SEASONABLE NOTES ON FLORISTS’ FLOWERS. 
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very choicest varieties ; but, like most other kinds of flowers, they will in some 
measure degenerate, though the worst that come from such selected seeds are 
pretty, and do well for nosegays. I have at present by me a moderate quantity 
of seeds taken last year and the year previous, and if any florist friend would 
like to try to cultivate them, and will forward to me a stamped envelope, 
Auricula-eyed Sweet William.* 
addressed, “John Hepworth, Florist, Orosland Moor, Huddersfield,” I will with 
pleasure send them a few seeds. 
In these rambling remarks I have run away from the subject with which I 
commenced; however, I hope to be excused, and may revert to the Auricula on 
a future occasion, and give a note of my practice for all the year round.—J. 
Hepworth, Huddersfield. 
* Thia la described by Messrs. Carter and Co., to whom we are indebted for the woodcut, as ranging in 
colour from bright purple-crimson to pure white, the edges of the llower being without the least serration, 
and the eyes clearly defined. It appears to be a yery fine strain. 
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