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Azotes and Gleanings. 



Fancy and Bedding Pansies. — For many years, the pansy has been 

 grown as a florist's flower in England ; and all which did not fully come up to a 

 ceitain standard were rejected as worthless. 



Now, we must confess we have never been willing to adopt these rigorous 

 rules ; and, let the pansy depart as far as it may from the florist's standard, we 

 have always loved the flower, whether it grew at will as the " lady's-delight " of 



old gardens in its primitive form, the true I'iola tricolor, or whether it vas de- 

 veloped to wonderful size by careful culture. 



A more healthy feeling has lately been developed in England in relation to 

 the pansy ; and the introduction of the so-called "fancy varieties " has given a 

 new impulse to its culture, and in a different direction. Thus, latterly, these 

 fancy pansies have become very popular, and have developed into countless 

 forms of color and markings. Many, also, do good service in England as bed- 



