. The Americana; a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc., of the world. I. Ciuanaco. 2. Dromeilarv. 3. rwo-lIuiiiiiLd Camel. I Alpaca. 2. Vicuna. CAMELOPARD —CAMERA LUCIDA resembling those of the waratah plant of Aus-tralia, are considered the finest varieties, andboth grow and flower well. The peony-floweredand fringed are also much admired. The oil-bearing camellia (C. oleifera) is cultivated forits seeds, from which an oil is expressed thatis very generally used by the Chinese in theircookery. It
. The Americana; a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc., of the world. I. Ciuanaco. 2. Dromeilarv. 3. rwo-lIuiiiiiLd Camel. I Alpaca. 2. Vicuna. CAMELOPARD —CAMERA LUCIDA resembling those of the waratah plant of Aus-tralia, are considered the finest varieties, andboth grow and flower well. The peony-floweredand fringed are also much admired. The oil-bearing camellia (C. oleifera) is cultivated forits seeds, from which an oil is expressed thatis very generally used by the Chinese in theircookery. It thrives best in a red sandy soil,and attains a height of six to eight feet, pro-ducing a profusion of white blossoms and these species the C. reticulata and are cultivated. The single red camellia is propagated by cut-tings, layers, and seeds. It forms suitablestocks, on which the others are either inarchedor budded and engrafted. The cuttings to beselected are the ripened shoots of the precedingsummer; these are taken off in August, beingcut smoothly at a joint or bud; two or threeof the lower leaves are taken off, and the cut-tings then planted firmly in the soil with a dib-ble. Inar
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