AURICULA. 
boxes, filled with the compoft, about 
an inch and a half, or two inches afun- 
der; and when they are again grown, fo 
as nearly to touch each other, they may 
be a fecond time tranfplanted into larger 
boxes, or round fmall pots, at the dif- 
tance of three or four inches, where they 
fhould remain till they blow, which will 
generally happen the following fpring, 
perhaps before they have acquired any 
confiderable fize ; and then fuch as ap¬ 
pear to be poffefled of merit, fhould be 
marked, and the inferior ones deftroyed. 
As foon as the bloom is over, fuch as 
have been marked fhould be taken up, 
and planted feparately in fmall pots, and 
be taken the fame care of as other Auri- 
culas, till they blow again ; at which 
time their refpeftive merits and properties 
may be afcertained with more accuracy. 
Such weakly plants as are not able to 
