i8 PRESENT-DAY GARDENING 



1862 to cross Viola luteaoi the Pentland Hills and the ordi- 

 nary Show Pansies of that day. In 1863, he tells us, he 

 procured Viola Amcena, and crossed it with purple Pansies, 

 also Viola cornuta, and crossed it with " Dux " Show Pansy, 

 the best of the seedlings from this cross being named 

 Vanguard. Viola stricta he next procured, and crossing 

 it, got such varieties as Ariel, Bullion, stricta alba, and 

 a number of varieties without blotches or rays. In 1867 

 Messrs. Dickson got six plants of Viola cornuta Perfection, 

 and Mr. Grieve "crossed every bloom with everything he 

 could lay his hands on/' and had 700 seedlings as a result, 

 among which were Tory, Lilacina, Canary, Holyrood, &c. 

 Grievii, pallida, and Golden Gem were raised from Viola lutea. 

 Sovereign, so long and favourably known, was the result of 

 a cross between Golden Gem and Golden Bedder, a yellow 

 Show Pansy sent out by E. J. Henderson & Son, London. 

 When it is mentioned that, in addition to the varieties 

 named above, Stanley, Mary Gilbert, Dorothy Tennant, 

 Royalty, Souvenir, Virginalis, and Merchiston Castle were 

 raised and sent out by Messrs. Dickson & Co., it will be 

 realised how important was the work of Messrs. Dickson 

 and Mr. Grieve in the earlier days of the Viola. 



Another raiser who worked contemporaneously with Mr. 

 Grieve was the late Mr. John Baxter, gardener to Colonel 

 M'Call of Daldowie near Glasgow. Many of his seedlings 

 were introduced by Messrs. Dobbie & Co., Rothesay, and 



