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Our own experience is against this result being 

 produced by early repotting. In the first place there 

 is no need of using a stimulating compost at the time 

 of repotting; and in the second place, the check 

 given to the plants by the transplanting has a decisive 

 tendency to prevent autumn-blooming. 



Maddock, Emmerton, and Dr. Horner, all agree in 

 recommending early repotting, and we give the latter's 

 observations without curtailment. 



The best time for potting is immediately after the 

 plants have bloomed; for, on account of the long 

 previous confinement in the frame, the frequent water- 

 ings, and excitement of blooming, the Auricula is 

 very apt to contract disease, especially rot or decay 

 in some part of the main or tap-root. This, in repot- 

 ting, is at once detected, and consequently the life of 

 the plant saved. Moreover, by early potting, ample 

 time is given for the pot to get well filled with young 

 healthy roots before the approach of winter — the 

 great secret of a vigorous bloom the following spring. 

 Neglect of yearly repotting is a great evil. 



Potting is thus performed : — 1st. Put at the bot- 

 tom of the pot at least one inch and a half of crocks 

 of broken garden-pots ; on these place a thin layer of 

 decayed leaves unbroken up ; they prevent the soil 



view is to obtain offsets, for the plants make their increase in 

 this mode just after they have done blooming, and potting at 

 that time stops the process. 



