REMARKS ON THE PANSY, *l1 



trative of some of those leading principles on which plant cultivation 

 and propagation ought to proceed. They are addressed specially to 

 those amateurs, and they are increasing by thousands, who have not 

 the means of purchasing extensive works on the subject, and who 

 only require to have the true means of success explained to go on 

 cxultingly. 



ARTICLE III. 



REMARKS OX THE PANSY. 



BY MR. WILLIAM JOHNSTON, BALLTKII.BEG HOUSE. 



Fkw flowers are more deserving of cultivation than the Pansy, 

 whether we take into consideration its beauty, and the great variety 

 of its colours, the extreme facility with which it is propagated, or the 

 cheapness of fine sorts. In the first place, as to its beauty, and the 

 variety of its colours, scarcely any flower can compete with it ; the 

 Tulip, " the king of flowers," can boast of red through all its shades, 

 purple, and brown on white, and yellow grounds ; the Pelargonium 

 rises from the lightest shade of pink to scarlet and purple, some are 

 white too; the Ranunculus varies from pink to purple and brown, 

 in selfs, and edges and mottles on white and yellow ; and the Rose, 

 " the queen of flowers," has pink, red, white, yellow, and purple 

 varieties ; but the Pansy, the lovely spring, summer, and autumn- 

 flowering Pansy, has white, yellow, blue, purple, purplish-crimson, 

 and all the possible tinges and combinations of these colours among 

 its gems. We do not wish to detract from the flowers mentioned 

 above, far from it, for we love them, love them all; but we wish, in 

 the present article, to direct attention more to the Pans)'. If it is 

 less cultivated than it once was, why is it so ? it is not that the 

 flowers are not so fine as they once were, for new gems, real gems, 

 come out every year, though, of course, trash too, as to form some- 

 times. None, however, need buy without seeing ; and, if the person 

 intending to purchase is too far from an exhibition to see blooms there, 

 the most of nurserymen would furnish them by post, if they got 

 compensation for the postage. 



This article is written for the special benefit of young amateurs, 

 and we hope it may direct the attention of some such to the cultiva- 

 tion of this flower. Again, it is so easily propagated that one may 



