CHAPTER XXIII. The remedy for 

 Alba Plena flowers when they open 

 a yellowish color. Putting plants 

 outside in summer. The kind of a 

 day that Camellias should be put out 

 iu the open air. 



CHAPTER XX IV. Will Camellias stand 

 forcing ? Proper time lor them to 

 flower. Proper treatment. The num- 

 ber of flowers I cut from the i^th of 

 December to the middle of January. 

 Treatment while growing, pruning, 

 etc. 



CHAPTER XXV. On Camellia Can- 

 didissima. Engraving showing the 

 flowering variety. 



CHAPTER XXVI. On the worthless 

 kind of Candidissima. Engraving 

 showing the variety that never 

 blooms. 



CHAPTER XXVIT. Design of house for 

 amateurs. The cost of erecting it. 

 How to grow Camellias with other 

 plants. How to treat them during 

 the summer months. 



CHAPTER XX VIII. On grafting. Five 

 engravings showing single stock. 

 Single stock grafted. The best mode 

 of grafting. The frame to receive 

 the grafts. Grafted plant one year 

 old. Grafted plant two years old. 



CHAPTER XXIX. On grafting for Am- 

 ateurs, or fur those who have a small 

 collection of Camellias. Engraving 

 showing how single plants can be 

 grafted successfully with compara- 

 tively little labor. 



CHAPTER XXX. On inarching. 

 Five engravings showing how in- 

 arching is done. Engraving of a six- 

 year-old inarched plant. Engraving 

 of a four-year-old Alba Plena, grown 

 from a cutting. 



CHAPTER XXXI. On Camellia Japon- 

 ica for window gardening, also for 

 Hay windows and small conservator- 

 ies. 



CHAPTER XXXII. Soil for Camellias. 



CHAPTER XXXIII. Names of Camel- 

 lias that I grow for profit. The four 

 best white varieties. 



CHAPTER XXXIV. Eighteen of the 

 best colored varieties; six double 

 red, six double rose color, six double 

 striped. 



CHAPTER XXXV. How to box and 

 ship Camellias. The current prices 

 for them. By whom tiiey are princi- 

 pally bought. 



CHAPTER XXXVI. How long Camel- 

 lias will keep after being cut from 

 the bush. 



CHAPTER XXXVII Fertilizers. What 

 to use. 



CHAPTER XXXVIII. On insects and 

 pests to which Camellias are subject. 



f Red spider, mealy bug, scale, etc. 

 Wash for the pipes, etc. 



CHAPTER XXXIX. On heating. 

 CHAPTER XL. Syringing. 



CHAPTER XL I. Ventilating the Ca- 

 mellia houses. 



CHAPTER XLIL On shading. To pre- 

 vent the foliage fr Jin burning. 



CHAPTER X LI II. On packing plants. 



CHAPTER XLIV. On pruning large 

 plants. 



CHAPTER XLV. The great necessity 

 for usi 'g only the healthiest plants 

 for cuttings, grafting and inarching. 

 No improvement to be reached by 

 forcing the plants. 



CHAPTER XLVI. Calendar for months. 

 CHAPTER XL VII. Camellia catalogue. 



COLORED PLATES, 



CAMELLIA JAPONICA. 

 Single Red. 



Alba Plena. Double White, 

 linbricata. Crimson and White. 

 Sarah. Frost Rosy Crimson. 



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