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THE FLORIST’S JOURNAL. 
September till the succeeding May by the following treatment: 
Pick out those you wish to blow late of the backwardest plants 
the latter end of March or beginning of April, before the wood 
buds have started, and set them out of doors in a sheltered 
situation, there let them stand throughout the summer. If not 
too forward when put out, they will not commence growing until 
late in the season, and the flower buds will not be formed before 
autumn; these for the most part, if kept in a cool house through 
the winter, will not bloom before the following April or May. 
Those required to bloom early in autumn should be placed in 
March, or soon as they have done blooming, in a forcing house, 
and kept in a good heat, plentifully supplied with water, both at 
the root and over the foliage, by syringing, increasing both heat 
and light as the young wood ripens, after which they should be 
removed back to the conservatory or greenhouse, where they may 
remain the rest of the summer. The intermediate succession to 
flower through the winter should be kept constantly in the con¬ 
servatory, where they should be frequently syringed, and every 
means used to promote a healthy and vigorous growth during 
the early part of the season. 
“Those chosen immediately to succeed these maybe selected 
from the intermediate succession, and turned out of doors as 
soon as the young wood is well ripened, which is usually in July; 
they may stand out until the middle of October. 
“ Care should be taken to guard against any sudden change 
to a colder temperature, either while the plants are making new 
wood or after the flower buds have arrived at their full size; 
n the first case it would spoil the appearance of the plants for 
ia year or perhaps two, and in the latter the buds would most 
likely drop; and so also any sudden excitement should be equally 
guarded against, such as repotting, or giving much water at a 
time after they have been suffered to get dry. On these parti¬ 
culars depend almost the entire success of the cultivator; that 
the camellia requires a little extra heat to cause it to produce 
both wood and flowers with any degree of luxuriance is an in¬ 
disputable fact, and it is in the application of such heat that the 
entire account of success or failure depends. The growing- 
season follows closely on that for the production of flowers, and 
it is then the plants require their first seasonal excitement ; this 
