Plate 75 . 
AURICULA— CHARLES PERRY. 
We mentioned in our last, tliat we liad lost from amongst us one of our most dis- 
tinguished florists, Mr. Charles Perry, of the Cedars, Castlebromwich, near Birmingham ; 
his friend Mr. Charles Turner, of the Boyal Nursery, Slough, has taken the opportunity of 
his having raised and exhibited a very fine new Auricula to endeavour to perpetuate his 
memory amongst the lovers of that flower by naming it after him, and we have now the 
pleasure of figuring it. 
Auriculas were very late in their period of blooming this year, and at the usual time 
when they are seen in j^erfection at the second April Show of the Eoyal Horticultural 
Society, there were very few plants to be seen ; but at the May Show a very considerable 
number was staged, and especially by Mr. Turner, who exhibited a large number both of 
new varieties and Alpines, and amongst them Charles Ferry, to which a first-class certificate 
was awarded. 
It is somewhat curious that the self-coloured Auriculas are not nearly so delicate as the 
edged varieties, and are much more readily increased, approaching in these respects to 
the Alpines, a large number of which of his improved strain, Mr. Turner exhibited on the 
same occasion. The rich and glowing colours of these seifs are very much admired by the 
general public, but to the real connoisseur they do not present the same charms as the more 
highly bred varieties, with their marvellous combination of colouring and their refined 
character of appearance. 
Plate 76 . 
LILIUM HUMBOLDTII. 
It seems to be true in horticulture, as in other things, that demand creates supply. Of 
late years, thanks to Mr. G. F. Wilson and others, the taste for the beautiful tribe of Lilies 
has revived, and forthwith either new species and varieties, or old ones that had been lost 
to horticulture in this country, have been introduced. Mr. Bull has been amongst the 
foremost to meet this advancing tide, and has obtained a supply of many valuable kinds. 
Mr. Wilson has from time to time exhibited his favourites at the meetings of the Eoj^al 
Horticultural Society ; and has charmed all who take an interest in them with the fine 
specimens which he has brought forward, and we may hope during the present season to see 
many more such exhibits. 
There is one peculiar excellence connected with these Lilies, that they are perfectly 
hardy, many of them come from Japan, such as the numerous varieties of Thnnheryianum, 
auraium, and lancifolium , and bear frost with impunity, and although somewhat sensitive 
to wet, yet have endured the past wet season without loss. Others, such as that which 
we now figure, come from California, and other parts of North America, and any one who 
admires richness of colouring and beauty of form cannot but admire such sorts as Calif ornieum, 
Canadense, and Ilmnboldtii. 
Liliwm Iluwboldlii is a native of Humboldt County, California ; it attains the height 
of about five feet, and produces large golden yellow flowers, richly spotted with deep purple. 
