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Chapman’s Maria. —A beautiful bright violet ground, fine large pip, and fine large truss ; 
very fine and very scarce. 
Chapman’s Sophia. —A very fine flower, bright violet ground-colour, fine large flat pips, of 
fine quality, and very free habit. 
The principal of the white-edged varieties consisted of the following, the 
good varieties in this class being very limited :— 
Heap’s Smiling Beauty. —A vei’y fine white-edge, with very dark ground-colour, fine 
smooth flat pips, and fine large truss; extra fine. 
Cunningham’s John Waterston. —The pips large, flat, and very fine, good large truss, and 
very distinct; very fine. 
Taylor’s Incomparable. —A good flat pip, fine dark ground-colour ; large and fine. 
Smith's Ne Plus Ultra —A very pretty distinct variety ; large and fine. 
Gairn's Model. —A very nice flower, but rather small. 
Horhef eld's Highland Queen. —A very good flower, very similar to Lee’s Bright Venus. 
Summerscale's Catherina. —Good large truss, the pips rather too small, but very useful. 
Among the Selfs were some striking flowers, the first-named being shown 
in very fine condition :— 
Campbell’s Pizarro. —Good large truss, very dark, fine smooth flat pips, and a fine white 
paste ; extra fine. 
Spalding’s Metropolitan. —A beautiful light violet, fine large truss, very fine and quite 
distinct. 
Headley’s Cantab. —A very dark self, good white paste, large truss, and very free. 
Martin’s Mrs. Sturrock. —Rosy crimson, good large flat pip, very smooth; fine. 
Spalding's Blackbird. —Very dark, and the paste very white ; large and fine. 
Turner's Master Hole. —Very dark maroon, good white paste; fine and quite distinct. 
Turner's Cheerfulness. —A fine bright violet, fine quality, and very distinct. 
Among the Alpines were some splendid varieties, some of them being quite 
new, and not yet sent out. The following may be specially noted :— 
Turner’s Mercury. —A fine rich crimson, very smooth, very circular, and a fine bright 
yellow paste ; extra fine. 
Turner's Colonel Scott. —A very dark, fine smooth flower, the outline very circular, fine 
bright yellow paste, and quite distinct; extra fine. This and the preceding variety have 
been awarded First-Class Certificates during the present season. 
Tui mer’s Marquis of Bute. —A fine, large, smooth, flat flower, shaded with lilac, fine 
light paste ; extra fine. 
1'urner's Sir Roger. —A large, fine, bold flower, very attractive. 
Turner’s John Leech. —A rich crimson, with bright yellow paste, very fine. 
Turner’s King of the Belgians. —A fine bright crimson, with very bright yellow paste, and 
very circular; extra fine. 
Turner’s Napoleon III. —A fine rich crimson, very fine. 
Turner’s Sydney. —A fine large flower, very smooth, and a fine large truss; fine. 
Turner’s Slough Rival. —A fine large flower, shaded with lilac, very free and distinct. 
Auriculas should now be repotted, if that operation has not been already 
done. At the same time, the offsets should be taken off and placed around the 
edge of some small pots, putting them under hand-glasses for a short time, until 
they have sufficiently drawn root to bear exposure. It is a great mistake to put 
Auriculas into too large pots ; this I have fully proved. In a large collection 
which recently came into my hands, the plants, large and small, had without any 
discretion, been all potted alike in 32-sized pots ; and*the result of this over¬ 
potting is that many of the weaker ones have dwindled away, while the strongest 
of them have produced but very small blooms, with the trusses scarcely elevated 
above the foliage. The Auricula is a plant that does not make a large quantity 
of roots, and therefore small pots suit it best; a 5-in. or 48-sized pot is large 
enough for the strongest plant. 
