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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOHIST. 
[June, 
either simple or branched, the leaves thick and herbaceous, four to ten inches 
long, oblong, lanceolate, irregularly lobulate, with crenately-toothed lobules; 
they are of a bright green colour, the radical ones shortly stalked, those of the 
stem somewhat amplexicaul, with the bases slightly decurvent. The flower-heads, 
which grow in branched corymbs, are from two to three inches in diameter, with a 
bright yellow disk, and a bright red-purple or magenta ray, consisting of from 
twenty to thirty spreading, recurved, linear-oblong florets, which are forked at the 
top. This Senecio will be a grand addition to the hardy annuals of our flower- 
gardens.—T. M. 
THE AURICULA SEASON OF 1872. 
jURICULAS are becoming much more popular than they have been for 
many years past. Indeed the demand for them is so great that many 
fine old sterling varieties can scarcely be obtained ; and had it not been 
for the persistence of a few good old florists, many varieties would have 
been utterly lost, which would have been cause for regret. 
The Auricula bloom has generally this year been very fine, in consequence 
of the very mild winter. The plants were in bloom from the first week in March 
until the second week in May. The first exhibition at which they were invited 
'was on April 17, and on this occasion they were shown in very fine condition, 
the sorts being generally the late-blooming varieties. Amongst the green-edges 
were the following :— 
Leigh's Colonel Taylor. —A flower of fine quality, and a fine large truss; extra fine. 
Headley's Alderman Wisbey. —A fine large flower of good properties, quite new, and 
distinct; very fine. 
Campbell's Admiral Napier. —A good flower for a short time, but it soon becomes ill-shapen. 
Traill’s May-flower. —Much like Lovely Ann, but as shown, too coarse. 
Smith's Lycnrgus. —A fine large bold flower, of good quality, large truss, and very 
attractive. 
Cheetham's Lancashire Hero. —A very fine flower of great substance, with a good large 
truss ; sometimes shown as a grey edge; extra fine. 
Dickson's Duke of Cambridge. —A fine sort, medium-sized pip, very fiat, and quite 
distinct; fine. 
Gairn's Lady Richardson. —A fine, flat flower, of good quality, and fine truss. 
In the grey-edged class there were some remarkably fine flowers staged, 
particularly :— 
Lightbody's Richard Headley. —A fine large truss, the pips very large and well expanded ; 
extra fine. 
Headley's George Lighibody. —A flower of great substance, the pips large, flat, and very 
smooth, and forming a fine large truss. This and the preceding are without doubt the two 
finest grey-edged varieties in cultivation. 
Turner's Colonel Champneys. —A bright violet ground-colour, with fine large pip, and very 
large truss ; free habit, and particularly attractive. 
Headley's Alderman Charles Brown. —Much in the style of Ringleader; a fine large truss, 
with good large flat pips, and fine quality ; a very fine flower. 
Turner's Competitor. —A good large bold pip, having the colours well proportioned, and 
forming a fine large truss ; of very free habit; fine. 
Fletcher's Ne Plus Ultra. —A fine bold flower of great substance, and a handsome large 
truss; very fine. 
Reade's Miss Giddings. —A fine large pip of great substance, good large truss, very 
constant; a fine bold flower. 
