INSTRUCTIONS FOR GROWING 
CAMELLIAS IN CONTAINERS 
Growing Camellias in containers has many advantages, 
among which may be mentioned the following: 
1. Time and effort of planting in the ground is 
eliminated. 
2. They can be enjoyed in localities where soil 
conditions in the garden are improper. 
3. They can be moved into a protected greenhouse 
during the winter in sections where severe 
winters prevail. 
4. They can be moved to protection when in 
flower, thus saving blooms from rain and frost 
damage. 
5. They can easily be transported across the porch 
or patio—or across the country. 
6. They can be placed where they are protected 
from hot sun and wind during the summer. 
7. Over-watering is practically impossible due to 
excellent drainage of container. 
8. They can be moved around to create any de- 
sired effect as occasion may demand. | 
9. They can be used to beautify any porch or patio, 
or fill in that blank space—permanently or 
temporarily. 
10. They make a fine Christmas tree for the living 
room—if kept moist and not allowed to remain 
indoors over a week. ' 
To some these may be disadvantages: 
Due to small amount of soil in containers, more 
frequent watering will be necessary than if 
planted in the garden. 
Plants must be changed to larger containers occa- 
sionally—possibly once in two or three years. 
Only plants that have been properly handled from the 
start should be acquired for container growing. Container 
growing requires a continuous development of a fine root 
system. This development cannot be maintained on a plant 
that is “moved up” to a container larger than is required, 
because too rapid a spread of roots occurs, the roots 
becoming coarse with feeder roots developing too far away 
from the base of the plant. 
There is a definite danger of over-fertilizing if a plant 
has been “moved up” to too large a container, inasmuch 
as the excess soil will retain more fertilizer than is required 
for the plant. Unlike a plant growing in the garden, the 
plant in a container is confined between the walls of the 

