Camellia 



( 163) 



Camomile 



roots, propagation by cuttings is largely adopted 

 for raising plants of common species to form stocks. 

 Select shoots of the partly-ripened wood in July, 

 about 5" long, remove the lower leaves, and cut 

 the steins off just below a joint. Dibble the cuttings 

 into pnt> or pans containing a mixture of loam, peat, 

 and sand. Place in a cold frame, and shade from 

 strong sunshine. Growth will commence the 

 following spring, when the plants should be placed 

 in gentle heat. When established, transfer the 

 rooted cuttings to pots, grow them in a cool 

 temperature, and in the second spring they may be 

 used as stocks. The best time for grafting is early 

 in the year, before growth commences. Cut back 

 the stock to within a few inches of the pot, and insert 

 the scion, formed of young wood of the selected 

 variety, by the method known as side-grafting (see 

 GRAFTING). Place the plants under bell-glasses, 

 hand-lights, or in a propagating frame in a low 

 pit or shady part of the greenhouse till the union 

 is effected. 



Soil. Equal parts of turfy loam and peat, with 

 the addition of sharp sand and broken charcoal to 

 keep the compost open. For plants grown in open 

 beds or large tubs the material should be rougher 

 than when they are confined to puts. 



Camellias in Pots. For greenhouse and conser- 

 vatory adornment pot plants are very effective and 

 easily managed. Camellias do not care for frequent 

 disturbance, and healthy plants only require 

 shifting when the pots are well filled with roots. 

 The best time for the operation is immediately the 

 buds are set, but before they commence swelling. 

 If done before, the growth suffers a check, and 

 if later, there is a danger of the buds dropping. 

 Camellias object to forcing, but will stand heat and 

 moisture when making new growth. 



Camellias in Beds. Permanent specimens 

 planted out in large conservatories are effective at 

 all times, and develop into tine bushes if room is 

 iiiuvstricted. Pruning, which is done immediately 

 after flowering, consists of thinning out the shoots 

 to avoid overcrowding, and shortening back any 

 strong growths of a gross character that threaten 

 to spoil the balance of the tree. 



Watering. No matter how Camellias are grown, 

 careful watering is of vital importance, and neglect 

 in this respect is the common cause of buds 

 dropping. A sodden condition of the soil should 

 be avoided by the provision of free drainage and a 

 careful use of the watering can, but drought at the 

 roots is fatal to the buds. The only time when a 

 little dryness of the soil is permissible is when the 

 plants are completing their growth, but after the 

 buds an- set the compost must be kept in an even 

 state of moisture. Surface dampings are useless, 

 for if the soil is dry at the toji and wet underneath, 

 the buds are sure to fall. When watering, there- 

 fore, apply sufficient to penetrate every particle of 

 soil. This rule may well be followed the whole 

 year round. When plants are making fresh growth, 

 weak liquid manure from the stable, with a little 

 soot, may Vie given with advantage, but the plants 

 do not need it at any other period. 



Enemies. Green fly invariably affects plants 

 when making new growth, and if allowed to 

 increase it becomes a nuisance. Fumigation is the 

 he-t means of checking it. Brown scale is some- 

 tinii's troublesome, but the white scale is the 

 Camellia's greatest enemy, as it gets into the 

 crevices of the bark and infests the shoots and 

 leaves. Brush the stems and sponge the leaves 



with an insecticide, and remove the scale from the 

 crevices with a sharp-pointed stick. 



Select Varieties : 



Few of the true species are seen in cultivation, 

 but there are numerous varieties, from which the 

 following selection is made : 



alba plena, double wh. imhricata, double red, 



Augustina superba, ro. flowers sometimes 



Bealii rosea, deep criin. marbled wh. 



Boadicea, pk., tipped Jubilee, wh., marbled ro. 



silver. Lady Hume's Blush, flesh, 



bonomiana, wh., handed leeaua superba, salmon 



red. red. 



Chandler! elegans, light mathotiaua, bright red, 



ro. imbricated. 



Contessa Lavinia Maggii, muthotituia alba, wh., 



wh., striped car. imbricated. 



Contessa Lavinia Maggii Marchioness of Exeter, 



rosea, rosy red. deep ro., large. 



Countess of Orkney, wh., Mrs. Hovey, light pk. 



striped car. Princess Frederick Wil- 



Cup of Beauty, wh., ro., liam, wh., tipped car. 



imbricated. Pride of Waltham, flesh 



C. H. Hovey, bright crim. , pk., tipped silver. 



imbricated. Eeine des Beautes, deli- 



C. M. Hovey, deep crim., cate ro., fine. 



distinct. Reine des Flours, bright 



Donckelaari, crim., wh., red, imbricated. 



semi-double. Thomas Moore, car., 



fimbriata, wh., notched large, imbricated. 



petals. Valtevareda, bright ro., 



Henri Fa vre, rosy salmon, sometimes spotted wh., 



imbricated. large. 



Wilderi, soft ro. 



Principal Species : 



japouica, '20', common known before the 



Camellia, red. Most of single. 



the garden hybrids owe rosrenora, 3' , Ap. , ro. 



parentage to this spe- Sasanqua, 6', Feb., wh. 



cies. (".'/" oleifera). A table 



anemonaiflora. Flower oil is extracted from 

 like a double Anemone. the seeds of this species. 



reticulata, 10', spr., red. theifera, 5', My., wh. 



flore-pleno. l)ouble (pyx. Thea), China Tea. 

 form of the above, assamica,"AssamTea." 



CAMERARIA. 



Smooth, erect-growing shrubs (i>rd. Apocynacese) 

 requiring the heat and moisture of a stove. Prop- 

 agation is by cuttings of side shoots with a heel of 

 the old wood in sand under a bell-glass in heat. 

 Use fibrous loam with a small quantity of peat and 

 plenty of sand when potting. 



Principal Species : 

 dubia (xrr Wrightia dubia) . lutea, yel. (ser Malouetia). 



CAMOENSIA. 



Magnificent stove climbers (ord. Leguminosce), 

 only one of which is introduced. The flowers are 

 produced in pendulous, axillary racemes, the calyx 

 being 6" to 7" long, and the petals 4". The latter 

 are white, crisped at the margins, which are tinted 

 with golden yellow. Increase is secured by im- 

 ported seeds, and by cuttings of half-ripened wood 

 in sand in a propagating case. For soil, use good, 

 fibrous loam with one-third of leaf mould and sand. 



Principal Species : 



maxima, wh.. yel. Very difficult to flower in 

 cultivation. 



CAMOMILE OP CHAMOMILE. 



The medicinal Camomile is derived from the 

 flowers of Anthemis nobilis. of which both the 

 single and double flowered forms are u^ed. This 

 is a perennial herbaceous plant that lias white 



