130 



THE AURICULA. 



florists. The first, namely by Maddock, is too 

 complex and difficult to be prepared by any one who 

 is not conversant with fractional parts ; it contains 

 too much cow-dung by half. 



J Rotten cow-dung, two years old, 



Sound earth of an open texture, 



^ Earth of rotten leaves, 



jL Coarse sea or river sand, 



^L Soft decayed willow wood, 



; Peaty or moory earth, 



JL. Of the whole, ashes of burnt vegetables. 



The second by S. Curtis, a theoretical florist, who 

 considers loam unnecessary. 



-| Rotten dung from hot-beds, reduced to mould, 

 % Peat or bog-earth and sand in equal quantities. 



It is well known to all the old florists, now living, 

 that Mr. Maddock neither excelled in the culture of 

 the Auricula, nor of the Carnation ; but he managed 

 Tulips and Ranunculuses well. 



The ' much improved ' in this edition, consists in 

 a very extensive complement of pirated extracts 

 from Justice, Emmerton, and Hogg ; and from the 

 published Transactions of the London Horticultural 

 Society, given by way of notes. 



