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■out of the pots ; great care being taken to keep 
the earth in a regular moist state. In about 
four or five weeks— perhaps three weeks if in 
it green-house— the seeds will break ground, 
and when the leaf begins to appear you must 
take care by degrees to admit air, first by rais- 
ing the glass a little on one side by a small 
piece of wood or tile, which can easily be re- 
moved when it is found necessary to give the 
plants water, which should still be done by 
pouring it over the glass, by which means you 
run no risk of washing up the plants, and every 
part of the earth will get a sufficient degree of 
moisture, after which air can again be admit- 
ted ; and, as your plants advance in size, more 
air can be given by raising the glass quite level 
all round, and as they get strength let it be 
raised higher by degrees, and when they appear 
with four leaves, it may be entirely remov- 
ed. You must then let the plants be expos- 
ed to gentle rains, but by no means to very 
heavy ones ; take care to keep them clear of 
weeds, and the sooner you do this the better, 
before your Auricula roots spread so as to be 
liable to be disturbed by your weeding t a very 
little attention will serve to distinguish the 
young weeds from the seedling plants. When 
yoiu’ seedling plants are young, consequently 
