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CULTURE OF AZALEAS. 
FLORICULTURE. 
ARTICLE V.—CULTURE OF AZALEAS. 
All tender Azaleas require one general mode of treatment as fol¬ 
lows :— 
Pot them as soon as they have done flowering, which will be about 
the end of May, except, those intended to be left for seed, which 
must remain until they have ripened their seed. 
Use a mixture of equal parts of sandy loam and peat, with a small 
portion of leaf mould, in preference to all peat; and he careful in 
potting to give a good drainage of broken potsherds; for although 
they delight in moisture, stagnant water usually proves injurious to 
them. 
About the middle of June, place them in a somewhat sheltered and 
shady situation, out of doors. 
Allow them to stand in this situation till September, then remove 
them into a pit or greenhouse, in any airy situation, until they are 
wanted for flowering. 
It is a great assistance to them, when about expanding their 
flowers, to remove them into an increased temperature ; this should 
be from sixty to sixty-five degrees Fahrenheit, and the plants may 
he introduced about the middle or end of September, which will come 
into flower towards the end of October, and will continue blooming till 
December; others brought in the middle of October will continue 
flowering till January; those brought in the end of November will 
continue flowering till February, when those in the pit or greenhouse 
will commence flowering, and continue till May. 
When they are in flower, a good supply of water is requisite, to 
enable the plants to support them ; any deficiency in this respect will 
cause the flowers speedily to fall. 
When they have done flowering, assist them by every meaus to 
make young wood, a good supply of which must be secured before 
they are removed from the increased heat. For this purpose, syringe 
them about once or twice a week, and after they have grown consi¬ 
derably, remove them to the greenhouse, previous to their being 
turned out of doors, and treat them like other greenhouse plants, 
merely giving them a good supply of ai.r and water. 
When the young shoots are from four to six inches long, they are 
best calculated for cuttings. Take them off after the plants are re¬ 
moved to the greenhouse ; separate each cutting close to the old wood 
from whence they start, trim off no leaves but those which grow on 
