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Cultivation of Wola tricolor. 



ing them in the ephemeral columns of a newspaper, I shall 

 transmit them to Mr. Loudon for insertion in his valuable Gar- 

 dener^s Magazine, along with the serious complaint and petition 

 from Viola, and the outlines of Tenebrosa, in the hope that he 

 will judge them worthy of a place. Should florists adopt your 

 criteria as a standard, first-rate flowers will be like " angels' 

 visits," &c. I am, my dear Sir, yours truly, 



Dr. Miller, King Street, Perth. 



Archibald Gorrie. 



Complaint and Petition from Wola tricolor to Mr. A. Gorrie. 



Honoured Sir, 

 As an early patron of myself and family, I beg leave to lay 

 before you my complaint. Ever since you honoured us with 

 your notice, some fifteen years ago (see Vol. VIII, p. 573.), we 

 have risen daily in public estimation ; but I am sorry to say our 

 numerous admirers do not always evince that nice discrimination, 

 and good taste in estimating our merits, which ere while we ex- 

 perienced under your fostering care. In a family so numerous 

 and sportive as ours, it necessarily follows that we are not of 

 equal merit ; and I am often not a little irritated, when I see one 

 of my favourite offspring, whose symmetry and complexion I 

 consider faultless, passed over for another, whose ungainly form 

 makes me ashamed of our connexion. The public, however, are 

 often pleased with bulk, not quality; and my unfortunate progeny 

 are in a fair way of having their merits judged by the square inch, 

 without regard to their graceful forms or blooming countenances, 

 I have the honour to send 

 you an outline of the coun- 

 tenance of one of my fa- 

 voured daughters, Tene- 

 bros a(y%.107.), of the size 

 of life. I consider her, for 

 form and size (though not 

 for colour), worthy of be- 

 ing the model or standard 

 by which to estimate her 

 kindred. The colours 

 which distinguish my chil- 

 dren ought to be distinct 

 and true ; for, as the use of 

 false colours has been the 

 ruin of many, I disown as mine any who deck themselves in 

 colours which will not endure the light without running into one 

 another, or changing to another hue. My offspring are a merry 

 and rotund generation ; and those who exhibit a long face are not 



