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20 TIE DICTIONARY 
OF GARDENING, 
Pansy—continued. 
into which Pansies are divided, namely, Fancy and Show. 
Varieties of the latter are further sub-divided, according 
to the colour of their flowers, into three classes, termed 
respectively Selfs, White Grounds, and Yellow Grounds. 
The Selfs are either black, maroon, primrose, white; or 
yellow. White Grounds have a large, central, dark blotch 
round the eye, then a ring, either of white or cream- 
colour, and an outer band of bronze, purple, or maroon. 
Fancy, or Belgian, Pansies have various colours and 
tints curiously blended in their different flowers, the 
petals being blotched, flamed, and edged, and quite dis- 
tinct from those of the Show section. A third section is 
sometimes made on behalf of Bedding varieties. These 
are usually self-coloured, and are distinguished by their 
compact and floriferous habit, and, as a rule, rather small 
flowers. They are more the offspring of V. cornuta and 
Big. 26. Pansy (Viola tricolor). 
F. lutea than of the Pansy, V. tricolor, and are more 
generally known as Violas. The line of demarcation, 
however, between a Viola and a Pansy is now practically 
undefinable. Subjoined is a list, which comprises 
varieties of Fancy and Show Pansies of excellent 
quality in every respect; some new ones of 1885 are 
denoted by daggers (+). For a selection of floriferous 
Bedding varieties, see Viola. 
Fancy Pansies, 
ALEXANDER GRANT, dense brown blotches ; upper petals bright 
yellow, margined and flaked crimson. ALEX. KIRK, yellow, with 
mulberry blotches on all the petals. ALEX. M‘ComB, violet 
blotches ; — te petals and —— claret; distinct and fine. 
Beavty,t dark rosy-crimson blotch ; side and upper petals laced 
with white; fine form. CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN, white, purple 
blotches ; upper petals purple-edged ; fine. CAPTAIN HOUSTOUN, 
mulberry blotches; upper petals crimson; e. CATHERINE 
AGNES, — edge white, COLINSBURGH,t yellow, dense 
maroon blotches; extra. COLONEL WELSH, mulberry blotches; 
upper petals violet, primrose margin; fine form. DAVID FINDLAY, 
dark violet blotches; upper petals claret, primrose margin. 
EFFIE WELSH, violet blotches on all the petals, white margin. 
EVELYN BRUCE, blotches mulberry; upper petals yellow, with 
crimson margins; extra. JAMES GRIEVE,t yellow, flaked with 
red, dense, dark blotches ; large; extra good. JOHN GOLD, pale 
crimson, dense, black blotches. MAGGIE CocHRAN,t+ blotches 
bluish-purple, edged white; upper petals white, rayed rosy- 
purple; extra. MARTHA M‘INTOSH,t dense blue blotches ; upper 
— puce, edged white; fine eye. May FERGuSON,t blotches 
rk blue; upper petals white, flaked purple, edged pure white. 
MAY TATE, yellow, shaded red. Miss Bliss, yellow self, dense 
blotches; extra. MRS. DALGETY, upper petals and blotches 
violet, white lacing. Mrs. G. P. Frame, dark blotéhes, shaded 
crimson, white lacin Mrs. HUTT, yellow self, dense mulberry 
blotches; extra. Mrs. M. H. MILLER, upper petals flamed 
carmine, edged gold. Mrs. T. M‘Coms, mulberry blotches; 
upper petals purple; extra. Mrs. W. D. BLack, t rich maroon 
blotch; upper and side petals shaded rosy-purple, edged with 
white. MRS. WELSH, very dark violet self, pure white margin: 
extra fine. Mrs, WM. M. WELSH, violet blotch, edged carmine - 
distinct. PERFECTION, mulberry blotch; upper petals violet. 
PILRIG,} mulberry blotches; tine eye; upper petals yellow 
margined with crimson, PLORA GEM, dense, dark blotches, clear 
white margin round all the petals. ROYAL QUEEN, deep orange, 
Pansy—continued. 
edged rosy-purple ; one of the largest fancies. SUNBEAM, light 
cream self, with solid blue blotches; fine. T. M‘Comp, rich 
crimson; extra. WM. CUTHBERTSON, yellow, shaded crimson. 
Wm. Dick, f dense maroon blotches, fine eye, margined with 
golden yellow. Wm. HowiEt, dense maroon blotches; upper 
petals flaked crimson and orange, golden-yellow edge; extra fine. 
Show Pansies. . 
I. Selfs.—A. Fox, dark and smooth. BLACK PRINCE, ver 
dark; fine form. COUNTESS OF ROSEBERY,t primrose, dar! 
' blotch and eye; extra fine. DR. GRAY, azure-blue, dense blotch, 
distinct. GOMAR, deep yellow ; fine. ISA CRAIG, primrose, dense 
bloten. ISA SMITH, cream; very smooth. JAMES SKIN NER, f rich 
mulberry, fine eye ; one of the best of its class. JANEY ANDER- 
SON, white, large. JOHN DONALDSON, velvety-maroon. LEITH 
WALK BEAUTY, dark mulberry. MRS. DOBBIE, white, smooth. 
Mrs, GOODALL, white, dense blotch. MRS. TOM SMITH,+ pure 
white, large; fine for competition. PARAGON, t rich yellow, 
fine blotch; extra. PILRIG GEM, maroon. PRIMROSE GEM,t 
rimrose, dense solid blotch, fine eye ; distinct and constant. 
‘ROBERT BLACK, black; extra. W. J. CLARK, white, solid 
blotch ; good substance. 
Class II. White Grounds, DEVONIA, purple belt. JANE 
GRIEVE, purple belt; extra fine. JESSIE FOOTE, purple belt. 
JOHN CLARK, dark purple blotch and belt ; fine exhibition flower, 
LizzizE DONALDSON,t large, white circular field, fine dark 
purple belt; extra fine. M. H. MILLER, violet-purple belt, 
solid blotch ; fine. Miss KATE SUTHERLAND, dark purple belt; 
fine show flower. MRS. A. PEEBLES, violet-purple belt, large; 
of fine form. MRS. GLADSTONE, rich purple belt; tine form. 
Mrs. J. BusH,t white, solid purple belt; fine form and sub- 
stance. Mrs. R. LAIDLAW, purple belt. MRS. TODD, cream, 
dark purple belt. N. H. POWNALL, purple belt; extra. THE 
MEDE, broad purple belt. 
Class III. Yellow Grounds, ALEX. SMITH,} medium shade 
of yellow, dark purple belt; good form and substance. CHAN- 
CELLOR, gold, maroon belt. DR. ROBERTSON, yellow, maroon 
belt. ELLA MURRAY, yellow, bronze belt. JAMES COOK, golden- 
ellow ground, yellow-ruby belt; extra. J. B. DOWNIE, bronze 
lt. RD F. CAVENDISH, deep golden-yellow ground, rich 
bronzy-purple margins; flowers very large. MARY M‘ComB, 
maroon belt. PILRIG KING, mulberry blotch, reddish-bronze 
belt; fine. R. DONALDSON, maroon belt; fine. ROBERT BURNS, 
moe’ chocolate belt; large, constant. T. M Conz, purple belt; 
e. 
PAPAVER (the old Latin name, used by Pliny, &c.). 
Poppy. ORD. Papaveracee. A genus comprising about 
fourteen species of hardy or half-hardy, hispid or glau- 
cous, annual or perennial herbs, with milky juice; one is 
South African, another extra-tropical Australian, and the 
rest are found in the temperate or sub-tropical regions of 
Asia, North Africa, and Europe; four are truly natives 
of Britain, and a fifth—the Opium Poppy—is naturalised 
here and there. Flowers red, violet, yellow, or white, 
showy; sepals two, rarely three; petals four, rarely six; 
stamens many; peduncles elongated ; flower-buds nodding. 
Leaves usually lobed or dissected. The cultivation of 
this genus is very simple, the most suitable soil being 
a sandy loam. The species and varieties are admirable, < 
subjects for borders, and for naturalising in woody spots 
Propagation is freely effected by seeds, or by divisions. 
All the plants described below are hardy. 
P. alpinum (alpine).* ellow, rose-tinted, or white; sepals 
covered with 5 . i 
slender plant, and has, generally, citron-yellow flowers. 
. bracteatum (bracteate).* fi. red, bracteate ; sepals scabrous. 
May. l. or bracts ponen pienie hispid; lobes oblong, serrated, 
deeply incised. . Aft. Caucasus, 1817, Strictly speak 
658; L. C 
P. Hookeri (Hooker’s).* f. varying from pale rose to crimson- 
— 
is only a * — of P. orientale. See Fig. 27. (B. M. 
scarlet, with a diffused white or blue-black blotch at the base; 
stigmatic rays twelve to twenty. Autumn. India, 1884. An 
lobules prickly at the apices and on the nerves. Stem few- 
flowered, with rigid prickles, very hispid. h. 2ft. Australia and 
hairs. Summer. J, hispid or 
glabrous, once or twice pinnatisect, with narrow, sub-linear or 
elliptic lobes; hairs spreading or adpressed. k. 6in. From a 
botanical point of view, this and P. nudicaule are really but one 
species ; in cultivation, however, P. alpinum is a dwarfer, more 
j 
South Africa, 1825. (S. B. F. G. 173; B. M. 3625, under name of 
P. gariepinum.) 
P. lateritium (brick-red). fl. bright orange, about 2in. across, 
with obovate petals, and 3 —— an the back with long 
- yellow hairs. May. (. linear-elliptical, pinnatifid at the base; 
those of the root densely crowded together, bin. to 12in. long, 
