150 ON THE AURICULA. 



and place the plants in a shaded situation. If the weather ia 

 dry and hot, they will require a little water every evening round 

 the pot edge ; a shower of rain at this season will not hurt 

 them, only do not let them have too much, for it not only 

 washes away the nutricious part of the soil, but also does the 

 plant harm by giving it an inclination to rot, by the wet lodging 

 too long about the neck. If it is very suny, shade the frame with 

 mats during the day, and having the back doors taken quite away 

 at this season, prop the edges of the front sashes up, so that 

 air may be circulated freely through the whole both day and 

 night. 



September. — No more is required this month than examining 

 the plants frequently to see that they are free from the green fly, 

 caterpillars, &c. and in a sound healthy state, if the green fly 

 should infest them, this is easily cured by closing the frame and 

 fumigating with tobacco smoke, water frequently round the 

 edge of the pot, and the plant will grow freely and strong. 



If a plant looks yellow or sickly, be sure that all is not right 

 with it, lose no time in taking it out of the pot and wash it clean, 

 if any brown or decayed place appears, take it quite out with 

 your finger nail, or a piece of wood, but do not cut it with a 

 knife, let it lay out of the soil till dry, and then repot it in dry 

 soil, use a plaster of bees wax or tallow over the wound to keep 

 the damp from it, but if possible, keep the wound quite out of 

 the soil ; keep it dry for a week or more, till it begins to recover, 

 water with great caution till it show signs of growing, then set it 

 in its place. 



October. — Less water must now be given as the plants cease 

 from growing, and must be regularly prepared for the winter, 

 that is, they must be furnished with less sap, and of course they 

 will become less succulent and less susceptible of frost or damp, 

 they must have all the air possible by the sashes still remaining 

 proped, and the door off during fine weather. 



November.— This is often a fatal month for the Auricula, the 

 damp stagnated state of the air, together with cold, and want of a 

 proper elevation of the plants above the wet surface of the ground, 

 are felt most severely, but if they have been regularly prepared, 

 last month by being kept dryer than before, they will bear it 

 very well ; very little water is now required, keep them entirely 

 from rain, but give as much air as possible, examine the plants 

 frequently as to their soundness, inc. 



