KIYONO NURSERIES . Crichton, Alabama 
and peat moss. In heavy, stiff soils a small quantity 
of sand is also beneficial. Leaf-mold and peat help to 
maintain an acid condition and a mulch of leaves is 
good to retain moisture and to furnish plant-food the 
next year. The addition of sand makes stiff soils more 
porous and provides better drainage. 
In most soils, especially on clay lands, cottonseed 
meal alone, or a mixture composed of % cottonseed 
meal and 3^ acid phosphate, is an excellent fertilizer. 
Other good fertilizing materials, which are likewise 
acid in their reaction, are well-rotted cow-manure, 
tankage, ‘castor pomace, sulphate of ammonia and 
muriate of potash. 
The Camellia is less subject to disease and insect 
enemies than most other evergreen shrubs, but some¬ 
times the foliage is attacked by scales. When this 
occurs, they should be sprayed with a miscible oil 
preparation and care taken to thoroughly wet the 
underside of the leaves as well as the top. Voick, used 
at the rate of 1 part to 50 parts of water, has proved 
very effective. 
The Camellia is the handsomest and finest of all 
the broad-leaved evergreen blooming plants for south¬ 
ern gardens. It is long-lived and its beauty and mone¬ 
tary value increases rapidly as the plants grow older. 
The many new and fine varieties of recent introduction 
have added enormously to its popularity, and its use 
as an aristocratic cut-flower has greatly enhanced its 
prestige and opened up a much broader field for its 
distribution. 
2 to 2y2-ft. and 3 to 4-ft. Specimen Camellias, B&B 
Our specimen Camellias are grown in pull sun and are natu¬ 
rally well branched and compact. 
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