336 Cultivation of Camellia Japonica var. Ilarrisoni. 



with glass. In this the plants will inhale the moist warm air, 

 so necessary to the health and comfort of their flowers and 

 foliage. 



Very truly, yours, S. P. Hildreth. 



Marietta^ [Ohio^) August 1, 1841. 



Art. III. Some Remarks upon the cultivation of Camellia 

 japonica var. Harrisbnn. By Dr. J. S. Gunnell, 

 Washington, D. C. 



The peculiar shy blooming character of Camellia japonica 

 var. Harrisonii is well known to most cultivators of this splen- 

 did family of plants. It is an American seedling, raised near 

 New York, many years since,* and is quite common in all 

 good collections of the camellia; but, notwithstanding this, it 

 is rarely seen in bloom. 



I have had several plants of this variety seven years, some 

 of which are now four or five feet high, and in fine growing 

 condition, but I have never had only three flowers, all of 

 which were on one of the plants; two opened last winter, 

 and one the winter before last. None of the others have 

 opened a bloom. I therefore came to the determination, last 

 spring, to inarch the plants with other more free blooming 

 and desirable varieties. 



This variety is later than others in commencing its spring 

 growth, and, consequently, the inarching was not made until 

 early in June. At that time, the new wood was about half 

 grown, or had made about half its length: the inarchings were 

 made at that part of the stem where the branches divide, and 

 as the stock was somewhat larger than the scion, it was 

 necessary to bind the matting tighter than for smaller stocks. 

 After the operation was finished, very little notice was taken 

 of the plants for some time. Judge, then, of my astonish- 



* As lonjr ago, we believe, as 1826 or 1828. We visited the col- 

 lection of Mr. Harrison, in 1835, (see our Vol. III., p. 125,) and at 

 that time we saw large plants. — Ed. 



