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CAMELLIAS  IN  WINTER. 
THESE  showy  flowers,  which  were  once  s 
popular,  and  the  glory  of  our  gardens — ii 
winter — have  long  been  under  a  cloud.  Tlii 
does  not  necessarily  mean  that  their  beauty  am 
utility  was  formerly  over-estimated;  it  is  only  on 
of  the  many  examples  of  the  modern  craze  fo 
novelty  which  ever  and  anon  lifts  into  prosperity 
with  the  swiftness  of  a  whirlwind,  some  plant  o 
flower,  not  always  because  such  possess  greate 
intrinsic  merit  than  others  cast  aside,  but  rathe 
in  obedience  to  the  universal  dictum,  “everything 
changeth.”  Individuals  change,  nations  change 
the  whole  universe  is  ever  changing,  ever  decay 
ing,  ever  springing  into  new  lile. 
Fashion  is  a  fickle  goddess,  and  as  she  lightly 
trips  along  old  styles  and  customs  are  from  iim< 
to  time  brought  forward,  or  so  deftly  associatec 
with  something  new,  that  we  are  apt  to  forget  th< 
old  adage,  “  There  is  nothing  new  under  the  sun.’ 
Fashion  in  regard  to  Camellias  may  again  change 
indeed  there  are  signs  of  it  already,  for  the  new 
single  varieties,  and  many  of  the  old  ones,  too,  arc 
becoming  very  popular.  Let  us  hope  that  family 
will  ere  long  occupy  a  prominent  place  amoDg 
favoured  winter-flowering  plants ;  for  few  flowers 
are  more  beautiful  and  useful  when  employed  in 
the  right  way.  Undoubtedly  in  bygone  days, 
when  the  flowers  were  used  in  a  cut  state,  they 
were  not  arranged  in  a  manner  calculated  to  show 
them  off  to  advantage,  for  it  was  then  often  the 
practice  to  employ  Camellias  exclusively  for  floral 
decorations.  The  effect  produced  was  bright  and 
imposing  enough,  but  far  too  stiff  for  the  improved 
tas'.c  of  modern  times. 
When  the  plants,  by  good  culture,  are  kept  in 
robust  health,  many  of  the  flowers  may  be  cut 
with  5  or  6  inches  of  stem  with  benefit,  rather 
than  injury,  to  the  plants.  Such  a  flower,  when 
arranged  in  a  vase  with  a  few  Frees:as,  Narcissi, 
Jonquils,  or  others  of  a  “spikey”  character,  with 
light  foliage  and  Grasses  intermixed,  contributes 
largely  to  the  good  effect  of  the  combination. 
They  look  well,  too,  in  small  specimen  glasses, 
when  ihesi  are  placed  near  vases  tilled  with 
No.  2621.— Vol.  XCIX.,  Old  Series. 
No.  965.— Vol.  XXXVII.,  Third  Series. 
