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arching and grafting, the latter mode 

 entailing least trouble, using a slight 

 sweet hotbed, and shading from bright 

 sun until the scions have taken ; March 

 and April is the best time ; cuttings 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 bring- 

 ing forward in a vinery they may be in- 

 duced 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. 



1822. 

 alberti (Prince Albert's). Red 



white. May. China. 1839. 

 ela'ta (tall). Bright crimson. 



May. 

 imbrica'ta (imbricated). 10. 



Crimson. March. China. 1824. 

 pceoniceflo'ra a'lba (Paeony-flowered 



white). 10. White. February. 



China. 1820. 

 Pa'rksii (Park's). 10. Bright 



rose. February. China, 

 Heevesia'na (Reeves's). 10. Crim- 

 son. September. China. 1829. 

 ro'sca (rose-like-flowered) . 10. 



Rose. February. China. 1821. 

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



February. 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 (on-yielding). 10. White. May. 



China. 1819. 



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



1824. 



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



February. China. 1811. 

 plena-a'lba (double white). 4. 



White. February. China. 1824. 

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



February. China. 1818. 

 semi' '-pie 'na (semidouble). 4. Red. 



February. China. 1811. 

 CAMELLIA CULTURE. 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 purpose, inarch, or 

 graft, 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 thick- 

 ly 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 

 three-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 GRAFTING. 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 

 finally 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 

 before 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 

 them into a position near to the variety 



