time carefully defended from frosts, arid haii 
storms, that they may shoot fresh fibres the 
sooner, for they at this season begin to vege- 
tate fast. The plan liitherto laid down should 
be attended to till about the 10th or 12th of 
March, from this time; to bloom them veiy line, 
they want warmer clothing, for fear of frosty 
nights; but to add more covering till then 
might spoil the good effect that is intended, 
and perhaps serve only to injure your plants. 
MARCH AND APRIL. 
Great care and attention are now required 
to defend the coming bloom against frost, from 
the 12th March to 25th of April, or thereabouts. 
To bloom your Auriculas w ell, too great at- 
tention cannot be paid to them for about four 
or five weeks, viz. to use the language of a 
florist, to prevent them from being set, when 
all trouble and danger will be completely over. 
This strict care commences about the 20th or 
22d of March, and ends, as I calculate, by the 
25th of April, or thereabouts, so much depends 
on the season, when the flowers in and near to 
London will be in such a forward state as fit 
to be placed on the stage, and in the course of 
a few days will so much improve, that they 
will have attained their greatest perfection and 
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