appear narrow and mean ; if the rim is too 
small, it -will look abortive, and the eye mon- 
strous ; also, if the pipe is too wide, the thrum 
cannot fill it, and it will look vacant ; and if 
the pipe or tube be too small or narrow, it 
will seem pinched, and the thrum will not 
have room, so that there will be an apparent 
want of due grace, air, and freedom. Per- 
haps the best proportion may be observed 
when the diameter of the pipe or tube is one 
part, that of the eye three, and that of the 
rim two, the whole pip or bossom making six, 
or near it. 
BUNCH OR TRUSS. 
It is an excellent property in an Auricula to 
be a good trusser, that is, one which generally 
puts forth a great number of pips from one 
stalk, for by that means the beauty of the 
flower is multiplied, and makes a more strik- 
ing and delightful appearance. 
PEDICLES. 
The length of the pedicles, or little foot 
stalks, which support the pips in the truss, 
should be proportioned to the number and 
size of the pips that they sustain ; for if the 
pedicles are veiy long, and the pips few and 
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