GARDEN AURICULAS 
With color tones as richly muted as a cello, with velvet petal sub- 
stance and leaves as often coated with silver meal as not; and with 
a fragrance at once exciting and ethereal, it is small wonder that 
Auriculas have been eagerly sought 
* and cultivated for over three cen- 
turies. These hybrids, with the blood 
of at least four alpine Primulas 
of the Swiss and Austrian Alps, 
have been the favorites of kings, 
adorned countess and seamstress 
with equal grace, were a cult with 
the weavers of the Low Countries 
who carried them to England in 
their flight from the persecutions 
of the late 16th century. In America 
they are enjoying a revival after an 
absence of nearly two hundred 
years. Our colonists cultivated and 
named them with impartial zeal for 
cities, battles and fashionable ladies 
of the day. 
Being plants accustomed to rocks 
and coarse debris, and with a woody 
trunk touchy about contact with 
the mud, Auriculas must have par- 
; ticularly good drainage. Rock chips 
Garden Auricula or fine gravel worked into a rich, 
humic soil before planting and spread under the leaves and around 
the plants after planting in situations shaded from the hot afternoon 
sun, with adequate water will bring success. 
ART SHADES—Plum, purple, wine, leather, yellow, near blue, near 
red, henna and intermediate pastels. 50c each, 3/$1.35. 
SEEDLINGS—For September delivery only. Well-rooted, sturdy small 
plants most of which will bloom the following spring. Assorted 
colors only. $1.50 a dozen. 


Please Include Postage 
The Year" Books of the National Auricula Society 
(Northern Section) of England feature colored plates of 
Show and Alpine Auriculas and articles on their culture, 
history and development by leading authorities. Mr. R. H. 
Briggs, Hon. Sec., “High Bank”, Rawtenstall, England 
will gladly furnish information. 

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