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CAME'LUA. (Named after Camellus, a 

 Moravian Jesuit. . Nat. ord., Theads, or 

 Teaworts [Ternstromiaceae], Linn., 16 

 Monadelphia 8-Polyandria.) 



A good table-oil is extracted from the seeds o: 

 C. olei'fera. Greenhouse evergreen shrubs. In- 

 arching and grafting, the latter mode entailing 

 least trouble, using a slight, sweet hotbed, anc 

 shading from bright sun until the scions have 

 taken : March and April is the best time. Cut- 

 tings of ripened shoots; every joint, if necessary 

 will form one, inserted firmly in the sand ; set in 

 a close, shady situation, and, after a time, placed 

 in mild bottom-heat ; peat and loam, with a little 

 cow-dung, dried, and charcoal. Summer temp 

 50 to 70, with shade ; winter 35 to 45. By 

 bringing forward in a vinery they may be induced 

 to flower at almost all seasons. 



C.euryoi'des (eurya-like). 4. White, May 

 China. 1824. 



Japo'nica (common Japan). 10. Red. May 



China. 1739. 



a'lba semidu'plex (white semi-double) 



10. White. March. China. 182-2. 



A Ibe'rti (Prince Albert's). Red. White. 



May. China. 1839. 



ela'ta (tall). Bright crimson. May. 



imbrica'ta (imbricated). 10. Crimson. 



March. China. 1824. 



pcEoniaeflo'ra a'lba (peony-flowered- white). 



10. White. February, China. 1820. 



Pu'rksii (Park's). 10. Bright rose. Febru- 

 ary. China. 



Reeoesiu'na (Reeves's). 10. Crimson. 



September. China. 1829. 



ro'sea (rose-like-flowered). 10. Rose. 



February. China. 1821. 



Sabinia'na (Sabine's). 10. White. Fe- 

 bruary. China. 1824. 



specio'sa (Rawe's showy). 10. Deep red. 



March. China. 1824. 



Ki'sii (Kissi). 10. White. May. China. 1823. 



maliflo'ra (apple-flowered). 8. Pink. China. 



1818. 



olei'fera (oil-yielding). 10. White. May. 



China. 1819. 



reticula'ta (netted). 6. Red. April. China. 1824. 



Sasa'nqua (Lady .Bawfc's-Sasan). 4. White. 



February. China. 1811. 



ple'na-a'lba (double-white). 4. White. 



February. China. 1824. 



ple'na-ru'bra (double-red). Red. Fe- 



bruary. China. 1818. 



se'mi-ple'na (semi- double). 4. Red. 



February. China. 181). 



CAMELLIA CULTUKE . Propagation. 

 By Cuttings. The double varieties do 

 not grow nor flower so well on their own 

 roots. Cultivators, therefore, propagate 

 by cuttings the original single-flowered 

 species, and when these become plants 

 strong enough for the pm-pose, inarch or 

 ^raft upon them the fine double varieties. 

 The best time to put in these cuttings is 

 when, the new wood has become nearly 

 ripe, which generally happens about the 

 end of June. Prepare, first, the pots, six 

 inches wide, for the cuttings, by covering 

 the hole at the bottom with an oyster- 



shell, or a large piece of broken potsherd ; 

 place about an inch of smaller pieces 

 upon it, and another inch of pieces no 

 larger than peas upon them; cover these 

 with a thin layer of moss, and then fill 

 the pots to the top with sandy loam, 

 sifted pretty fine; press this firmly down, 

 and fill the pot again quite up to the 

 brim, making it very firm. Then take 

 the cuttings of the single-flowering spe- 

 cies ; make them about four or five 

 inches long ; cut the bottom off smoothly 

 and level just under a bud; then cut off 

 two of the lowest leaves, leaving as many 

 on the cutting. Make as many ready as 

 will fill the first pot. As soon as they 

 are ready, insert them into the soil thicklj 

 all over the pot; place them in a cold 

 frame, or spent hotbed, and in two or 

 three months they will nearly every one 

 be rooted. Then pot them off singly in 

 3 -inch pots, in peat and sandy loam, and 

 replace them in the frame, where they 

 may remain till winter approaches ; then 

 to be removed into the greenhouse, and 

 have the usual treatment of the older 

 plants. Let them have a little extra 

 heat during the growing season; and 

 most of them will be ready for grafting 

 or inarching the following season. 



By Grafting. The time from Septem- 

 ber to February. The method called 

 tongue -grafting is the best for Camellias. 

 (See GKAFTING.) As soon as grafted, 

 place them under hand-glasses, upon a 

 surface of coal- ashes, in a deep pit or 

 shady part of the greenhouse, to remain 

 till the grafts have united to the stocks, 

 and begin to grow; the hand-glasses 

 may then be removed, and the plants 

 gradually inured to the open air, and 

 inally placed in the greenhouse, and 

 receive the same culture as the other 

 plants. 



By Inarching. The time for this mode 

 of increasing the double varieties is just 

 )efore the growing season, in April. Place 

 the stocks in a warm place, to start the 

 sap, and, as soon as it is in motion, bring 

 :hem into a position near to the variety 

 ntended to work upon. (See INARCHING.) 

 "t is a more certain mode of increase 

 than by grafting, and also more expedi- 

 tious ; but the plants are generally longer- 

 itemmed, and do not make so neat a joint 

 as by the former mode. 



Soil. A moderate, strong, turfy loam 

 ind sandy peat, in equal parts, will grow 

 hese plants well. Some growers use 



