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By no means remove your large blooming Auricula 

 plants in dry hot weather, as by shaking the mould 

 clean out of the plant the roots will not freely draw 

 fresh fibres, except the weather is inclined to be 

 showery, and what is termed a cool moist air. Fine 

 young maiden plants, in small pots, may be repotted 

 even in dry weather, for they can be slipped out of 

 the pots with the whole bail of earth, and then im- 

 mediately planted in a fall-sized blooming pot for the 

 ensuing season. 



Treatment after Repotting. — We have already 

 given the requisite directions for the placing the 

 shifted plants in a place having a northern or north- 

 eastern aspect, with shutters or other facilities for oc- 

 casional shelter. Water must be given at the time of 

 shifting, and afterwards at least four times a week, if 

 dry weather, during the whole of June, July and 

 August. During September and October they re- 

 quire not more than half that quantity of water. 



Do not cut down the flower-stem when the bloom 

 is })ast, as it sometimes rots down into the heart, and 

 thus injures the plant. It is better simply to remove 

 the flowers, leaving the stalk until it becomes suffici- 

 ently ripe to separate freely from the plant. (Gard. 

 Journ. 1846, 324). 



