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sibility to drain around the bed in wet situations, so as to convey the 
water away by a drain, it should be done. Good flowers cannot be 
grown in wet situations; the flowers will be rough and uneven, and 
the colours will not be pure. 
Where Pink beds already exist in damp situations, and not drained 
at the sides, or raised above the general level around, a deep pathway 
around should be made, or a drain cut, filled to some height with 
branches, twigs, &c., and then covered over with soil, stones, gravel, 
&e., to form the walk. Such provision will benefit the plants in 
growth and improve the flowers. 
PANSIES. 
BY JUVENIS. 
I am a beginner in floriculture, and desirous of growing nothing but 
what is of first-rate character. I therefore respectfully solicit some of 
the readers of the FLor1cuLruRAL CABINET to give me a list of 
twenty-four of the best Pansies. 
I am told they should be perfectly even, not serrated at the edges, 
and the flowers be nearly round, as well as flat on the face. I hope 
the Pansy growers who read this will spare about five minutes in 
inspecting their plants in bloom, and marking down the flowers which 
answer the above description. 
[In our report of the Royal South London Show, in our last number, 
we gave the names of the best exhibited, and beyond that number we 
could not select what we approve. We hope some of our readers will 
favour our correspondent with a list of such as he requests. The 
following have been generally considered of first-rate character, and 
suitable for every grower:— Hall’s Rainbow, Hooper’s Berryer, 
Youell’s Supreme, Thomson’s Duchess of Rutland, Thomson’s Con- 
stellation, Cook’s White Serjeant, Bell’s Duke of Norfolk, Bell’s 
Climax, Major’s Milton, Turner’s Optimus, Brown’s Arethusa, Thom- 
son’s Zabdii, Hare’s Superb, Thomson’s Candidate, Mrs. Beck, 
Hooper’s Blooming Girl, Chater’s Model of Perfection, and Gosset’s 
Lord Hardinge.] 
ON THE ACHIMENES. 
BY A NOBLEMAN’S FLOWER GARDENER. 
Turs is one of the most interesting and loveliest tribe of plants which 
ornament our stoves, greenhouses, conservatories, and sitting-rooms, 
and is universally admired, At the present time there are twenty-five 
species and varieties existing of nearly every colour. By proper 
management, some of the kinds may be had in bloom at every season 
of the year. Achimenes picta proves to be one of the finest winter 
ornaments. ‘The entire tribe being especial favourites of mine, I have 
paid particular attention to their cultivation, and produced specimens 
in bloom more than double the size I have seen at any of the floral 
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