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the English Pansies in the thirties, and partly in the 

 same way as in France, without regard to the laws of 

 beauty laid down in England." It was probably the 

 progeny of these English Pansies which returned to 

 this country about 1850, and became the parents of the 

 Fancy Pansy as we know it The first we hear of them 

 in this country was in the year 1848, and at first they 

 were called Belgian Pansies, presumably for the simple 

 reason that they had a continental origin. An English 

 nurseryman, Mr. John Salter, who had been for some 

 time in Versailles, France, brought some Pansy seed 

 with him on returning to England. This he sowed in 

 his new English nursery, where the plants subsequently 

 attracted the attention of many. In 1849 Fancy Pansies 

 were referred to in the columns of the Gardeners' 

 Chronicle for the first time. From 1851 onwards, 

 Fancy Pansies were offered in Mr. Salter's Catalogue. 

 In 1852 Mr. John Downie of Edinburgh, who later 

 became the greatest raiser and grower of these flowers, 

 is credited with having exhibited six kinds of Fancy 

 Pansies at the Botanic Gardens, Regent's Park, London. 

 Mr. William Dean (one of a remarkable trio of brothers, 

 all horticultural authorities) has left it on record that 

 to Mr. Andrew Henderson, proprietor of the Pine Apple 

 Nurseries, London, belongs the credit of having intro- 

 duced the improved forms of Fancy or Belgian Pansies 

 to English growers about 1858. Mr. William Dean was 



