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ON TRANSPLANTING ASPARAGUS.-AURICULA CULTURE. 
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upon them, and the tree will flourish better than before. But defer root-pruning 
till the winter, or worse still, the spring, and fruitful crops of bleeding, exhaustion, 
and lingering deaths will probably be the only harvests reaped.—D. T. Fish, 
Bury St. Edmund's. 
ON TRANSPLANTING ASPARAGUS. 
(T is not my present purpose to enter into the general subject of the culture 
of Asparagus, as that is well understood, but briefly to give some useful 
hints respecting transplanting it. Formerl} 7, I used to follow the common 
way of making fresh beds of Asparagus in spring, but though this was done 
with care, many of the plants would fail, owing to their roots being exposed to 
cold and dry winds, which often prevail at that season. In order to avoid this 
evil, I transplant or make the beds in summer, say in July—if possible during 
dull showery weather; and when the plants are well watered, they grow freely, 
though seedlings of the current season. To obviate any doubts that may suggest 
themselves, I may mention that the plan is not new, having been noticed some 
years back in the memoirs of the Caledonian Horticultural Society, perhaps about 
the time when the late Mr. McNab of Edinburgh spoke so highly of the utility of 
transplanting evergreen shrubs in summer. This period in some degree falls 
in with the gradual u fall of their leaf ” in summer, especially in the case of 
Hollies and evergreen Oaks. It is not easy to ascertain the age of the leaves 
of evergreens; some of them appear to last many years, before they gradually 
wane and fall off during summer; but probably that is the best time to trans¬ 
plant them, at least, before their fresh leaves appear.—J. Wighton, Cossey Park. 
AURICULA CULTURE. 
|AVING on a former occasion (p. 140) made a few remarks on the treat¬ 
ment of Auriculas during the summer months, I now purpose to add a 
few observations on their subsequent management. Presuming that the 
plants have been kept in a shady situation until the present time, they 
should now be removed into a cold pit or frame, so placed as to face the east, 
that the plants may have the morning sun. It is very essential to have the 
plants raised up near to the glass, as they then get more light and air; and damp 
being less likely to hang about them, they can be dried off the more readily than 
if sunk down too low in the pit, as we often see them. During the months of 
November, December, and January, Auriculas are in a dormant state, and will re¬ 
quire to be watered sparingly; just enough should be given them, occasionally, 
to keep the foliage from getting flaccid. Particular care should be taken at this 
season not to allow any water to get into the hearts of the plants, as this is liable 
to prove fatal to them. The plants will naturally during this winter season lose 
many of their leaves, so that it is necessary to have them frequently picked over 
and divested of all decayed or decaying matters. Should the plants at any time 
