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CAMELLIA JAPONICA 
The “Queen of the Garden’ blooms from 
early September through the month of March. 
By selecting early, mid-season, and late bloom- 
ers for your plantings, you can enjoy the wide 
range of forms and colors throughout the bleak 
winter months when the garden is ordinarily 
bare. 
Camellias lend themselves well to foundation 
planting, as accents or highlights of the garden 
and may also be used as hedges. 
Camellias can be grown in almost any type 
soil, but thrive in well-drained, slightly acid 
soil. Camellias are surface feeders and there- 
fore must be planted shallow, the top of the ball 
should be about 1!/, inches above the surround- 
ing soil, this will allow for any future settling. 
Cover the ball with 1 inch of Peat Moss, or 2 
inches of oak leaves or pine straw. Keep the 
soil moist, but never soggy. 
Camellias should be given a light application 
of Azalea-Camellia fertilizer in March and 
again in June. Spray for scale in the spring, 
after all danger of frost has passed, with oil 
emulsion spray, using | part Volck to 50 parts 
water. 
For your efforts with Camellias, you will be 
rewarded with vigorous plants and lovely 
blooms that will be a joy to. you for years to 
come. 
We can offer both own root and grafted Ca- 
mellias. The own root plants are grown from 
cuttings of like varieties, the root system is slow- 
er in development and the plant not quite as 
energetic as a graft. Own roots do not bloom 
as young as grafts. Our understock of grafted 
Camellias is from five to twelve years old, of 
course, with a root system of this age, the top 
will grow rapidly, until it is in balance with the 
root system. We recommend very highly the 
grafted plants, with the more vigorous growth, 
they become more resistant to disease. 
On the following pages, we have listed our 
Camellias as to color classification, rather than 
grouping them according to their degree of 
rarity. We think you will find it more con- 
venient in planning additions to your garden. 
