it should not be earlier than May-day, or on the 
3d or 4th of May. You have no occasion to 
be apprehensive that your best flowers will be 
out of bloom, if placed in a shady situation, as 
I have before directed. At Middleton, near 
Manchester, the shew-day, in 1812, was fixed 
on the 8th of May ; and many years ago there 
was a shew at Hornsey, Middlesex, as late as 
the 9th of May. Dulwich shew-day, in 1808, 
was on the 8th of May, and plenty of flowers 
were produced at this time. 
The Mst Mode of conveying Floivers to the 
place of Exhibition. 
When you convey the Auricula truss or blos- 
soms to a distant place for exhibition, place a 
stick behind the truss in the same manner 
you would behind any other flower, draw 
the pips up very close together (do not be 
dfraid) you will not injure them by so doing j 
after which place a small quantity of moss un- 
der the pips, and also a small bit round that 
part of the stem where the wet matting goes, 
to prevent its cutting or bruising. I beg to 
observe, the truss of flowers must be tied 
pretty firm and steady, for if the pips are a 
little loose, they will rub each other by tra- 
velling, and receive considerable injury ; but 
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