them, you can form better ideas of what we mean 
by “peony form”, “very double”, etc. 
In our own experience which covers many years 
with thousands of Camellias, we found that pot 
bound Camellias are very slow to “take” to soil when 
Bench Grown 2-inch Pot Grown 
transplanted in field or lawn, and often die back 
for two and three years after transplanted. We 
may offer some potted Camellias for Florists’ trade 
in future, but what we are offering now are for 
planting in open ground, and we are confident that 
bed grown Camellias lifted carefully with ball of 
earth, as we do, will make far better growth after 
transplanted in open field than pot bound stock. 
We have many thousands of bed grown larger 
size lining out Camellias with excellent root systems. 
We would like to call your attention to the illustra¬ 
tion of the root system of our Camellias on pages 
16-17. Only ideal soil with special treatment will in¬ 
duce such development and it cannot be produced on 
sandy soil where roots will be long and coarse with¬ 
out much fibrous root close to trunk of the plant. 
Advocates of potted Camellias say that in very 
sandy and poor soil they canot grow plants with 
good root systems. 
In describing varities, where no mention of sea¬ 
son of flowering is made, they are mid-season var¬ 
ieties. 
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