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leave to the learned naturalist to investigate, 
as this bears no reference to the title-page of 
my book. 
There is something truly miraculous in the 
great variety of the colours, and the diversifi- 
cation of the shades and hues of this flower ; 
and it is also no less singular than true, that 
out of a hundred Auriculas raised from seed 
there shall not be two alike, and yet, in all its 
aberrations, it sports in the most pleasing and 
unexpected manner. 
To guard against degenerate offspring, I 
have treated largely on this head in a succeed- 
ing chapter. 
THE SORTS OF AURICULAS. 
The Dutch florists divide their Auriculas 
into two sorts, the self or plain coloured, and 
the painted or striped. The self or plain co- 
loured are those that have but one colour 
besides that of the eye ; of this kind there are 
many beautiful and exquisite flowers of va- 
rious colours, such as scarlet, crimson, purple, 
violet, of different shades ; also a great variety 
of yellows, that they resemble the richest vel- 
vets, the eye of them are of a clear white, 
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