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ground colour; rather rough, however, and inclined to throw up 
the thrum too much. 
George Lightbodg (Headly).—Mr. Lightbody speaks of this as the 
best grey edge in cultivation. I have not yet seen it as such ; it 
is not, to my mind, equal to Lancashire Hero, which it closely 
resembles in some points, and is deficient in ground colour; 
moreover, it seems to have a weakly constitution. My plant is 
gone, and Mr. Turner speaks of it as difficult. 
Hufton's Squire Mundag, alias Faulkner s Hannibal. —After much 
consideration, I have come to the conclusion that these two flowers 
are synonymous ; not only are they alike in colour, but in their 
very peculiar foliage. The flower is rough and in most points 
defective, the paste being quite scolloped and the eye not first 
rate. It is, however, a very fine trusser, is of a rich dark colour, 
looks well on a stage, and is therefore, I think, under whichever 
alias a grower has it, not to be discarded just yet. 
Waverleg (Walker).—An old flower, with too much green in it, or 
rather too little body colour ; in this respect not unlike Yates’ 
Morris Green Hero, a flower long since discarded from most 
collections. 
Sir Isaac Newton (Storey), green ground colour, very deep, going too 
much into the edge, eye good, the green somewhat forced. 
So far with regard to new or comparatively little-known flowers; 
and as there was a large collection of the older varieties, an opportunity 
was afforded of comparing them one with the other, and from what I 
have said it will be seen that many of the old flowers are unequalled by 
recent additions. I do not think, in green edges, Booth’s Freedom or 
Page’s Champion have been beaten. I am sure none of the new greys 
are a beat on Maria cr Lancashire Hero. Taylor’s Glory still holds its 
place as the best white edge; and 1 am not certain that any dark self 
beats Othello. This may not be very encouraging to raisers of seedlings, 
but withal, I believe a great deal may yet be done, and what we want 
is good constitutioned plants, such plants, for instance, as John Bright 
or Richard Cobden. Had they the properties of Champion or Freedom, 
they would indeed be glorious flowers. Perhaps if they were used as 
the maternal plants of a new breed, carefully hybridised with one of 
the first-rate greens named, the desired result might be obtained; and 
let it not be forgotten that two at least of the flowers above named are 
new, one so much so as to be almost impossible to obtain, and there¬ 
fore, we may fairly say that a good start has been made of late years. 
Let seedling raisers not be contented with saving seed any way, but 
let it be done carefully, and I do not see why the same success should 
not attend Auriculas as has been so strikingly manifested in other 
flowers. If one be ambitious, here is a place for posthumous as 
well as present fame. Raise a first-class Auricula, and when that 
fabulous party, the educated New Zealander, sits “chewing the cud 
of sweet meditation ” on London Bridge, he will rummage up the 
catalogues of these days and find your name as a raiser. Many 
who were formerly famous for their seedlings in Dahlias, Geraniums, 
&c., have long since disappeared; but the Pearsons, Howards, and 
