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not protrude from the eye, or, indeed, be visible amongst the 
anthers. None of the green-edged varieties have powdered 
leaves. 
2. The grey-edged Auricula has farina coated over the edge 
sufficiently thinly to show the colour underneath, and it 
therefore has a greyish appearance. 
3. The white-edged varieties have the coating of white 
powder so thickly laid on that the margin is white. 
4. The selfs, or self-edged varieties, have the same pure white 
rounded centre, but they have an unshaded edge of blackish 
maroon, purplish blue, or red ; in fact, of any colour that can be 
obtained provided it is unshaded. 
There are also considerable variety and beauty in the foliage 
of the Auricula. Some varieties have foliage so thickly coated 
with farina as to appear quite white, and in many the freshly 
developed foliage is exceedingly beautiful. In Scotland this 
whiteness of the foliage has gained for the plant the local name 
of " The Dusty Miller," and a very appropriate name it is. 
There are other forms of the Garden Auricula exhibited 
to day which should not be passed by without notice. In 
Class S of the Auricula Society's schedule prizes are offered for 
" Fancy Auriculas." These are of unequal merit ; some of them 
are very beautiful, others are more notable for their oddity than 
for their beauty. Any variety produced by ordinary generation 
from the Garden Auricula, outside the four classes named above, 
may be described as a " fancy " Auricula. The characteristic of 
the greater number of them is a yellow tube and white centre, 
with a margin of green or grey, but no ground colour. There are 
also the yellow and primrose selfs, which are sometimes included 
amongst the "fancies," though they ought not to be so, as they 
come in naturally amongst the selfs, and very beautiful they are, 
especially a very fine one named Buttercup, raised by the Rev. 
F. D. Horner. 
Before passing from the Garden Auriculas I may draw atten- 
tion to a panful of the true Primula Auricula of tlic Alps. The 
plant was collected by the President of the Auricula Society, 
Sir John T. D. Llewelyn, Bart., M.P., who kindly gave it to me. 
It was only a small plant when I received it some fifteen years 
ago, and it has l)een under garden cultivation in rich soil ever 
since; but, although it has increased a hundredfold, there has not 
