up the moisture of the soil, checks its succulent 
growth, and at the same time, inspissates its juices ; 
and thereby maturing its wood, fits it for perfecting 
its flowers, as well as enduring our changeable, and 
sometimes severe, winters. 
Now, the aim of the cultivator should he, as fai 
as circumstances permit, to produce the same effects ; 
but as he cannot, out of doors, raise the tempeia- 
ture of his garden, to inspissate the juices of his 
plant, he must deprive it of the means of acquiring 
such a supply of water as shall encourage a pro- 
tracted growth, and an accumulation of thin fluids 
in its tender branches. The power of effecting this 
is pretty much at his command, at a very insigni- 
ficant cost. 
In the first place, a wall should, of course, be 
given to the Camellia. A northern aspect has been 
recommended for it, and under careless manage- 
ment it has advantages, but we prefer a south-west 
aspect, which affords so great an advantage in the 
autumn, by its assistance in maturing the young 
shoots ; and to prevent, in this aspect, the exciting 
influence of the sun, very early in spring, we entirely 
shade the tree by a boarded screen, as we do our 
bees, to prevent their being enticed out and de- 
stroyed. Their cases are very similar. 
Next, as to soil. Take out the earth, two feet 
deep, fill in with broken bricks, none larger than 
tulip bulbs, mixed with rough peat or half-decayed 
leaf-mould, to within nine inches of the surface. 
Plant on this, in a mixture of loam, peat, and sand ; 
and, ere long, further information shall be given ; 
this is ample for the present. 
