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It is of prostrate tufted liabit, with short adscendent branching stems, rising 
from 1 ft. to 2 ft. in height, these, as well as the upper surface of the opposite 
long-stalked pinnatisect leaves, being hispid with stinging hairs, while the under¬ 
surface is furnished with glocliidiate or hook-pointed hairs ; the leaf-segments 
are bipinnatifid, with linear-lanceolate acute denticulated lobes. The flowers are 
solitary, on axillary peduncles longer than the leaves, large, coronet-shaped, and 
of a bright orange-red colour. The species is found on both sides of the Cor¬ 
dillera, at an elevation of 8,500 ft. to 11,000 ft. We are indebted to Mr. 
Cannell and to Messrs. Hooper and Co. for the -accompanying illustrations. 
The subject of this note must not be confounded with the handsome Peruvian 
plant recently exhibited and sent out by Messrs. Veitcli and Sons under the false 
name of Caiophora coronnta , which had been by some mishap attached to it at 
Kew, but which Dr. Hooker has since shown in the Botanical Magazine (t. 6143) 
should be set aside for that of Blumenbachia chuquitensis , a species which differs 
materially in habit.—T. Moore. 
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@ HERE is no doubt but that North and South alike are witnessing an 
Auricula revival, for the Auricula is surely rising in the estimation of the 
f lovers of flowers. “ That beautiful and fascinating flower,” as old Thomas 
Hogg once termed his pet Auricula, is getting very much into demand ; and 
not only are the trade cultivators of the Auricula deluged with orders which they 
are unable to execute, but every private grower is also besieged with requests 
for a few plants ; in some cases from cultivators, in others from those who are 
desirous of forming a small collection. Some grand old sorts are very difficult to 
procure, and they appear to become scarcer year by }'ear. Some of the flowers 
raised a half and three-quarters of a century ago are still much esteemed. 
The Annual Exhibition of the National Auricula Society was held at 
Manchester, on April 27, and proved a decided success, as exhibitors and good 
flowers were both numerous. Manchester is now the home and centre of Northern 
floriculture ; Yorkshire and Lancashire alike contribute their quota of cultivators, 
“counties”—to quote the words of the premier Auricula-cultivator of the North, 
the Rev. F. D. Horner, of Kirkby-Malzeard, Ripon—“ counties which may be 
called the equatorial regions of Auricula-growing, and indeed the torrid zone of 
fervour and enthusiasm about them.” The names of the premier six Auriculas, 
exhibited by the Rev. F. D. Horner at the above show, are worth giving, as 
they were almost perfect examples of cultivation:— White-edged —Regulator and 
Heaps’ Smiling Beauty; Greg-edged —Headly’s George Liglitbody and Sykes’ 
Complete ; Green-edged —Traill’s Prince of Greens ; Self- —Campbell’s Pizarro. 
The leading Northern flowers of the Green-edged section were :—Prince 
of Greens, Alderman Wisbey (Headly), Imperator (Litton), General Bolivar 
(Smith), Prince of Wales (Ashton), and Colonel Taylor (Leigh) ; of the Grey- 
edged section—George Lightbody, Complete, Robert Traill (Liglitbody), Colonel 
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