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till all danger of impregnation with any other 
Auricula be over. 1 have been informed some- 
people place some bright yellow flowers 
amongst those they intend saving seed from, 
thinking that the farina of these flowers may 
be conveyed into the seed vessels of the other 
plants, and thereby improve their colours. 
I never practised this myself, neither did I 
know the parties ; but have been told that 
they thought they had success from this system. 
1 by no means recommend, however, such a 
plan. This however I know for certain in 
regard to polyanthuses. I have raised seed 
from Nicholson’s Tantararara in particular when 
growing near a bed of the yellow oxlip, and 
the seed when sown has produced the strangest 
mixture possible of red oxlips and polyan- 
thuses, resembling any thing rather than the 
line esteemed old flower, their mother. 
I beg leave to impress upon you my system 
of raising fine seedlings, and at the same time; 
with due submission, shall continue to give 
you the best information I have been able to 
collect myself, as 'well as from others that have 
raised seedlings within my own knowledge ; 
and am fully satisfied, after the great many 
years experience and practice I have had, that 
if my system for raising seedlings is perse- 
