, 1880-02-21
THE CAttEI.Lt.i JAipSlCA.

49,. ~. s'..,t. us ~ ,.,.., ~ III. ''..f.,,,'I
beautiful plant w vas given us Us by Fater
Kamrl, Afornyfnn missionary who travelled
Ia,r,.5v II As,m n,m, snw t,,e trce nrow.nr IN
t,htnn. nn,l tI,o nj riant wns Latuized Iuto
CAMEL oaneiius ST, In o ,onar pt'f Of it It Is realy
native OF Jat,a,, wlleltce Its name Japonic0,
aul belongs TO tic Rrnlls Of the ten plant. At
irst lin rnttvatnrs ,y,,r,. ,,,,sucrcssfn in its
ru,tnrc it ~ thav tScat # ns sovc nian
NM exlMrle''co Inns tnug'lt us l'lts ca1liiot ~
done. Fnncy, II ynu Gun, those beautiful
blossoms grnwiug On, q treo Twenty-Five aud
thrty lset ',El, = t!!oy DO III !lle!r ,,aiye
aol' "l"a "oihl ps 't!o'c uc"u1nu' III e1o..
glossy evergreen follage towers nl'oyo
ua, dotted with tlotr magnificent
llossoms at crtmsou. bul, willie,
1eu' ycnoH' saalcsaG"' "nu pvus'c'' ;'
atlu must fc'tder them one OF tue inost Eeau.
| tiful features Ut M Oriental landscape?
Could VIZ belIold them, our snlall ,plants OF
palms, would shrink into inslKntcnnec.
One comfort remains To-. US we cali,iot see
| them, and were ours III large VIZ couI,t mt
tax. a, them n 9r oss ~ t' %Hts fr and ! ens
sent mo what sl,e thought was catnelltn iIld
treasured itas cUnllllg from ier, Alil after
ting learned # syas a'' orange'trre, 1twas
n 9SsTs s s Sta is{nks T. 6 te s Yfst r. sca fr3 o
beautiful bloss0tss which 1 hoped to. Tllu
Japanese use the seed fur cn0kinK and !1letlf-
cine; md from some axtl1ct Nn n!l for
aal'tlng to tulr., T., our So.'thsrn stntrs
shrubs, and need 10 protection tr winter,
n!tlloagh great cure t''ltst b observed, f3r
v hq or lfpS ass5s fst s sss sv s s ok ro II
ecetl, cuttings, gn'ftilir, aid inarciIng i
| would not Rhyisc my niic tn try the scet, rs
they are sometimes Two ycnrs In starting,
a@ apRears y GayE u ffny tf sa y 'n @ ~ n!asgS
mil September, niid lnarching, IN July. The
cuttings may be ,startesl nndcr. gass. Care
must always By observed II! watering, AZ too
ae op Or a to" ILL., ta wasf M s5S s s rs1a ns
even. md there he ,la sudden change nf any
kind. or tho result would be the sanle. Winter
thoroughly. ind turn all watcr from the
fS 81" IS awis n wy yr nse s ay sfSYs % sVs @ s s1
lu spongel frequently. In IFS nntIve wnotts
tho catl,rla grows III moist, sbntly localities
therefore 10 not put Il M tic sun, and, If thu
buds arg t,lck. pick Of tlle snail Wy wesk oits.
Never ioucii tlie buGs, Us tley blast 10 easiiy,
md do not sprinkle when in bud,
.ut Iapply tho water to tho soil nnst sponge
spotted. 1t was cnlsBel by sf'riMkling when
the sun WIS Oh them; cure must herr. be OK
erclycd also. People tllink tilenl liticllt to
| sllccGgu with, but VII nre toll tllby are lot.
cannot say from nctuMl experience, ~ 1
l,nvu never raised any. They ileed but little
ileat or snil, aud i iii to see Why llIoy arg
mt ,noru generally cultivated III window
gardens. They aro ,isually expensive, but
will dlD Ii You give too rtcl! 4 soil. There
are several Of the. evergreen sllrubby ynrle-
rooms. Ons Of tic hcst " w,nt II known III
i'ttttsuOrHha iUl}lr1t LHftc1I4tx; It 1As beau.
tjful Elussy, tjurk culor, ricli fuiiaEc, ul,tl
imlno nuw 'as over sixty clusters 6f bulls,
sNulp 0pnnItlg and snt,e Htill forming. rlle
blossom Is White, very fry,graylt, nild my
slilnll tres Is u great fnvorlt With .ue,
a,ll fr,tKrunt, white to,yers seem 10 be ii
. greater ic,lla,M than my other ii
ai.y oile can iell nl9 low tho plants uro H.
trir Itst summer I,itp different silps ul III
ynrlnlls why's, but W;ls uIsuctAsssfut Will ali,
Ithtlk | sIiuIl Try laycrlng in the air WlIrl]
summer cunlcs, 1y Tint Is tho Only way leit
me-, A10lApr ioyurlt which il nov III lj,oVn,
ii the Mrs. Jollll Snul primrose; It Is pure
Wife, nltl tic blossWllls as Inu1,|e us ruses
beautifully iringat and Is such a lisefl
. ilttle blossom.
, | ..se ItNeN Atte ~