APR.] FLOWERS. 489 



Auriculas. 



Auriculas will now be coming full into bloom, 

 and those that are not in a stage : frame must be care- 

 fully attended to, in order that they may be pro- 

 duced in full beauty, and that such beauty may be 

 prolonged. They should, therefore, be shaded from 

 the sun, from eight or nine in the morning till three 

 or four in the afternoon, in clear weather ; that is, 

 if the situation in which tljey are placed be not ful- 

 ly shaded. They should also be effectually screened 

 from rains, and from the wind ; as the fine farina 

 upon the bloom, which adds so much to their beau- 

 ty, is easily displaced by either. They must be fre- 

 quently, and moderately supplied with water ; but 

 must not be watered over head, lest the above-men- 

 tioned farina be washed off. 



Auriculas, placed in a properly constructed stage* 

 frame, require less trouble and attention than in any 

 other way. In short, they need only a regular air- 

 ing and watering. The sun can only hit them in 

 the mornings or evenings, and never between the 

 hours of eight and four throughout the day. If the 

 frame be placed near a wall, house, or trees, on the 

 west side of it, the plants can only then have the 

 sun in the morning ; and if it be placed near to trees 

 or buildings to the east of it, then only in the even- 

 ing. 



The kind of frame I here allude to, is placed on 

 four or six strong posts, according to its length, fif- 

 teen inches above ground. Supposing its floor level 

 at that height, then the back is raised four feet and 



