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siictuld always have by you, as it will serve for 
green-house and other plants, and will be found 
convenient to gardeners as well iis florists. 
Write out a list or catalogue of your flowers, 
in a book kept for that purpose, specifying the 
name of each flower, and the number belong- 
ing to it ; by this means you will know each 
flower when out of bloom, and it will prevent 
any mistake in disposing of your plants. In 
this book you may likewise enter occasionally 
memoranda and observations relative to the 
culture and management of them. I confess 
to you candidly, if I had not done so, I should 
not have been able to render the information I 
have already given, which will, I trust, prove 
deserving of your study and attention. 
Nothing hurts Auriculas more than keeping 
them too long on your stage ; by so doing 
they get a fatal mouldiness or mildew, and often 
perish. You must not therefore fail to remove 
them as soon as you perceive the flowers are 
fading, and place them in a shady situation, and 
in a full north aspect.—In an early spring, as 
the year 1805, having a good stock of flowers, 
I was able to fill my stage from the 26th of 
April to the 10th or 12th of May ; but in a 
late season they will remain without injury in 
