APRIL. 



TENDER ANNUALS. 

 Transplant tender Annuals in hot-beds. 



AURICULA. 



"Arrayed she comes in a splendid variety of amiable forms, with 

 an eye of chrystal, and garments of the most glossy satin, exhaling 

 perfume and powdered with silver." 



Water your Auricula seedling pots, and if there 

 be hot sun, shade them, else they will be destroyed. 



Auriculas are now beginning to exhibit their 

 flowers ; they must therefore be guarded from wet, 

 else the farina, which constitutes their great beauty, 

 will be washed off; but give them all the air that is 

 consistent with the safety of the flower, and expose 

 them only to the morning sun. 



They should now be brought to their flowering 

 stage, with an easterly aspect, the shelves of it ele- 

 vated about three feet above the ground, and about 

 six inches over each other. This stage should be 

 roofed with glass, and have sliding glasses upright 

 in front, to preserve and show them to the greatest 

 advantage. 



When the flowering is over, shift or dress the 

 plants as occasion may require. Those intended for 

 bloom in the ensuing year should be shifted into 

 pots, seven inches deep, six wide at top, and four 

 at bottom. 



For flowering plants, preserve the balls entire, 

 removing as much of the attached earth as can be 

 done without injury to the root, and take care to 

 give effectual drainage by putting loose materials 

 in the bottom of the pots, which should be placed 



