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grey feather down centre, and grey 

 zigzag baud all rouud, under side 

 bronzy chocolate. Peperomia ari folia, 

 fine marbled leaf. Antliurium augus- 

 tifolium, small plants, not yet ia cha- 

 racter, outline of leaf very bold, and 

 divided by bars of grey-green. Cha- 

 mperantbetnum reticulatum, large 

 ovate leaf, dull greeu, grey midrib 

 and grey veins, flower-stalk rising. 

 Asplenium Puillipense, finely-divided 

 fronds. Asplenium alatum, once- 

 divided fronds, large pinna?, vivipa- 

 rous, handsome. From Mr. W. 

 Tnompson, Tavern Street, Ipswicb, 

 Aubrietia Grseca, a pretty compact- 

 growing rosy-purple flowered species, 

 the flowers large and flat. 



.National Auricula Show, Cam- 

 bridge. April 6. — This took place 

 in connection with the grand Exhi- 

 bition of the Cambridgeshire Horti- 

 cul'ui'al Society. The society's ex- 

 bition took place in the Guildhall ; 

 the auricula show in a room ad 

 joining. The principal attraction 

 for exhibitors was the silver cup, 

 which was taken by Mr. Charles 

 Turner, of Slough, whose plants were 

 in superb condition, lusty in health, 

 mostly well out, and with no trace 

 of the coarseness whii-h was but too 

 perceptible in 1864. when the plants 

 appeared to have been subjected to 

 stimulants. Mr. Turner's silver cup 

 lot were — Taylor's Glory, Clioetham's 

 Lancashire Hero, Fletcher's Ne Plus 

 Ultra, Ashworth's Regular, Headly's 

 Conductor (uot much known, in the 

 way of Turner's Ensign), Spalding's 

 Bessie Bell, Spalding's Metropolitan, 

 Turner's Ensign. First in collections 

 of eight, Mr. Richard Headly, Staple- 

 ford, with Headly's George Light- 

 body, Advancer, green edge ; Charles 

 Brown, grey edge; Ann Smith, Stur- 

 rock's Mrs. Sturrock, Lightoody's 

 Meteor Flag, Page's Champion, Sum- 

 merscale'8 Catherina. These were a 

 very even and beautiful collection. 

 Second, Mr. J. L. Coleman, of Nor- 

 wich, with Fletcher's Ne Plus Ultra, 

 Cheetham's National Hero, Light- 

 body's Colonel Taylor, Eclipse, Light- 

 body's Meteor Flag, Dickson's Duke 

 of Cambridge, poor; Lightbody's Sir 

 William Peel, fine. Third, Mr. J. 

 Douglas, of York, the secretary of 



the society. In this lot was a nice 

 seedling, pip average size, flit, and 

 smooth, colour pure maroon, thin, 

 paste. Mr. C. Turner was first in 

 collections of four with Howard's 

 Lord Nelson, Lee's Bright Venus, 

 Headly's George Lightbody, and 

 Master Hole, a striking dark self, 

 large, rather rough, colour blackish 

 maroon, good pa^te, and thrum ex- 

 cellent. Second, Mr. R. Headlv with 

 Traill's Napoleon, Grey *****, 

 grey edge, petals large and pointed, 

 heavy maroon body colour, narrow 

 paste, large eye Another seedling 

 in the same lot has a lively violet-blue 

 body colour, and a sharp white edge; 

 a very pleasing flower, though not 

 smooth enough. Another seedling i8 

 a violet self, quite a rough flower, 

 though showy. 



Green-edged : 1st, Mr. Charles 

 Turner, with Lightbody's Inkerman. 

 2nd, Mr. Charles' Turner, with Dick- 

 son's Duke of Cambridge. 3rd, Mr. 

 H. Headly, with Seedling, lively ma- 

 roon shading to red, clear green edge, 

 pure paste, large eye, rough. 4th, 

 Mr. Charles Turner, with Olliver's 

 Lovely Ann. 5th, Mr. Headly, Seed- 

 ling, dull brown, thin body colour, 

 pa<te good, eye too large. — Grey- 

 edged : 1st, Mr. H. Stewart, of York, 

 with Conqueror of Europe. 2nd, Mr. 

 hi Headly, Seedling, in the way of 

 Conqueror of Europe ; a refined 

 flower, body colour darker than Con- 

 queror, and eye more decided yellow. 

 Mr. Headly told me he expected this 

 would beat Conqueror ; it is certainly 

 a very promising seedling, but it has 

 none of the bold, dashing, and dis- 

 tinctive character of the old favourite 

 about it at present. 3rd, Mr. Charles 

 Turner, with Barlow's Morning Star. 

 4th, Mr. Charles Turner, with Headlv's 

 Staple ford Hero. 5th, Mr. Charles 

 Turner, with Headly's George Light- 

 body.— lndte-edged : 1st, Mr. J. L, 

 Coleman, of Norwich, with No. 68, 

 a superb seedling, large, circular, 

 smooth, ground blackish maroon, 

 paste very pure, large eye. 2nd, Mr. 

 R. Headly, No. 34, a beautiful violet 

 ground, the pip not flat enough, 

 wanted a day or two more to show 

 its character fairly. 3rd, Mr. R. 

 Headly, No. 38, a rather rough but 



