TUFTED PANSIES OR VIOLAS 17 



the Fancy Pansy. Like this latter too, owing to its not 

 possessing that fibrous root growth of the Tufted Pansy, 

 it is not so well suited for the hot weather experienced 

 during the summer months in the South of England. 



It behoves the tyro, then, if he wishes to succeed in 

 growing Violas well more especially with a view to 

 beautifying the garden to grow only those varieties that 

 have the tufted habit of growth, the flowers of which 

 will beautify the garden from April to October with 

 their charming display. 



The larger-flowered varieties with their ungainly growth 

 are all very well from an exhibition point of view, where 

 size is the great end, but they are to be admired more 

 as the outcome of the florist's skill than for their utility 

 in adding to the beauty and brightness of the garden. 

 They are not so free-flowering on the whole as the more 

 tufted kinds, and considerable disappointment is thus 

 often caused when they are grown for their effect in the 

 garden. 



