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use pots of too large a size. {Gard. Chron., 1841, 

 397.) 



Mr. Emmerton recommends the employment of a 

 larger pot, and as he only repotted once in two or 

 three years, such increased size was, under such treat- 

 ment, advisable. The dimensions of the pots, and the 

 mode of repotting, recommended by him, are as fol- 

 lows : — For large blooming plants the pots to be 

 eight inches high ; five-and-a-half inches diameter at 

 the top, and four-and-a-half inches at the bottom. 

 In transplanting, place by the side of the hole a 

 small piece of tile, and over the hole a hollow oyster- 

 shell, resting on the edge of the tile (this plan 

 drains off the water well), after which, fill up two or 

 three inches deep with pieces of old loam, but not 

 sifted ; if it has been soaked in manure it will be 

 no worse ; after this, fill your pot about three parts 

 full with the prepared compost, and let it be well 

 shook down on your potting board ; this is too often 



But this is not the only evidence against the practice, for the 

 Lancashire weavers are some of the best growers of the Auri- 

 cula, and on no account will they plant one in a soft, or 

 slightly-burnt pot. The pots the weavers usually bloom their 

 Auriculas in, are eighteens, about six inches diameter at top, 

 and the same in depth. There can be no doubt, that the evapo- 

 ration from the sides of porous pots must cause such a degree 

 of cold as to keep the roots in a temperature relatively much 

 too low, compared with that in which the leaves are growing. 



