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intended to work upon. See INARCHING. 

 It is a more certain mode of increase 

 than by grafting, and also more expedi- 

 tious ; but the plants are generally longer 

 stemmed, and do not make so neat a joint 

 as by the former mode. 



Soil A moderate strong turfy loam 

 and sandy peat, in equal parts, will grow 

 these plants well. Some growers use 

 peat alone ; but it is too light, and the 

 plants do not live long in it. 



Summer culture. The bloom will be 

 over before summer commences. It will 

 then be necessary to give the Camellia 

 a little artificial heat to encourage a free 

 growth; a moist atmosphere also must 

 be produced by syringing the plants, 

 walks, and walls, every morning and 

 evening, and keeping the floor deluged 

 with water. Shade from bright sunshine, 

 and give air to reduce the temperature to 

 5 by day, and 55 by night. Con- 

 tinue this liberal treatment till the buds 

 and the new leaves are fully formed; 

 then give more air, and about the middle 

 of July pot them, using plenty of drain- 

 age ; and set them out of doors behind 

 a north wall, where the sun cannot reach 

 them after 10 o'clock. There they may 

 remain till the autumn. 



Winter culture. As soon as there is 

 the least fear of frost, prepare for housing 

 the plants for the winter. Cleanse and 

 repair the house ; wash the pots, and top- 

 dress the soil before arranging them in 

 the house. Give abundance of air both 

 night and day when there is no frost; 

 and when there is frost, only just use 

 fire enough to keep it out. This treat- 

 ment is proper till the blooming season 

 is over. Water must be judiciously ap- 

 plied ; too much or too little will cause 

 the buds to drop off prematurely. 



Insects. The white scale is the most 

 troublesome insect. Strong soap water 

 will destroy it. The black fly also some- 

 times makes its appearance, and is very 

 injurious to the flower-buds. That and 

 the green fly may be destroyed in the 

 usual way by smoking with tobacco. The 

 black fly requires a stronger dose. 



Diseases. Sometimes young plants 

 will die suddenly, and if the roots are 

 examined, a browuness will be observec 

 at the ends. This arises from stagnam 

 water caused by imperfect drainage 



To prevent it, pay particular attention to 

 hat point, 



CAMOMILE or CHAMOMILE. Anthemis 

 ^ob^lis. 



Varieties. There are two kinds, the 

 common single species and the double 

 lowering. 



Soil and Situation. They require a 

 poor dry soil, otherwise they are less 

 powerful in their medicinal qualities. 

 They will grow in any situation almost, 

 aut the more open the better. 



Time and mode of Propagation. Gene- 

 rally by parting the roots, and by offsets, 

 planted from the close of February until 

 the end of May ; the earlier, however, 

 the better, though they be planted in the 

 autumn. Seed sowing may be in any of 

 the early spring months, but as parting 

 the roots gives much less trouble, it is 

 generally pursued ; still after a lapse of 

 several years, raise fresh plants, the old 

 ones often then declining. 



Cultivation. They should not be 

 planted nearer to each other than eigh- 

 teen inches. Water must be given 

 moderately at the time of planting, if 

 dry weather. If raised from seed, the 

 seedlings require no further cultivation, 

 than to be kept free from weeds in the 

 seed-bed ; and when three or four inches 

 high, to be thinned to about six inches 

 apart, and may remain thus until the 

 following spring, then to be thinned and 

 remain, or to be removed to the above- 

 mentioned distance apart. A very small 

 bed will supply the largest family. 



Gathering. In July the flowers are 

 generally in perfection for gathering ; 

 the period for performing it, however, 

 must be governed by the flowers them- 

 selves, as the best time is when they are 

 just opened. Particular care must be 

 taken to dry them thoroughly before 

 they are stored, otherwise they will be- 

 come mouldy. If seed be required, the 

 only attention necessary is to leave some 

 of the first opening flowers ungathered ; 

 the seed will ripen early in September, 

 when it may be dried and rubbed out. 



CAMPA'NULA. Bell- Flower. (The 

 diminutive of Campana, a bell ; literally 

 a little bell. Nat. ord., Bellworts [Cam- 

 panulacesel. Linn., 5-Pentandria, 1- 

 Monogynia). The annuals are chiefly 

 pretty low-growing plants, the seed of 



