58 PANSY, VIOLA AND VIOLET 



Pansy placed in one of the holes of the tray and made to 

 lie as flat as possible. To obtain this flat and often 

 unnatural appearance, the blooms should be taken out of 

 water until they become limp, when the petals can be 

 easily manipulated. It was the custom in days gone by 

 to exhibit Pansies in paper collars, but fortunately, this 

 unsatisfactory and artificial method is giving place to 

 more artistic methods of exhibiting them. A good 

 many growers are now beginning to recognise that to 

 show these flowers in as natural a way as possible, they 

 should be arranged in shallow bowls or vases, and not 

 manipulated by means of tweezers or other implements. 



The ancient method 

 may show off the 

 colour of individual 

 blooms to advan- 

 tage, but for ex- 

 IMPROVED PANSY STAND. hibiting a number of 



A Pansy Tray for exhibiting purposes. Single bloOUlS, W6 WOuld 



blooms are inserted in each hole. rufHp QPP n mo p 



(Reprinted, by kind permission of Messrs Dobbieof . r 



Rothesay > from " Pansies, Violets ana Violas.") natural System OI 



arrangement. 



Violas are but rarely shown in trays, except it be in 

 order to show off a particular specimen. They are 

 more generally shown in sprays. The making up of 

 sprays is an art which can be learned by practice only. 

 Sprays are made by using rather thin pliable wires, and 

 each piece of wire bent over at one end in the form of a 

 crook. The latter should be placed over the back of 

 the flower where the flower stalk is bent over, by which 

 means it is possible to control the flower quite satis- 

 factorily. Proceed then to bind the wire and flower- 

 stalk together with coarse wool, beginning at the top 

 and winding the wool round the stalk from top to 

 bottom. A piece of foliage should be bound to each 

 flower, and it may be necessary to use fine binding 



