. Cyclopedia of practical floriculture. Floriculture; Flower language. I LTIVATIOX AXD .WALTSIS OF PLANTS. jdZJLljEA. \.RLL\ cultivated as window plants, the Azaleas are in great (km ind tor exhibition purposes, and for cut flowers in winter and spiin_. There is, however, no reason why they may not, with i(. is(in dile attention, be successfully cultivated as house plants. The soil fell \ ery young plants should be nearly all peat, or leaf-mold, vvheie peat cannot be procured; but for older ones, three parts peat nid one part each of loam, leaf-mold and sand. The time for repotting is ifter th
. Cyclopedia of practical floriculture. Floriculture; Flower language. I LTIVATIOX AXD .WALTSIS OF PLANTS. jdZJLljEA. \.RLL\ cultivated as window plants, the Azaleas are in great (km ind tor exhibition purposes, and for cut flowers in winter and spiin_. There is, however, no reason why they may not, with i(. is(in dile attention, be successfully cultivated as house plants. The soil fell \ ery young plants should be nearly all peat, or leaf-mold, vvheie peat cannot be procured; but for older ones, three parts peat nid one part each of loam, leaf-mold and sand. The time for repotting is ifter the blooming season, except the plants are large and have appropriate ^izcd tubs or boxes, when they will not need it for several years, requiring only lat the soil be enriched with liquid manures. The plant belongs to the heath family, and, like most of that tribe, have roots somewhat resembling the fern, which should never be allowed to become entirely dry, care being taken not to go to the other extreme and drench it so that the soil would sour and the roots decay. The average temperature required is between fifty and sixty degrees, and plenty of air, pro- vided it be not under that temperature, should be always admitted. They bloom from February to May, and the larger ones produce hundreds of flowers, at once delighting the beholder with the munificence as well as the magnificence of their adornment. The flowers of some varieties are white, while others run through all the various shades of red, from rose to bright carmine, often beautifully marked, like the OWEVER much these plants are valued, they seldom receive the attention which they deserve. It is true that the miserable manner in which they are many times sown and left to take care of them- selves may partly account for this, for under such circumstances they are far from attractive, as the flowers are apt to partake of the quality of the plants. Rightly grown, howexer, they form most magnificent speci- men
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