18 to 24 inch field grown specimens 
Pink Perfection and Debutante 
LEE — 
eee a grand array of color in the bleak and otherwise 
blossomless winter, Camellia Japonica, ‘Aristocrat of the South,” 
is gaining rapid faver in other sections of the country. Its beauty 
and importance has been definitely recognized on the West Coast, 
and favorable comments from the Northern Florists continue to 
increase. 
Camellia culture presents no particular difficulties, but special 
care will be rewarded with beautiful, lasting blossoms. First, they 
must have a soil that is acid in reaction, and if this condition is 
not already present it may easily be obtained by addition of 
leaf mold, peat moss and applications of aluminum sulphate—one 
quarter pound to a square yard. 
Camellias may be fertilized with a mixture of cotton-seed meal, 
super-phosphate, potash, and well-rotted manure in the respec- 
tive parts of 10-2-1-5. Aluminum sulphate should be added one- 
half part if soil needs acidifying. 
The few diseases and insects attacking the Camellia may be 
controlled easily. Camellia or tea scale, the most common, may be 
eliminated by use of Florida Volck—1 part to 50 parts of water. 
Spraying should be done in the early morning or late afternoon, 
to prevent leaf-scolding. To protect the valued bloom-buds, do not 
spray in the winter. 
