ba Piena cutting when potted in June, 

 all eyes dead. April following mak- 

 ing one shoot. 



CHAPTER XII. Engraving of Alba 

 Plena cutting of two eyes. Eight 

 months in the sand-bed. Newly 

 potted June the first 



CHAPTER XIII. Engraving of Alba 

 Plena cuttings five eyes, One year old 

 in a pot. How to care for them. 

 When to re-pot. 



CHAPTER XIV. Engraving showing 

 Alba Pl?na two years old, from a 

 cutting of two eyes with one bud. 



CHAPTKR XV. Engraving showing 

 Alba Plena two years old, from a five 

 eye cutting, without flower buds. 



CHAPTER XVI. Engraving of Alba 

 Plena three years old, from a cutting. 

 Also engraving showing the same 

 plant cut back to form a pushy plant 

 for the fourth season. Directions for 

 treating the same. 



CHAPTER XVII. Engraving showing 

 double red, three years old. How 

 many of the red varieties to grow in 

 proportion to the white. When 1 re- 

 sort to grafting. 



CHAPTER XVIII. Engraving showing 

 Alba Plena, four years old, from cut- 

 ting of five eyes. Present price of 

 this size. 



CHAPTER XIX. Alba Plena planted 

 out in greenhouse. Engraving of 

 my double-pitch Camellia house, one 

 hundred feet long by thirty- two feet 

 wide. Engraving of my lean-to 

 house, seventy-five feet long by six- 

 teen feet wide. The way to grow 

 Camellia flowers for profit. 



CHAPTER XX. Plants in pots and tubs. 

 When they require re-potting, top 

 dressing, etc. 



CHAPTER XXI. How to water plants. 

 The quantity of water required. 

 Three important matters in growing 

 Camellias. How to have fine flow- 

 ers. 



CHAPTER XXII. Time to re-pot large 

 Camellias. 



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