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who are in the habit of breeding and rearing house- 

 lambs. Neat sheep-dung and loam only, would, I 

 conceive, be of too close and heavy a nature for the 

 Auricula. 



Mr. Kennedy, the late partner of Mr. Lee, used 

 this compost for their Auriculas, to whom Matthew 

 Kenney disclosed its parts and mode of preparing it, 

 and it was greatly approved of by him. Mr. Ken- 

 nedy used to say that he did wonders with it, and 

 that his flowers used to surprise everybody. He 

 added, I understand, a small portion of leaf-mould, 

 most likely from not always having the sheep-dung 

 and litter in the proportions he wished. Sheep-dung 

 is apt to breed a multitude of small white worms, 

 which may easily be got rid of at any time by scat- 

 tering over it a little quick-lime. 



The compost in general use is as follows, and 

 this I mostly make use of myself: 



-J- Fresh yellow loam, or maiden mould, 

 % Cow-dung, well rotten, 

 ^ Night-soil, two years old, 

 J Leaf-mould, 

 <f y Sea or river sand. 

 To be well prepared and incorporated. 



