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a few days ago, I found Mr. George Wythes was using 

 it as an edging to many of his flower-beds. He said 

 nothing in the way of a Viola he had tried would stand 

 the heat and drought of the summer in the south like 

 Blue Bell. About this time I got from Mr. Grieve 

 several of the varieties he had raised, and which were 

 figured in one of the numbers of the Floral Magazine 

 for 1872, but only ' The Tory ' did well in our warm 

 southern climate. [The Tory is still grown, and is this 

 year (1910) offered by Messrs. Grieve & Sons. It is 

 deep blue in colour, with dark blotch.] 



"One excellent variety which about this time became 

 very popular in the south was Imperial Blue Perfection. 

 It was quite distinct from B. S. Williams' cornuta Per- 

 fection ; a good flower, and very free. I think it was 

 distributed by Messrs. E. G. Henderson & Son, then of 

 Wellington Road Nurseries, St. John's Wood. 



" As far as my own seedlings were concerned, cornuta 

 Perfection and lutea grandiflora formed the material I 

 worked upon ; Cliveden Purple Pansy was also employed. 

 Blue Bell, Lothair, Princess Teck, and Corisande were the 

 first four I put into commerce all true Violas ; and with 

 these a batch of Tom Thumb Bedding Violas, very dwarf 

 and compact in growth, producing an abundance of small, 

 well-formed flowers the varieties, Blue Gem, Lily White, 

 Little Gem, Painted Lady, and Yellow Boy. These were 



