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G. P. W., Rockport, Mass. — Camellias seldom succeed in parlors, because 

 they are too dry and warm. If you can give them a cool room, with a somewhat 

 moist air, and screen them from the direct rays of the sun, you may succeed. 

 Like all broad-leaved evergreens, the foliage is injured by the hot sun ; hence in 

 camellia-houses the glass is whitened to make it less transparent. We have 

 known camellias bloom in a room with only a northern window. 



