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This disease is also said to be infectious; but, 

 from its sweeping effects when and where it does 

 happen, it is manifest that either the soil or situ- 

 ation is unfavourable. It is therefore good ma- 

 nagement, so soon as one appears to be affected, 

 to shift the whole into fresh loamy compost, and 

 give them a drier situation. 



Description of a Jine auricula, — " The stem 

 should be strong, erect, and elastic, of a proper 

 height, that the bunch or truss may be above the 

 foliage of the plant. The footstalks of the florets 

 should also be strong and elastic, and of a propor- 

 tional length to the size and quantity of the pips, 

 which should not be less than seven in number, 

 that the bunch may be rather round, close, and 

 compact. 



" The parts of the floret are the tube, the eye, 

 and the exterior circle, containing the ground 

 colour, with its edge or margin : these three 

 should be all well proportioned, which will be 

 the case if the diameter of the floret be supposed 

 to be divided into six parts ; of which the dia- 



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