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ARTICLE I.— /I JJo>^ or rwo ok the Culture of the 

 Auricula. By Snowdrop 



it may appear unnecessary to multiply words on the culture 

 ami management of the Auricula, alter so much has been written 

 1. 1 1 the subject *, but as every Auriculht can, perhaps, add a little 

 to the general slock of information from his own experience, and 

 | one lias a plan peculiar lo himself, it is desirable to see 

 different modes of treatment. With the hope, therefore, of being 

 useful, 1 oiler a word or two on the subject, premising that as this 

 pluut is of Alpine origin, it should, both in soil and situation, be 

 ted as such as much as possible. And first of 



'posl. — I believe that in general, except with very green 

 growers, the Kmmcrlonian composts are washed away. From 

 experience 1 can say, that pure sandy loam and rotten dung, in 

 i:<|uul proportions well incorporated, are the only ingredients neces- 

 I prefer cow-dung, though perhaps horse-dung is equally 

 good ; but both must be quite mould before fit for use. I am also 

 partial to peat, in the proportion of about one-eighth of the whole. 

 This compost I • • r sift, bnt chop up with a spade, and carefully 

 pick over, u> clear il of grubs and worms, leaving the fibres, which 

 tend to lighten the soil, and which, by gradually rotting, continue 

 a supply of nutriment. 



H>/mtliii;). — 1 npot every year-, reducing the ball very carefully, 

 without injuring the fibres of the plants ; and every third or fourth 



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