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planted in borders in the out-parts of the garden, to make a show, 

 or gather for nosegays, &c. ; the others, which do not produce their 

 flowers the same year, may be taken up> and set out into a fresh bed, 

 to remain till their properties are known, 



In the second method, the offsets or slips may be taken from the 

 old roots, in the spring or autumn, and be planted in-to small pots 

 filled with the same sort of earth as was directed for the seedlings, 

 and during the summer season be set in a shady place, and must 

 be often gently refreshed with water, and in the autumn and winter 

 be sheltered from violent rains. In the spring following these plants 

 produce flowers, though but weak; therefore, soon after they are 

 past flowering, they should be put into larger pots, and the second 

 year they will blow in perfection. 



In order to obtain a fine bloom of these flowers, the plants should 

 be preserved from too much wet in winter, which often rots and 

 spoils them, letting them have as much free open air as possible; 

 but not be too much exposed to the sun, which is apt to forward 

 their budding for flower too soon ; and the frosty mornings^ which 

 often happen in March, thereby destroying their buds, if they 

 are not protected; to prevent which, those who are curious in 

 these flowers place their pots in autumn under a common hot-bed 

 frame, where, in good weather, the plants may enjoy the full air, by 

 drawing off ihe glasses; and in great rains, snow or frost, be screened 

 by covering them. 



About the beginning of February, when the weather is mild, the 

 upper part of the earth in the Auricula pots should be taken off as 

 low as can be, without disturbing their roots, filling up the pots with 

 fresh rich earth, which greatly strengthens them for bloom. As those 

 plants which have strong single heads always produce the largest 

 clusters of flowers, the curious florist should pull off the offsets as 

 soon as it can be clone with safety to their growing, to encourage 

 the mother plants to flower the stronger; they should also pinch oft' 

 the flowers in autumn, where they are produced, and not suffer 

 them to open, that the plants may not be weakened by it. The pots 

 should be covered with mats in frosty weather, during the time of 



