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GKEENHOUSE MANAGEMENT. 



manure will be of advantage. Frequent watering and 

 syringing will be necessary, but while they should not be 

 allowed to get dry at the roots, care should be taken not 

 to give them an excess of water, since, plunged as they 

 are, it might be fatal to them. Good results can also 

 fee obtained in a well-ventilated and partially shaded 

 greenhouse. 



For the use of the florist, at least one-half of the 

 plants should be white and the others mostly pink or 



FIG. 48. AZALEA IN COMPACT FORM. 



salmon, although a few scarlet and variegated ones will 

 be valuable in the collection. Deutsche Perle is one of 

 the best early whites, and Bernhard Andrea alba will 

 also be satisfactory. Vervaeneana, Imperatrice des Indes 

 and Simon Mardner are among the best pink and rose 

 sorts, while Oocarde Orange, scarlet, and Mme. Camille 

 Van Langhenhove, variegated, have shown up well. Aza- 



