The Azaleas 



Soil and Cultivation. Peaty or sandy soil with an 

 admixture of good leaf-mould is necessary to them. 

 Chalk or lime in the soil they abhor, like their rela- 

 tives the Rhododendrons. They can be propagated by 

 seed, by layering, by cuttings of half-ripened shoots, 

 placed in a little warmth in July, and by grafting. 



