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four or five inches deep, so that the plants may easily 

 slip out, with all the earth round them. When the 

 offsets have been thus planted, trim the fibres of the 

 mother-plant, and replace it again in its pot, add- 

 ing a little fresh earth to supply the place of that 

 vt-hich is removed in trimming the fibres. Give the 

 plants and offsets a gentle watering and place them in 

 the shade (the warmer the weather, the more shade 

 and water they require.) Be careful not to place 

 them under trees ; the water that drops from them, 

 both in showers of rain and afterwards, is very per- 

 nicious to all kinds of plants and flowers ; the plants 

 thus managed, will be strongly rooted before winter. 

 {Emmertons Auricula, 127.) 



By Seed. — By this mode new varieties are obtained, 

 and by very careful attention to the selection of the 

 parents, and that no impregnation takes place from 

 undesired plants, very considerable control may be 

 exercised over the qualities obtained to the progeny. 

 This control, however, is very far from being abso- 

 lute, for grey-edged seedlings will come from green- 

 edged parents, and far more of selfs than any parti- 

 coloured flowers. For this reason Mr. Emmerton is 

 quite right in recommending Auricula fanciers to en- 

 deavour to save seed annually sufiicient to raise about 

 400 seedhngs, out of which they might succeed in 

 bringing 300 to the condition of healthy blooming 

 plants. From 20 to 24 young plants will produce, 

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