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species are now considered important items in our flower 

 borders. Whoever is in the least degree conversant with 

 these floral gems, must have noticed a great diflerence in size 

 of flower and also of foliage. The three colored Violet 

 (Viola tricolor) possesses a fragrance, while the finer Pansies 

 originating from Viola Grandiflora are destitute of this pleas- 

 ing character. The former, though nearly banished from the 

 garden to make way for the latter, will still retain its favor 

 with the general cultivator. Capable of great improve- 

 ment by culture and by the selection of good seed, its 

 more hardy constitution and dehcate fragrance will not 

 be soon overlooked. Very dark purple flowers, with a golden 

 eye, of great attraction, we have heretofore noticed in several 

 collections. To the latter species we were introduced through 

 the old purple and old white, and subsequently through a fine 

 hybrid between these two, from the seed-bed of William 

 E. Carter at the Botanic Garden. Within two or three 

 years, the great flowering Pansies have been multiplied to a 

 considerable extent. Superb varieties have been raised by 

 several individuals, and exhibited by the Society. During 

 the past year we have noticed from the large collection of S. 

 Walker, the following of his seedlings on which much com- 

 mendation has been bestowed. 



A seedhng of great beauty named Village Maid. A very 

 dark variety called Othello. A new seedling, exhibited on 

 the 20th December, 1837, called Victoria, considered one 

 of the best ever raised by him. A very large number of 

 seedlings of the present year, will be probably opened to 

 public exhibition in the course of next spring. Should this 

 occur, it will be considered a new and interesting feature in 

 floriculture. 



We believe, little or nothing has been attempted within 

 the past year, in the cultivation of the Turkish Ranunculus and 

 Anemone. The ordinary heat of our early summer weather 

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