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ceed next to give you the best information I am 
able in what way the plants should be treated, 
so as to bloom them in fine perfection, with 
large flat or level pips, and beautiful trusses. 
I beg leave to introduce here, for the infor- 
mation of my readers, the three last Composts. 
No. 6, 7j tiud 8, will answer extremely well for 
double crimson, double white, and any other 
sorts ot primroses or polyanthuses, as the very 
choice sorts require nearly the same treatment 
as the Auricula. My reason for recommend- 
ing the three last Composts is, that primroses 
require a greater portion of loam. They bloom 
far superior to those planted in the ground, and 
the choice sorts are so liable to perish in the 
winter, if left out on the natiual ground. They 
are easily increased, if attended to about the 
last week in May, or beginning of June, by 
dividing the crown with a sharp knife, and 
cutting the grass short alter the manner of pink 
pipings. Although they have little or any 
root, place a number of them in a large pot, 
or in the ground, and place a hand-glass over 
them without heat, in a cool situation, and 
in the course of eight weeks they will be 
fit to pot oft' in single pots ; of course, polyan- 
thuses be increased in the same way. 
