Plate 341. 



AURICULA, PETER CAMPJ3ELL 

 (CUNNINGHAM'S). 



A few years ago we figured an Auricula wliicli brought 

 before us by its nauie two of the luost emiuent and successful 

 cultivators of this beautiful flower, Ileadlys Geon/c Lir/Jttbodi/. 

 We now figure another which, in the same way, marks two dis- 

 tinguished cultivators, whose names are not perhaps quite so 

 well known, but who have nevertheless added much to the 

 interest in this flower, especially in Scotland. Mr. P. Campbell, 

 of Falkirk, is well known to Auricula lovers as the raiser of 

 those fine flowers — Lord Palmersfon, green edge, Eobert Burns, 

 white, and Pizarro, self; while Mr. Cunningham has not only 

 raised this fine variety, but also Juhn Waterstcin, of which we 

 have heard, although we have not seen it, that it is even supe- 

 rior to George Lighthody, which is generally looked on now as 

 the standard of perfection. 



"NMieu the present rage for bedding has somewhat subsided, 

 and there is a return to the love for those fine florists' flowers 

 which tended so mucli to increase the love for floriculture in 

 this country, we have no doubt that the Auricula will again be 

 sought after ; indeed, we are told that at the Botanic Society's 

 show in April this year, the fine collection exliibited by Mr. C. 

 Turner, of the Eoyal Nurseries, Slough, attracted so mucli 

 attention, that a speedy return of them to favour was pre- 

 dicted. 



Peter CampheU, raised by Mr. Cunningham, of Brookfield 

 Cottage, near Johnstone, N.B., is a flower of fine properties; 

 the edge a lovely bright green, and the ground-colour a beau- 



