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THE AURICULA. 



To do this well, and bring the pips level, is a 

 piece of art that the florist prides himself upon, and 

 for which, as in the dressing of a Pink or Carna- 

 tion, he takes to himself great praise. 



Towards the end of this month, your flowers will 

 have attained their greatest beauty and splendour : 

 they should then be removed to the stage fronting 

 the east, to catch the morning sun, which sun is all 

 they require from this time till October. 



I shall now leave you for a w r hile to enjoy their 

 smiles, contemplate their charms, and partake of 

 their fragrance, with this strict injunction, that you 

 do not keep them too long upon the stage, to the 

 injury of their future health and well doing. 



When you remove them from the stage, you must 

 still continue them in a north-east aspect, to avoid 

 the scorching rays of the summer's sun ; they should 

 be set upon thin boards or thin slates, lying on a 

 bed of coal-ashes. Now they are out of bloom, they 

 will require very frequent/ almost daily watering, 

 through the pipe of the water-pot, and occasionally 

 with a fine rose, over the leaves. It is best to do 

 this frequently and moderately, and not to saturate 



