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The latter best in — 



Uniformity ... 2 

 Size ... 1 



Again, we will suppose other two flowers. No 1, 

 best in form and colour ; which would be 5 and 3=8. 

 No. 2, best in distribution, uniformity, and size; 

 which would reckon 4, 2, 1=7. No. 2 would thus 

 lose by one point. 



Another example will be sufficient to show the 

 working of this method. No. 1, best harmony or 

 distribution, and most intense in colour, would be 

 4 and 3, =7. No. 2, best form, uniformity of truss 

 and size, 5, 2, 1=^8. No. 2 winning by one point. 

 (Ibid. 272.) 



EXHIBITING. 



In different localities various systems of exhibiting 

 the Auricula are in practice. In the south it is usual 

 to shew in pairs — a green and grey, or white edge, 

 for instance. In other parts of the country, pairs of 

 four, consisting of the above varieties, with a self- 

 coloured one added, are brought in competition : to 

 those, some societies add an Alpine. Others, again, 

 shew entirely in classes, the flowers being placed first, 

 second, third, &c., according to their respective merits 

 in each colour. These various systems of exhibiting 

 are of course mere matters of taste or convenience. 



