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then pricked out, two inches apart, in middle 

 sized pots, in which they are nursed till the 

 month of August, when they are again trans- 

 planted singly into the smallest sized pots, viz. 

 sixties, or three together at equal distances, 

 round the outside of forty-eights. Here they 

 remain to flower ; and then comes the most in- 

 teresting period of their culture. The hopes and 

 curiosity of the florist are wound up to the 

 highest pitch. If he happens to have raised a 

 fair portion of third and fourth rates, he regrets 

 neither his toil nor trouble, though he may have 

 many pin-eyed flow ers to reject : if a few second 

 rates, he is highly gratified ; but if he has suc- 

 ceeded in raising a prime superior flower, he 

 enjoys unqualified delight. 



Emmerton, who has written with much ability 

 and minuteness on the culture of the auricula, 

 gives his advice as to the best kinds to breed 

 from, viz. ^' To breed fine light-green, green, or 

 grey-edged seedlings, plant two of Barlow's 

 king, and four of Grimes's privateer, in a pot. 

 To breed fine green-edged seedlings, take three 



