12 PANSY, VIOLA AND VIOLET 



Pansy to be grown in most large gardens, and in the 

 great parks in London and its environs, and in the large 

 towns in the provinces. 



We are fortunate, indeed, in being able to grow the 

 Tufted Pansy with the facility and success with which it 

 is grown in the South of England. With Show and 

 with Fancy Pansies this is not the case, as the growing 

 of these in the South requires the expenditure of a great 

 deal more care and trouble. In the North, however, the 

 conditions of climate are such as are just ideal for 

 both Pansies and Violas ; and this accounts for the immense 

 size of the blooms shown by the Scotch specialists. 

 From this it will be inferred that as the Viola delights 

 in the cool bracing climate of the North, it would prefer 

 the cooler spots in the garden. This is so, but at the 

 same time Violas do equally well in positions in which 

 they receive the full heat of the sun the greater part of the 

 day. Providing they are well looked after and a good 

 mulching given from time to time, they will flower 

 without cessation from April to October. 



The cultivation of Violas having increased by leaps 

 and bounds during the past ten years or so, it becomes 

 somewhat easier to define the now accepted shape and 

 traits of the Viola than was the case, say, in the early 

 eighties, if the characteristics of the Viola could have 

 been defined then. 



No hard and fast rule exists which decrees the shape 

 of the Viola. In some cases we have long or oval 

 blooms, and in other cases we have blooms of a circular 

 shape. 



There are several types of the Viola recognised, which 

 are set down in detail hereunder. 



Se/fs. In which the blooms consist of one colour only, 

 such as white, yellow, blue. These may be represented 

 by the three Violas Swan, Mrs E. A. Cade, Admiral of 

 the Blues. 



