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AURICULA. 
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the moffy furface entirely, and fubftitute 
frefh compoft inftead of it; if, however, 
feafonable ftirring be attended to properly, 
this green or moffy furface will never 
appear, and it will likewife prove emi¬ 
nently beneficial in other refpe&s. 
The fureft and bed method to obtain 
fine Auriculas from feed, is as follows, 
viz. In the firft place, young, healthy, 
and ftrong plants fhould be provided, 
of capital high-coloured forts, poffeffing 
firft rate properties : thefe, on the ap¬ 
proach of bloom, fhould be detached 
from the reft, to a remote part of the 
garden, and there expofed to the fun, 
air, and rain, when the laft is in modera¬ 
tion ; but if in excefs, they fhould be 
preferved from it by mats on hoops, or 
the fmall hand-glaffes ufed for the other 
plants, previous to their being ftaged, 
may be placed over them. In dry 
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