ON THE ORIGIN AND CULTURE OF THE HEARTSEASE. 27 



conservatory, and blooming so long and abundant is highly orna- 

 mental. When grown even in a conservatory border, it may be 

 trained round a wire trellis, so as to bring the bloom near to view, 

 and render it thus a very interesting object. It can also be grown 

 very successfully in a suitable sized pot, and trained similarly, or in 

 some manner to give a pretty and ornamental effect. We have seen 

 some so constructed by circles of wire-framing, reaching down as low 

 as the bottom of the pot entirely to conceal it ; for such a purpose the 

 present plant would be very suitable. Mr. Kyle further states that 

 when grown in a pot it must have a liberal extent of room for the 

 roots so as to grow freely, in order to exhibit that vigour and beauty 

 which it is capable of displaying. It is a most desirable plant, and 

 deserves a place in every greenhouse or conservatory. The soil it 

 grows vigorously in is a fresh rich loam, with about one-third of peat 

 and sand. The compost must be chopped, not sifted, and have k 

 liberal drainage. 



[After the above was put in type, receiving from Mr. Kyle a spe- 

 cimen of the usual length of a raceme, we had a drawing made of the 

 centre portion of it, which we now give, our plate having then been 

 so far completed with the Daubentonia, that we could not add the 

 two lateral branches of the raceme, but the present one is double the 

 length of the one which had been drawn, and sent us by Mr. Kyle. — 

 Conductor.] 



ARTICLE II. 



ON THE ORIGIN AND CULTURE OF THE HEARTSEASE. 



BY PHILO-DAHI.IA, DURHAM. 



Having been a subscriber to your work for a length of time, I have 

 been greatly edified by many articles which have appeared therein ; I 

 therefore in my turn am desirous of adding to its pages a few remarks 

 on the culture and habits of the above mentioned well-known and 

 elegant little flower, which may not be uninteresting to a few. 



Oriijin. — The Heartsease or Pansy (from the French Perisho, 

 " thought") is a native of our own country, as is the Carnation, but, 

 unlike that beautiful llower, it is only within a few years that it has 

 been generally cultivated as a florist's flower, yet, under the manage- 



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