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The eye fhould be round, of a bright 
clear yellow, and diftin6l from the ground 
colour; the proportion as in the Auri¬ 
cula, throughout the flower. 
The ground colour is moll admired 
when {haded with a light and dark rich 
crimfon, refembling velvet, with one mark 
) 
or ftripe in the centre of each divilion 
of the limb, bold and diflinft from the 
edging down to the eye, where it fhould 
terminate in a fine point. 
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The pips fhould be large, quite flat, 
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and as round as may be, confident with 
their peculiar beautiful figure, which is 
circular, excepting thofe fmall inden¬ 
tures between each divifion of the limb, 
which divide it into five or fix heart-like 
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fegments. 
The edging fhould refemble a bright 
gold lace, bold, clear, and diftinfr, and 
fo nearly of the fame colour as the eye 
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