AURICULA. 
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weather, the feed plants muft be regu¬ 
larly watered, in the manner before 
dire&ed, or otherwife with a fine rofe, 
as often as they appear to require it: 
much depends on a due attention to this 
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particular point. 
The feed will commonly ripen in June 
and July; it is advifable frequently to 
vifit the plants at this period, and care¬ 
fully to gather fuch pods or heads of 
feed as appear perfe&ly dry and brown, 
and begin to open : if all the pods upon 
the fame flem are ripe together, they 
may be cut off with part of the flem to 
which they are connefled ; but if fome 
of the pods are not fufficiently ripe, 
fuch as are fhould be carefully picked 
out from the reft, as they become fo. 
The feed, thus collefled, fhould remain 
in the pericarpium, or feed-veffel, in a 
dry room, till the feafon for fowing. 
TJ January, 
