PANSY CULTURE IN SCOTLAND 9 



entrusted by Mr. Henderson with the growing of these 

 improved Fancy Pansies in his (Mr. Dean's) gardens 

 at Shipley, and Mr. Dean grew them well and raised 

 many new varieties. It was he who first suggested the 

 name " Fancy," instead of " Belgian," for them. 



From 1860 onward Scotland became peculiarly the 

 home of the cultivated Pansy. The leading Scots florists 

 devoted themselves enthusiastically to its culture and 

 improvement. The cooler temperature of the north 

 accounts in a large measure for the success obtained 

 by Scotsmen, for there the large flowers develop slowly, 

 and the full character and beauty, especially of the large 

 Fancy varieties, are brought out to perfection. To Messrs. 

 Downie & Laird, Messrs. Dickson & Co., Mr. William Paul, 

 Messrs. Dobbie & Co., Mr. John Sutherland, Mr. Andrew 

 Irvine, Mr. Matthew Campbell, Mr. Alex. Lister, Mr. John 

 Smellie, and others, belongs the credit of placing Scotland 

 in the forefront of Pansy culture. 



The brothers William and Richard Dean, Mr. C. 

 Turner of Slough, and Mr. Hooper of Bath were re- 

 nowned Pansy men in the latter half of the last century, 

 while Mr. William Sydenham and Mr. Septimus Pye, as 

 growers and raisers of named varieties ; and Messrs. R. H. 

 Bath, Ltd., as pioneers in the choicest seedling strains, are 

 well-known English growers of the present day. As raisers 

 in past years, Mr. J. D. Stuart and Mr. Samuel M'Kee 

 of Belfast well upheld the reputation of the "sister isle." 



