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pum, with this exception, — train several of them 

 upon wires, or small sticks, which will give them a 

 fine effect, allowing others to hang pendent on the 

 sides of the pots. They will flower all the year, 

 and be of the utmost service to turn out into the 

 flower borders. 



PRIMULA AURICULA. 

 Class, Pentandria. Order, Monogynia. 



Primulace^:. 

 Native of Switzerland. — Propagation, seeds, di- 

 vision. 



The proper time for potting this little favourite 

 is early in August. It thrives well in two parts 

 yellow loam and one part cow-dung : which should 

 have been one year in the compost yard before being 

 mixed, and when mixed, the compost should remain 

 another year before it is used, during which period 

 it should be turned over several times. Have your 

 pots well drained; use No. 48. Take the best suckers, 

 and pot them in the above soil ; give them a good 

 watering, and place them in a single or double light 

 box, according to the number of plants, plunging 

 them in ashes within about six inches from the glass. 

 Shut up close for about a week, and shade from 

 the sun, then give air gradually. When you have 

 got them sufficiently hardy, draw off the lights 

 early in the morning, and after the sun has left the 

 frame. You may harden them to the sun by de- 



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