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Pansy (This has always been)
This has always been a favourite, not only on account of the rich, brilliant, and varied colours, beautifully contrasted with the softer shades, pale blue and violet, but also for the sweet and very delicate perfume, and because plants may be obtained in blossom during every month in the year without forcing, but with the aid of a garden frame during the time of frost and snow. No plant sooner exhausts itself by blossoming; and as soon as the flowers show evident signs of inferiority, the old plants must be renovated by a rich surface-dressing, and a succession of young ones must be maintained. The recently-introduced varieties are all worthy of careful culture. A few of the best are here given:
Fancy Pansies.
AGNES MITCHELL, dense dark blotch, upper petals white, purple band; ALEXANDER OLLAR, purple-maroon blotch; BEATRICE MARY MAXWELL, marron blotch, with white margin; CATHERINE AGNES, rosy-purple and white, violet blotch; DAVID CHRISTIE, chocolate blotch, whitish margin; GEORGE CARLOW, upper petals purplish, black blotch; GEORGE C. TREVELYAN, purplish self, dark blotch; GEORGE INNES, brownish-maroon blotch, yellow margin; GEORGE WOOD, crimson, dark blotch; JOHN MCCOLL, purple blotch on yellow ground; JOHN POPE, yellow, with dark blotch, very fine; JUBILEE, chocolate blotch on yellow ground, upper petals crimson; MARY ANDERSON, deep yellow dark blotch, upper petals purplish; MISS BLISS, brownish-red and yellow, edged white, handsome form; MISS KATE GRIEVE, upper petals crimson, with chocolate blotch; MISS LIZZIE MATHEWS, creamy-white, with pale purplish blotch; MR. G. P. FRAME, dark maroon blotch, crimson, with white margin; MRS. FORBES, reddish-maroon blotch, purplish petals, with whitish margin; MRS. J. C. HOPE VERE, purple blotch, yellow edge, upper petals crimson; MRS. MELDRUM, white, violet blotch; MRS. SCOTT PLUMMER, bronze and yellow; WILLIAM STEWART, dark maroon blotch, upper petals purple and yellow. Show Pansies.
Class I. Selfs. ALEXANDER BLACK, dark self, very fine, wellformed; ALPHA, white self, dense dark blotch; AYMER EDWARD MAXWELL, cream self, fine eye; BEACON, dark maroon, extra form and substance; CAPTAIN CROMBIE, dark maroon, fine quality; CHERUB, fine yellow; DEWDROP, white, dense violet blotch, very fine; DIMPLE, dark plum self, good form and substance; FIGARO, yellow, black blotch, fine show variety; FLAG OF TRUCE, white self, fine form, good substance; GARRY, rich dark self, fine and well-formed; GEM, golden-yellow, perfect form, good quality; HELEN DOUGLAS, large blotch, white, fine form; HIGHLAND MARY, white self, large and well-formed; JAMES HUNTER, dark self, finely-formed; J. DALZIEL, purple. extra fine; MRS. HORSBURGH, deep orange-yellow self; MRS. WILLIAM OLD, white self, violet-purple blotch, fine; MRS. WILLIAM WILSON, white self, large, well-formed; NEPTUNE, dark self, fine form; PETER LYLE, dark self, fine form and substance; THE MAHDI, very dark, well-formed.
Class II. White Grounds. BEAUTY, plum belt; BRORA, purple belt; ELSIE THOMSON, plum-purple belt, good form; FAIR MAID, broad, rich purple belt, large; LADY FRANCES, violet belt, well-formed; LOCHBUY, dark maroon belt, smooth; MISS JESSIE FOOTE, light purple belt, fine; MISS MEIKLE, purple belt; MISS MILLIGAN, light purple belt; MRS. A. FINLAYSON, purple belt, large and good form; MRS. GAIR, medium purple belt, fine form; MRS. J. S. ARMSTRONG, purple belt, very fine; MRS. RITCHIE, purple belt, large and constant. Class III. Yellow Grounds. AMY, yellow, purple belt; ARDLER, purple belt, well-formed; CREMORNE, purple belt, dense dark blotch; DAVID DALGLEISH, bronzy-purple belt, fine; DR. D. P. STEWART, yellow, very clear, purplish belt; EBOR, dark bronzy belt; JANETTE, solid blotch, dark maroon belt; JOHN ELDER, maroon belt, extra fine; JOHN HARPER, bronze-purple belt, large; LIZZIE BULLOCK, purple belt, good form; LORD FREDERICK CAVENDISH, bronze-purple belt; MATTHEW BULLOCK, bronze-purple belt; MRS. MELVILLE, maroon-purple belt, pale yellow ground; PERFECTION, dark purple belt, fine form; THOMAS RITCHIE, deep purple belt.
