1 candidly confess it was my practice to re- 
move tiiem annually, but provided the com- 
post be of a rich quality, in my opinion the 
large blooming plants that are in the full sized 
pots do not require it, for the reason 1 before 
stated. 
As a proof that the strong blooming plants 
do not require removing every year, provided 
they are healthy and like the compost (for 
when plants are growing and doing well, then 
let well alone) on Monday, June 10th, 1805, 
I began to transplant my large blooming Auri - 
cula plants, which was completed in three or 
four days ; the mould was entirely shaken clear 
from the roots ; the weather at this period was 
showery, and continued so for a length of time; 
the plants grew delightfully line, and bloomed 
well in the spring, 1806. This season I had 
no removal of large plants, but suffered them 
to remain in the pots ; they grew remarkably 
sti-ong and fine during the summer and au - 
tumn season ; but were fresh earthed on the 
21st of May, 1806, after the same manner as 
in February, which was also done a second 
time about the 16th of July in the same year. 
The strong blooms they threw up in the spring, 
1807, were beyond my expectations; the plants 
were very healthy, and grew during the months 
