and one teaspoon of Black Leaf 40, will be ef- 
fective. Care should be used not to spray in 
the hot sun. If the plant is not shaded, it 
should be sprayed late in the afternoon, if pos- 
sible. Otherwise the leaves are likely to be 
badly burned, which will retard the growth of 
the plant. Generally it is sufficient to spray in 
the spring and again in the fall, but if a plant is 
badly infested with disease we recommend spray- 
ing every three weeks until the scale is killed. 
Sometimes the twigs of camellias die back to 
a joint. This is due to fungus, which can be 
controlled by spraying with Bordeaux mixture. 
It is important to spray in the spring when the 
first new growth starts, because the fungus de- 
velops in the new bud and afterwards the twig 
dies back to that point. In very small bushes it 
will often cause a complete loss of the plant. 
A thin mulch of oak leaves or nine straw is 
good for camellias. Almost any fertilizer that 
does not have an alkaline reaction can be used. 
We have had good results with cotton seed meal 
and Vigoro. 
In planting camellias it is absolutely necessary 
to avoid planting them too deep. The import- 
ance of this cannot be stressed too much. If 
the stem is one inch deeper than it was formerly 
grown, the growth of the plant will be greatly 
retarded, and if it is planted several inches 
deeper the plant will die. In setting the plant 
in its new position, the ball should be level with 
the ground. 
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