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find jour interest in adopting iiiy 
plan ; and if you cultivate only for 
amusement, you will have the plea- 
sure of beholding large trusses of fine 
bloom to repay your care in the 
spring, the season when the mind, 
tired of the dreary scenes of winter, 
hails even the sight of the wild prim- 
rose with joy, and contemplates the 
renovated beauties of nature with the 
most lively satisfaction. 
I have known several gentlemen 
and ladies at different times come to 
view my stage of Auriculas when in 
bloom, who, struck with their magni- 
ficent appearance and dazzling beau- 
ty, have entered strongly into the 
fancy, and have been at considerable 
pains and expense to procure a col- 
lection of fashionable sorts, that is to 
say, those in most request at the 
time ; and, in the course of one or 
two years, have either lost the whole 
