piants, it will cause them to look of a sickly 
yellow hue, and if so, they will not recover till 
about the 10th of March ; a trifling frost will 
not be a quarter so injurious as hea \7 rains in 
November and December. These flowers do 
not require to be treated as green-house 
plants, by any means : my exposing them to all 
the air imaginable, during the day-time, I have 
every reason to believe promoted then* health, 
vigour, and hardihood, and consequently in- 
sured a good bloom in the spring. 
I have noticed many persons’ flowers which 
were kept more confined, by having the lights 
more shut down, and their plants, when first put 
into the frame in October, were sufficiently 
fine, strong, and healthy withal, but for want 
of more natural air their flowers have been 
feeble, and not by any means rich and brilliant 
in their ground colours. I have heard several 
of the London florists say, why, your air at Bar- 
net is so fine and clear, that is the cause of your 
Auriculas appearing so brilliant in their colours ; 
when at the same time the natural air they 
do possess round the metropolis they will not 
permit their flowers to enjoy, but keep the 
lights on day after day, when they should be 
clear off and exposed to the air ; and if a little 
sun should peep out, all the better 5 foggy 
