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four days, or a week, before they are 
wanted for ufe : the harder the pots 
are baked the lefs they abforb ; at the 
fame time they are much ftronger, and 
will confequently be of longer duration. 
The moll advifable time to tranfplant, 
or as it is ufually termed to pot Auricu¬ 
las, is immediately, or foon after bloom, 
and this fhould be repeated annually 
(notwithflanding the opinion of fome 
people to the contrary, who fay the 
plants bloom better the fecond year 
after potting) for this obvious reafon, 
that it preferves the health and confuta¬ 
tion of the plants, by affording them a 
frefh fupply of nutriment; and at the 
fame time the cultivator has an oppor¬ 
tunity of curtailing their fibres, if grown 
very long, or of cutting off the lower 
part of the main root, if too long, or 
the end of it if decayed ; thereby forcing 
the 
