H^BIMI 



A GROUP OF AURICULAS. 



L.nn*„s makes the Auricula a species of Primula (P, IM0l4 Aue.cul.O To f . 



stitutes it nto a seDarate a^nuc tj • • "imulaauricula). rournefort con- 



near a chain of t e'l o^Zun, " S \T\ "' "* ^ "^ " ° Ur »*»* " is -ated 

 .he Bearer- tie h ,e tZ m 7, TZ , " Ca " ed * °' d P " rkinSOn ""= *~«* *«*. also 

 to resemble e ea ft, atTnimaT ^T"' ^ ™ **'■ "* ^ * ** **»£«* 

 *« and Nature, ^blf JffiS C ".^ ■ "T ^ * "* U <^ 

 rated leaf, often raised aloft lite a W, a 'he bnc of Co " * Str ° ng ~ 



surrounding the neck of the hZ j J ■ ^ ^ * r ° Und white ™ cl * 



h a, of t he\ordeTl: elites JESTST.!^ T • " " "" "*" 

 purple or ^ t „e most eommon kind, LlSZZ LTi^tlSS 

 *!fi; the purple one in our Pieture is feftM ife^fita, the yellow the ^„ J 



.ore comp.etelv circular, and this I so', STLtffiS ST x' it^ 2 

 these flowers are mueh smaller, and have five stamina. The Anrieu.a was cultivated! It 



f;r:::r^;r: 7 L .::;r underCtesv - p — • — • £X£ 



Queen of the snowy Alps, in glittering pride 



She rears her palace on the mountain's side; 



There, as bright sun-beams light her spangled throne 



Attendant sylphs the aerial Empress own, 



Expand their purple plumes, and raised in air, 



Wave their green banners to protect the fair. 



Imperial Beauty with resistless sway 

 Tames the rude bears, and bids their tribes obey 

 Roar round each crystall'd cliff and moss-girt plain, 

 And guard in shaggy troops her bright domain. 

 Delighted Boreas views her from afar, 

 And drives in stormy state his ebon car; 

 Low at her feet the boist'rous Monarch bows, 

 And breathes his passion 'mid descending snows, 

 While timid Zephyr flies through fields of air, 

 Scarce daring to approach the hill-encircled fair. 



Shaw. 



* For a plant to he fine, or a flower for Florists, the scape, or lee must he <trmn„ „„ • k, 

 dunc.es, orfingers, must not he less than seven, ^ wA^Si^SVSS^ ZZSH*"* ****«» ^ 

 regular, forming together a kind of ball, and, though closeanl co^ed, -Tflower shouM as ^T' Sh ° U ' d * ** a " d 



other. With respect to the flowers themselves, the tube, or cup, should ^onlToure^ the s, " ^f^ * diStlnCt fr ° m each 

 ous enough to fill properly the cup and conniving; the inner margin, or eye, a clear distinct white J """w V^T!'. Str ° ng ' and numer " 

 rich and bold, the edge neaxest the eye determinate, the outer paft r-nni'into^tSS^S^tt. £ t' ^ ^ C ° W ' 

 what emargmate, which part is called the toeing. These should be all proportionately Z^m^llXf.' ^ *? """^ 









