104 ON AURICULAS 



Grey-edge. — Smith's General Pearson's liberty 



Bolivar Ryder's Waterloo 



Ackerley's Alpine shep- Syke's complete 



erdess Thompson's Bang up 



Clegg's General Morillo Ditto revenge 



Faulkener's ne pins ultra Ditto cottager 



Grime's Privateer Taylor's ploughboy 



Hey's Lovely Ann Waterhouse's conqueror 



Kenyon's ringleader of Europe. 



Oliver's lovely Ann Warris's union 



Selfs— Burrie's Lord Primate Selfs— Martins's Eclipse. 



Ditto Lord Lee . ai Netherwood's Othello 



Campbell's Lord Byron Redman's Metropolitan 



Gorton's Stadtholder Scholey's Ned Leed 



Grime's Flora's flag Fintu's Rosetta 



Miller's Lord Howe Whittak'er's true blue 

 Forfarshire, March 11th, 1837. 



ARTICLE III. 



ON THE SOIL PROPER FOR AURICULAS, AND THE CULTURE OF 

 THE GENUS LUPINUS. 



BY AMICUS FLORIBUS. 



Having had a few of the most showy plants made a present to 

 me and they being, as I am told, of a superior description, I have 

 long wished to get a recipe from your extensive, and well regula- 

 ted. Cabinet. I was perusing the number for February, in the 

 present year, and felt myself very much gratified, to find some in- 

 formation on the culture of the above named plant, (by James 

 Shepperd.) He gives very good remarks on the cultivation of the 

 plants, but omits the preparation of the soil used ; he recommends 

 a light, rich, and sweet soil : now for an amateur, this appears ra- 

 ther complexed. He also says, he has for the last ten years, fol- 

 lowed the plan laid down by Mr. Emerton, but loosing so many 

 plants, he feels convinced, that his plan is not a good one. Would 

 he be so kind as to favor me with his recipe, or if not, the compost 

 used by Mr. Emerton, it would, I feel convinced, confer a great 

 favor on many, besides one, who subscribes himself 



Amicus Floribus. 



P. S. Should this be accepted, I herewith send you a method of 



cultivation, which I adopted among that splendid variety of plants, 



the Lupinus. At a time when these plants were scarce, I was 



