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fine varieties, fine in form and good in character. There were other 
seedlings also, that were desirable flowers, in other stands. 
Several of the growers contributed Seedling Pelargoniums, 
and the judges awarded the following Certiflcates :—to Mr. E. Beck, 
for Lovelinessf an attractive flower, with a pure white centre, and deep 
rosy pink under petals; dark top petals, with a narrow unbroken 
margin of rose. Dorah, also from Mr. Beck, fine form, but wanting 
novelty and brightness in the colour. To Mr. Hoyle, for a seedling 
named Nonsuch ; good form, and singular from having a deep blotch 
in each of the lower petals. A second prize to Crusader, a seedling 
of 1847; a clear flower, of good shape, and great substance, fine in 
colour, and free from crumple. The same also to Mr. Beck for Mont 
Blanc, No. 2, a desirable white flower of 1847, with a small rosy 
purple spot in the upper petals. A first prize for a bright, high- 
coloured seedling, named Spark, being the nearest approach to scarlet. 
In Calceolarias, four seedlings were selected; three of these were 
contributed by Mr. Gaines, Surplice, Miranda, and Warrior; they 
were flowers of good form ; 1st, bright brown spots upon a light buff 
ground ; 2d, spots upon a stained buff ground; .3d, dark crimson spots 
upon a light crimson ground ; another, named Dr. Neil, from J. 
Anderson, Esq., had small spots, upon a buff ground. Pinks. —A 
certificate was awarded to Mr. Turner, of Chalvey, for a Pink named 
Young’s X. X., a flower of good form, crown well elevated, and the 
petals gently cupping. Purple lacing flowers of a very ornamental 
Poppy were exhibited by Mr. Holmes; the flowers are very large, 
of a brilliant orange scarlet, there is a large patch of black at the 
base of each petal, and the interior of the flower very handsome. 
THE AURICULA. 
The cultivation and management of Auriculas is but a simple busi¬ 
ness ; with a little careful attention it may be easily acquired. Many 
young beginners fail from excess of kindness, arising either from 
over-watering or over-nursing. The plant is hardy, and cold does 
not materially affect it, except at that interesting time when they are 
coming into flower, when a little extra protection is necessary, to obtain 
a full development of their blossoms. In the neighbourhood of London, 
until within these last few years, only two classes were held in esti¬ 
mation (viz. the green and grey edged varieties,) by those who culti¬ 
vated them for exhibition; and, in fact, it was almost considered bad 
taste to indulge a white edge, or Self, with standing room among the 
former two classes. This prejudice, I am pleased to find, is now 
removed, and the beauties of all equally admired and acknowledged. 
We are indebted to some spirited individuals for this change of taste, 
who, by their offering prizes for the four classes, have been the 
means of bringing the white edge and Self into estimation ; and they 
are now as much sought after as Colonel Taylor, the celebrated 
Lancashire green edge, was thirty years since. M. T. Neville. 
