I5o NEW ZEALAND GARDENING. 



for early blooming must have plenty of air, and a tempera- 

 ture not lower than 45; they will also require tying out. 

 Young plants in their cutting boxes in frames will require 

 all the air they can get to prevent them from damping 

 off. A little occasional heat for the next two months 

 will be of great service. 



Cold Pits and Frames. Plants wintered in pots in 

 frames should, in favourable weather, be often and carefully 

 looked over, and every decayed leaf removed. On mild, 

 dry days the sashes may with advantage be taken off for a 

 few hours in the middle of the day. Auriculas in pots 

 should be carefully attended to this month. Give them 

 plenty of air whenever circumstances are favourable for it, 

 and remove with the scissors dead or decaying leaves. The 

 soil in the pots should be kept just barely damp throughout, 

 but not more, and there should be no crowding of the plants. 

 Keep a sharp look-out for green fly, and with the aphis brush 

 or the finger and thumb, or by fumigation, promptly 

 dispose of the pest. Thrip, too, is a great enemy of the 

 Auricula, and any plant so placed as to be affected by it 

 should be immediately removed to another position. 



