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PLANTS FOR WINDOW GARDENING. 



trunks of proportionate size. This variety is almost hardy, 

 and in the Middle States will often endure the winter; 

 we have known it to survive even our climate, when well 

 protected ; all other varieties are more tender, and few will 

 bear any severe frost without injury. Most of the kinds in 

 our green-houses are derived from Camellia J aponica, though 

 other varieties have, we believe, afforded fine seedlings. 



CULTUHE. 



The plants should be grown in light loam, or sandy peat 

 and loam, say three parts loam, two parts leaf mould, one 

 part sandy peat ; fill the pots one third full of potsherds, 

 to secure drainage, which is indispensable ; if the roots of 

 the plant become sodden, particularly during the season of 

 rest, the health of the plant is gone, and years of care may 

 fail to restore its beauty, or remedy the evil caused by a 

 little carelessness in watering. When in a growing state, 

 you can hardly give too much water, and much good may 

 be derived from frequent sprinklings or syringings ; this 

 operation, however, must never be performed in sunny 

 weather. One chief care in the culture of camellias is to 

 keep them perfectly clean ; dust upon the foliage not only 

 injures the beauty of the plant, but affects its health. The 



