1875.] 
A FEW NOTES ON AURICULAS. 
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1834, I find that the best flowers of that year are to be found high on the list 
referred to. Taking green-edged flowers first, Colonel Taylor (Leigh) and Free¬ 
dom (Booth) had the highest marks in 1834; they are still the best green-edged 
flowers—indeed, Colonel Taylor had the premier prize as the best green-edge in 
the show at Manchester. Grey-edged flowers have been much improved since 
1834 ; none of the old flowers approach George Liglitbody (Headly) or Richard 
Headly (Liglitbody), two grand flowers which are now becoming common ; and 
Alexander Meiklejohn, a new grey-edge, apparently a seedling between Conqueror 
of Europe and George Liglitbody, is also a magnificent flower, and took the premier 
prize at Manchester as the best flower in the show. Privateer (Grimes), Ringleader* 
(Kenyon), Complete (Sykes), &c., are still shown in the prize collections, and they 
held the highest positions in 1834. In that year the flower that obtained the 
highest number of marks in the white-edged class was Glory (Taylor), and this 
is still one of the best. Pillar of Beauty (Hughes) was the second-best white- 
edge. In seifs there lias been much improvement, still the self that took the 
premier position at the National Auricula Show—Othello (Netherwood)—was a 
popular flower in 1834. The highest on the list in that year was Flora’s Flag 
(Grimes), the second-best being Metropolitan (Redmain). 
Now, on looking over the lists of other Florists’ flowers, such as Pinks, Carna¬ 
tions, Pelargoniums, Dahlias, &c.—this last, by the way, was at the height of its 
popularity in that year—I find that not one of the flowers are now in the lists. 
It is not to be supposed that these old Auriculas are more easily to be obtained than 
the new sorts: in fact, they are more difficult, and not to be bought in the country. 
The following is a list of the best varieties, new and old:— 
Greek-edged. 
Admiral Napier (Campbell). 
Apollo (Beeston). 
Duke of Wellington (Dickson). 
Freedom (Booth). 
Champion (Page), very rare. 
General Neil (Traill). 
Alderman Wisbey (Headly). 
Lady Richardson (Gairns). 
Lycurgus (Smith). 
Prince of Greens (Traill), neAv 
and rare. 
Prince of Wales (Ashton). 
Colonel Taylor (Leigh). 
Grey-edged. 
Colonel Champneys (Turner). 
Conqueror of Europe (Water- 
house). 
Goneral Bolivar (Smith). 
George Liglitbody (Headly). 
Alexander Meiklejohn (Kay). 
George Levick (Walker). 
Miss Giddings (Read). 
Ne Plus Ultra (Fletcher). 
Richard Headly (Liglitbody). 
Ringleader (Kenyon). 
Robert Traill (Liglitbody). 
Lancashire Hero (Lancashire). 
Alderman C. Brown (Headly). 
Unique (Dickson). 
Unique (Maclean). 
Mary Ann (Fletcher). 
Maria (Chapman). 
White-edged. 
Catharina (Summorscales). 
Glory (Taylor). 
Smiling Beauty (Heap). 
Favourite (Taylor). 
John Waterson (Cunningham). 
Model (Gairns). 
Ne Plus Ultra (Smith). 
True Briton (Ilopworth). 
Countess of Wilton (Chatham). 
Omega (Turner). 
Arabella (Headly). 
Bright Venus (Lee). 
Seles. 
Blackbird (Spalding). 
Crown Princo (Turner). 
Charles J. Perry (Turner). 
Eliza (Sims). 
Formosa (Smith). 
Othello (Netherwood). 
Lord Clyde (Liglitbody). 
Master Hole (Turnor). 
Mrs. Smith (Smith). 
Mrs. Sturrock (Martin). 
Vulcan (Sims). 
Potronello (Headly). 
Pizarro (Campbell). 
Metropolitan (Spalding). 
Topsy (Kay). 
Lord Lome (Campbell). 
The above list contains nearly all tlie best flowers that have been exhibited 
this year. I have finished potting to-day (May 18). The drainage becomes 
choked, and the rich surface-dressing applied in February becomes sour, and it is 
as well, therefore, to turn the plants out of the pots, and to repot as soon as 
