I have proved these two sorts with success, 
having raised seedlings from them se{)arately, 
but am of opinion they will breed finer flow- 
ers if impregnated together. Lord Hood is a 
flower of fine symmetiy, and the Privateer has a 
strong ground colour, and dies well to the last ; 
but Grimes’s Privateer of itself brings the seed- 
lings nearly all self-coloured flowers, and nearly 
the whole ill-shaped, and of middling quality, 
whereas Butterworth’s Lord Hood does not. 
Slater’s Cheshire Hero breeds veiy inferior 
flowers, with thin eyes ; Salter’s Garland also 
breeds bad flowers ; and Lockup’s Eclipse the 
same. My friend and brother florist, Phineas 
Borritt, Esq. No. 6, Suflblk-place, Islington, 
iniormed me that he bred his veiy fine beau- 
tiful violet seedling, which he unfortunately 
lost, from Foden’^ Victory; this admirable seed- 
ling was very superior to Lockup’s Eclipse, 
and had all the properties a first-rate Auricula 
should have ; for as to the Eclipse, eveiy con- 
noisseur in flowers must be acquainted with 
its great defect in point of the large size of its 
tube or bore. I should recommend eight or 
ten plants of Foden’s Victory to be placed out 
for seed; for although the pip throws itself 
back, it is no rule but it should breed fine violet- 
ground coloured flowers, in a style of great 
