lose its. virtue under three or four years, I 
should appeal to the judgment of those who 
are well versed in the laws of vegetation, who 
all agree that the nourishment is not drawn by 
the great root, but only by the small ones. 
Pots. 
Pots for large blooming plants to be made 
as under : 
8 Inches high, 
5 1 Inches diameter at the top, 
4 1 Inches at the bottom. 
The pots, as named above, should be of that 
size when burnt (or nearly so) with a handsome 
plain full rim, by no means ornamented, they 
wdll be in shape deep and upright, which is 
best calculated to set off this beautiful flower 
on the Auricula stage. The pots that are in- 
tended tor yomig maiden plants must be made 
in the same shape, but of a size in proportion. 
New pots, taken immmediately from the 
fire, have a certain heat, which they retain a 
long time, and should never therefore be used 
till they have lain twenty-four horn’s in cold 
water : this heat, if suffered to remain in the 
pots till the small roots reach their sides, would 
prove injmlous to the plants, for the earth of 
