J.4-8 the florist’s journal. 
and potted, and used as stocks the succeeding spring. Inarch¬ 
ing or grafting is performed early in spring, when the plants 
begin to grow; the chief care requisite is to place the pot con¬ 
taining the stock so that it may not be disturbed during the 
connection of the scion with the parent plant: the graft being 
covered with moss to keep it moist, the mode called side graft¬ 
ing is generally used, but the operation of tongueing is usually 
omitted, as tending to weaken the stock. Seeds are sometimes 
obtained from the single red and semi-double; these require two 
years to come up, but make the best stocks. 
Soil. — Some grow the Camellia in peat; I should prefer a 
light loam, if convenient to the place : should it be a strong 
loam, mix a little peat and sand with it, for young plants espe¬ 
cially. Plants grow most luxuriantly in a rich loam, but are 
most prolific of flower-buds in loam and peat. Camellias look 
the best, and are grown to most advantage, in a house entirely 
devoted to them. Such a house should be rather lofty, as the 
plants never look so well as when five or six feet high ; the 
plants should be raised near to the glass, though some recom¬ 
mend a roof which will not admit much light, with glass in 
front only; others, a house facing the north : but my opinion is, 
that a light house facing the south, or, better still, glass on all 
sides, is essential to the perfect growth of the plants. To grow 
the Camellia to perfection considerable care is requisite; the 
roots are very apt to get matted in the pots, and by the space 
they occupy so to compress the ball of mould as after a time tc 
render it impervious to water : hence frequent attention should 
be paid that the water poured on the pots moistens all the 
earth, and does not escape by the sides of the pot, moistening 
only the fibres. The same cause renders examining the roots 
and shifting, or reducing and repotting, a necessary measure 
once a year. When the Camellia has a house entirely devoted 
to its culture, they will not require to be removed to any other 
house, nor yet out of doors, providing the house is so con¬ 
structed that it will admit of air freely, or shade if necessary. 
Such a house would be better without fire-heat, if possible, by 
covering, to keep out the frost, which is all the Camellia re¬ 
quires ; but if fire-heat is quite necessary, every attention should 
be given to apply it as moderately as possible, not letting the 
thermometer vary When the plants are in flower, and in a 
growing state, they require to be liberally watered, and also a 
