188 DAHLIAS. [NOV. 



out all the winter, should be planted high above 

 the ground, on rock work, that the wet may 

 drain off, and these, as well as such as are in 

 pots, should not have a southern aspect, lest 

 they be too early and treacherously coaxed 

 into vegetation. This treatment is absolutely 

 necessary^ to preserve all the primula tribe, 

 among which the auricula, (the most beautiful 

 of florists' flowers,) is classed. 



I had almost forgotten the dahlias: I am 

 abdut to take up mine, their leaves being de- 

 stroyed by the frost three nights ago. I find 

 I am more fortunate than some of my friends, 

 whose dahlias were touched by the frost in the 

 middle of last month. I shall now take them, 

 cut off the stems close to the roots, and put 

 them away in a dry place, secure from cold and 

 damp till the spring. 



The same must be done by the roots of mar- 



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