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the auriculas, sink them up to their leaves in the soil, but do not 

 press the mould round the plant, as the flowers bloom finest when 

 the roots touch the sides of the flower pot. 



The auricula is esteemed fine that has a low stem, a stalk pro- 

 portioned to the flower, the eye s well opened, and always dry. 

 The glossy, the velvet, and the streaked auriculas are the most 

 admired. The stalk should be tlecked with many flower-bells, to 

 be handsome and healthy. 



Take care to pull off all dead leaves round the plant at all 

 times, that it may appear neat and clean. Neatness is favorable 

 to its perfect growth, as well as decorating it to the eye. 



The Ranunculus does not like being mixed up with other 

 flowers, and from this " aristocratic principle " it is always planted 

 in separate knots. 



This flower loves sun and warmth. The root must be planted 

 in September, to bloom early in the summer, and it delights in 

 a rich, moist soil, well dug, and raked soft and fine. When you 

 plant them in beds or pots, they must be sunk two inches deep, 

 and dibble the hole with a round, not pointed, dibble. Place the 

 roots four or five inches apart, in the warmest situation in your 

 garden. By planting ranunculuses in pots, you can more easily 

 place them in warm situations, and withdraw them from heavy 

 rains. The more room you give these roots the finer they will 

 grow and blow. If your plots will allow of so doing, let the 

 roots be planted six or seven inches apart. The flowers will 

 repay your care. When ranunculuses in pots have flowered, re- 

 move them from the August rains, or take up the roots, to re- 

 plant in September. 



The Ranunculus with the double white flower must not be 

 taken up until September, when it should be taken up quickly ? 

 its roots parted, and replanted immediately. 



