So soon as tliey are placed in their winter 
situation, during the autumn and winter 
months, even down to the 5th of April, or 
thereabouts, I expose them, during tiie day, to 
as much air as possible, by having the lights 
entirely off (except in rainy weather) while 
some people make a point of keeping their 
lights on, and giving them air behind only ; 
at the same time be careful to observe, during 
the months of November and December, it is 
necessary they should be kept very dry, and 
more so in December, as in case of a severe 
frost the weather has less power on the roots 
of tile plants, for it frequently happens during 
those two latter months you have three or four 
successive wet days ; if so, it is vciy requisite 
the lights should be kept over the flowers, but 
by no means kept close shut down, as this will 
serve to injure your plants materially, there- 
fore give them all the air you conveniently can 
behind, as the Auricula itself is quite as hardy, 
or nearly so, as the common Prirnrose, but 
they cannot stand the heavy autumn and winter 
rains — the greatest enemy this plant has, it is 
death to them. I have seen much mischief 
done by their being suffered to be very much 
exposed to wet during this season of the year ; 
if it does not immediately kill or rot your 
