CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE .. .. 3 



INTRODUCTION TO TRANSLATION. _ 5 



PREFACE OF THE AUTHOR 9 



ADVERTISEMENT ..._ 11 



CHAPTER FIRST: 



Section 1. — The Origin and Botanical Characteristics of the Camellia 13 



Sectiok 2. — The Increase of the Varieties of the Camellia by Cultivation, and 



the Necessity of a Classification 14 



CHAPTER SECOND: 



Section 1. — The Cultivation of the Camellia.. 17 



Section 2. — Repotting 21 



Section 3. — Irrigation, and the kind c:f water most proper for that operation 22 



Section 4. — The removal of the Camellia from the green-house into the open air 25 



Section 5. — The proper kind of green-house for the Camellia 27 



Section 6. — The ventilation and temperature of green-houses 28 



Section 7. — ^The insects which are injurious to the Camellia 29 



Section 8. — Florescence of the Camellia and manner of forcing it 30 



Section 9. — Means of preventing the buds from falling off 31 



Section 10. — ^The management of Camellias in private apartments 35 



Section 11. — The cultivation of the Camellia in unconfined earth 36 



Section 12. — Pruning of the Camellia 37 



Section 13. — The multiplication of the Camellia 38 



Section 14. — Different methods of grafting the Camellia 39 



