The Kalmias 



Soil and Cultivation. The Kalmias are peat lovers 

 and chalk abhorrers. Rich, moist, peaty earth, to which 

 has been added leaf-mould or loam, is their favourite 

 soil ; in fact they flourish happily in company with 

 rhododendrons, sharing with them the dislike to lime. 

 They are propagated by grafting, by cuttings (fostered 

 under glass), and by layers, but best of all by their 

 seeds which are very minute. 



