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nations. Auriculas," &c. This shrewd remark is likely to be 

 verified much earlier than we anticipated. 



It has been often said that these plants are diflScult of 

 cultivation. This is unfounded ; indeed, they are the reverse 

 if put in a soil congenial to their nature. When highly 

 manured soils are given, which are poisonous to the plants, 

 sickness or death will inevitably ensue; but this cannot be 

 attributed to the delicacy of their nature. We can unhe- 

 sitatingly say there is no green-house plant more hardy or 

 easier of cultivation, provided they are kept at an even 

 temperature, say from 40° to 45° during night, and 45° to 

 50° during day, and they are equally so in the parlor, if 

 not kept confined in a room where there is a continuance of 

 drying fire heat^ their constitution not agreeing with an arid 

 atmosphere. 



SO WING C A MELLI A SEED. 



These seeds ripen generally during September and October, 

 and must be sown as soon as ripe; plant them about one 

 inch under ground into pots filled with leaf mould, loam, and 

 white sand, in equal portions; if the pots after sowing can 

 be placed in . a hot-house, they will vegetate in about six 

 weeks, and be ready to pot into single pots in February. 

 Many of them will bloom in the second year; but if heat 

 is not accessible, keep the pots in the warmest part of the 

 green-house, and give an occasional watering, and the plants 

 will appear some time in May and June : they will be ready 

 to pot into single pots in September, and after doing so put 

 them into a close frame, and shade them from the sun for a few 

 weeks; use at this potting only about one-fifth of sand. 



NOVEMBER. 

 OF AIR AND WATER. 



Airing the house should be strictly attended to. Every 

 day that there is no frost it may be admitted largely, and 



