Plate 152 . 
AURICULA, PRINCESS OE WALES. 
The great interest excited in the various collections of these 
beautiful spring flowers that were contributed to the Exhibi¬ 
tions of the Royal Horticultural and Royal Botanic Societies, 
induces us to bring before our subscribers the portrait of a 
seedling of Mr. Charles Turner’s of Slough, for which he ob¬ 
tained a first-class certificate from the latter society. 
After having been for some years almost excluded from 
public favour, the Auricula seems to be on the eve of occupying 
once more its former position, and to become (we use it in the 
best sense) a fashionable flower. Not only at the exhibitions 
this year has the number of exhibitors greatly increased, but 
* the expressions of admiration of their exceeding beauty have 
been many, while from various quarters we hear of amateurs 
who are about to enter on their cultivation. We are conscious 
of having in some measure contributed to this result; while the 
beautiful specimens brought forward by Mr. Turner, distin¬ 
guished as they were for that vigour of growth and healthiness 
of appearance which characterizes all his productions, have 
materially aided this object. Nor must we omit, for it would be 
unfair to do so, the stimulus given to it by the liberal prizes 
offered by our two great Societies; it is another instance of how 
much may be done by them, and consequently how much care 
is needed that they should as much as possible extend their 
favour to all flowers worthy of cultivation. 
We have before alluded to the supposed difficulty of culti¬ 
vation as one reason for this flow r er having been so long neg¬ 
lected, and stated that the difficulty has been rather created 
than to have had any real existence, and w r e are borne out in 
this by the opinions of all our eminent cultivators. Like most 
