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Plums — These may be kept for a consider- 
able time in a cool place. Those from the 
walls require to be looked over frequently. 
Strawberries — Those intended for fruiting 
should be immediately put into their forcing 
pots, if not done long since : place them by 
the south wall, (either on boards or ashes, 
which prevents the ingress of worms,) and so 
close set as to prevent the sun acting on the 
pots, thus making the plunging of them un- 
necessary. It will be well now to withhold 
liquid manure until they are again called into 
an active state. Plant out those which have 
been pricked off into their respective places. 
Vines. — See that no superfluous young 
shoots are allowed to grow away, and by every 
means give them sun. 
General Remarks. — The transplanting of 
all sorts of trees may now be gone on with. 
AURICULAS. 
A very close examination of the flowers in 
all parts of the country by a distinguished 
cultivator of this favourite, affords us an op- 
portunity of giving the following descriptive 
catalogue of selected varieties, many of them 
highly popular, and all of them more or less 
in request among the principal showers. 
Green Edged. 
Lee's Colonel Taylok is a flower of 
great merit, and much admired, although 
sadly defective in many properties ; the tube 
is good, the paste is round, but deficient in 
quality and density, the ground colour dark 
violet, very circular, but frequently narrow; 
the green is bright, and the pip is too starry. 
This flower requires heat to open well ; it 
makes a very handsome plant, and is also a i 
free bloomer, and trusses well. 
Booth's Freedom has a good tube, the 
thrum is rather close, the paste fine in quality, 
but not circular ; the ground colour very dark, 
and a rich-looking edge. Freedom is not a 
free grower, the plant is of a sickly appear- 
ance, and very shy trusser, the pips are very 
apt to fold back when the least exposed to 
heat. 
Page's Champion. — Fine tube and paste, 
ground colour rather broad, a brownish crim- 
son, the green vivid and line, pips round and 
flat; the pip frequently cracks through to the 
paste. Champion in its best style is worthy 
of its name. The plant is of sin ill habit, but 
a fine trusser. 
Bailey's Clapton Hero. — Tube- round, 
but large, fine paste, ground colour crimson, 
xary circular, edge of a very light green, pip 
round and Hat. The Hero must not be ex- 
posed to the sun, as its edge is very delicate. 
Strether's Emperor Alexander. — Tube 
round, fine dense paste, ground colour dark 
brown, edge light green, pip round and flat. 
This is a very correct flower, but difficult to 
be got in style for staging, as the edge runs 
on the least exposure. 
Hodge's Britannia. — Fine tube, well 
filled with anthers, paste very fine, ground 
colour very rich violet, rather broad ; the 
edge is frequently of a nondescript colour, 
neither green nor grey; the pip is very round 
and flat. This variety has a splendid appear- 
ance on a stage, but' is not often seen in a 
show for competition. 
Smith's Waterloo. — Tube round, the 
paste is not fine, although round, ground colour 
dark brown, and regular, edge of a light 
green, pips flat, but too starry (or pointed). 
This variety makes a fine plant, and a good 
trusser ; it has the same fault as Alexander, 
in not keeping well. 
Dormand's Don Pfdro. — Fine tube, paste 
rather angular, ground colour rich violet, too 
broad, pip round and flat. 
Ollier's Lady Ann Wilbrabam. — Good 
tube and paste, ground colour regular, edge 
of a fine green, pip rather pointed. 
Hudson's Apollo. — Good tube, paste fine, 
ground colour rich violet, very even in the 
circle, pip round and flat, although small. 
This is a new variety, and promises to be a 
favourite. 
Dickson's Matilda. — Tube round, but 
pale in colour, paste round, and the finest I 
have seen in an Auricula : ground colour 
crimson violet, very even and circular, light 
green edge, pip remarkably round and flat. 
This is a new variety, and promises, when a 
little more plentiful, to rank above most of the 
old favourites. 
Hepwortii's Robin Hood. — Tube and 
paste good, ground colour black, rather nar- 
row, edge of a lively green. It makes a small 
plant, hut carries a fine truss ; when in its 
best state, this is a very good flower. 
Lightbody's Star of Bethlehem. — Tube 
good but large, ground colour rich violet, and 
apt to strike through to the edge, green fine, 
pip large, round, and mossy. This variety 
has a remarkably handsome appearance in a 
stage, from its enormous truss and vigorous 
growth. 
Dickson's Earl Stanhope. — Tube fine, 
rather large, ground colour broad and of a fine 
rich violet, line paste, pip very large, but 
pointed. This is a new variety, also raised 
by Mr. James Dickson, of Acre Lane, Brix- 
ton, near London. 
Dickson's Karl Grey. — Tube good, rather 
watery, paste fine, ground colour rich violet, 
slightly shaded, pip large and flat. 
Qrey Edged. 
Smith's Britannia. — Tube good, paste 
