May were of such magnitude, and of such a 
thick fleshy substance, that they at all times 
and seasons used to delight and surprize the 
generality of Auricula growers 5 besides which, 
I steadily remarked for years that the pips were 
always very large and bold, and remarkably 
brilliant in the colours (I should be soriy to 
praise myself too much) but I seldom, if ever, 
saw Auriculas bloom with such magnificent 
pips, and such very strong, beautiful, lively 
colours — it is impossible to express their great 
beauty here. The best thing I can do, is to 
recommend my readers to turn florists, if they 
have a suitable situation, and try the experi- 
ment of this little Treatise, which, I will ven- 
ture to say, will in no shape mislead or deceive 
them. 
The way I used to prepare my Composts, 
was to have a hole dug in the garden at a 
moderate distance from the house, its size 
about 3 feet over and 18 or 20 inches deep, 
or not more than 2 feet. I then used to pro- 
cure from some peasant or a neighbouring 
farmer about two barrowsful of goose citing or 
pigeons’ dung j but the dung from geese, I am 
persuaded, is by far the best, and if the ani- 
mals have been up fatting, the dung, I should 
imagine, is no worse. I then had these said 
