AZALEA GLEN NURSERIES, INC. 
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Cultural Information 
for growing better Camellias and Azaleas. 
The first main item is the stock that you buy to 
plant. If you buy shade house grown stock that is 
not used to full sun and has been grown in a crowd¬ 
ed condition, you cannot expect to have them grow 
off and make you nice plants and give you the 
flowers that you expect. When you buy always ask 
for and get plants that are growing in full sun in 
the fields. They are more sturdy and will trans¬ 
plant and grow as you want them to. 
Next you must have the place where you are to 
plant the new plants ready and in proper condition. 
If in a sandy soil take out the sand down to two 
feet and refill with fresh pond muck, add well 
rotted dairy fertilizer, peat moss; this makes a 
mixture that will feed your plants and will retain 
the moisture during the hot dry weather in summer. 
If you use cotton seed meal be sure and use the 
hose and wet as it will burn the plants, and is sure 
to if used in sandy soils and no water used. Vigero 
may be used in the spring, but plants must be well 
[watered whenever ccmmerOial fertilizer is used. 
Never use a fertilizer that contains lime as it 
sweetens the soil, and these plants thrive in acid 
soil. If you have alkaline soil, then use Aluminum 
Sulphate at the rate of four-inch pot full to a wheel 
barrow of soil. 
If you cannot water the plants the first season 
that they are planted then they should be shaded 
until late fall. Mulch them well with peat moss; 
that helps hold the moisture and keeps down the 
weeds. 
Azaleas and Camellias will grow and give you all 
the flowers that you expect growing in full sun. 
Keep them away from other large plants that are 
gross feeders and will steal the food and moisture 
that you give your new plants. 
Insects And 1 Diseases 
Red Spiders attack both Azaleas and Camellias. 
It is apparent by dropping of many leaves from the 
Azaleas; the Camellia leaves become brown in color. 
On Azaleas you can use the hose and wash them 
off. If this does not control them, use the follow¬ 
ing dust measure: Mixture, eight pounds sulphur, 
one pound arsenate of lead, one pound tobacco dust. 
Dust on early in the morning while the dew is on. 
Be sure and dust the under side of the leaves. 
Camellias are attacked by several species of scale 
insects. You can tell when your Camellia has scale 
by the leaves becoming spotted and yellow, caused 
by scale on the under side of the leaves. They 
should be sprayed by Nursery Volk, Jr., one part to 
50 parts of water. If the infestation is heavy they 
ought to be sprayed three times a year during the 
early spring and summer. Be sure and spray the 
under side of the leaves as that is where you will 
find the scale. Warning: DO NOT SPRAY Camel¬ 
lias in late fall or winter as a sudden cold weather 
