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of the Pansy. When they are planted it should be 

 done deeply, and the soil pressed firmly about the 

 roots, as Pansies like a firm soil, provided the imder- 

 neath portion be of a quality in which they can 

 root freely. And as the plants are continually being 

 renewed by means of fresh growths thrown up from 

 the roots, it is well to top-dress the plants two or 

 three times. We do this by taking some refuse 

 soil from the potting-bench, mixing some sand and 

 leaf-mould with it, also some decomposed manure 

 and cocoa-nut fibre, laying it about the plants, and 

 especially close to the stems, to the depth of two 

 inches. This has a wonderfully sustaining and fer- 

 tilising power dming hot dry weather. 



Pansies can also be propagated by means of 

 cuttings made of the young growths put forth in 

 July and August, and pricked out in sandy soil in 

 any cool shady place. A temporary bed made up 

 tmder a north wall, that is the side of the wall facing 

 the north, suits them well, or they can be put in pots 

 of light sandy soil, and the pots placed in a cold 

 frame. But the soU must be pressed firmly about 

 the cuttings in all cases. These quickly make root, 

 and by October make excellent plants for placing 

 out in autumn. Another good way of propagating 

 is by lifting the plants at the end of August or Sep- 

 tember, choosing a moist time for doing so, and 

 dividing them, in doing which it will be seen that 

 many of the shoots have made roots, and a vigorous 

 plant will sometimes make fifty or sixty when so 

 divided. If these are planted out in a prepared bed 

 they will soon grow into useful plants. Any young 

 plants so obtained in autumn are useful in the flower 

 garden, because they flower early in spring. 



Any on'B who may be disposed to grow a, few 

 Pansy blooms for exhibition must give them special 

 treatment. The bed should be raised a little above 

 the level of the ground, and some good manure 

 and leaf-mould mixed with the soil. The top- 

 ■ dressing used should be decidedly richer than for 

 ordinary plants ; and a fortnight or so before show 

 flowers are wanted for exhibition, they will be all 

 the finer if some weak liquid maniu'e be given once 

 or twice a week. In the case of AVTiite and Yellow 

 ground Pansies, the great thing is to have the 

 belting or marginal colours as perfectly defined as 

 possible, and, to secure this, it is necessary to keep 

 the blossoms shaded from the sun. 



A good selection of English show Pansies will be 

 found in the following. 



Yellow Grounds. 



John Faton, 



Amy. 



Bronze Queen. 

 Chancellor. 

 Bavid Dalgleish. 

 jEunes Blfuik. 

 James Haleolm. 

 John Harper. 



Lord F. Cavendish, 

 Master Ord. 

 Hrs, Melville, 

 Perfection, 

 Sultan, 

 Thomas Bitchie. 



Brora, 



Cupid. 



JDevonia, 



EUie Thomson, 



Fair Maid. 



Janet Lees. 



J, Douglas Dick, 



DarS, 

 Andrew Miller, 

 Artemus. 

 Dr, Caird. 

 James Skinner, 

 Prince Leopold, 

 Eev. D, Taylor, 

 The Mahdi. 

 W. B. Hope. 



Tellma. 

 Archibald Eolland. 

 Canary, 

 Dr. Masters, 

 Gem. 

 Gomar. 

 Maranta. 

 Mrs. Menzies. 



White Gkounds. 



Jessie Laird. 



Lady Frances, 



Mina. 



Miss Melkle. 



Mrs.' Gair. 



Mrs. Henderson. 



Wizard. 



Alexander McKinnon, 

 Bella Forbes. 

 Catherine Agnes. 

 Charming. 

 Donald Sinclair, 

 E, W. Smith, 

 Endyioion. 

 George Carlow, 

 Havelock. 

 Helen Wood, 

 Harry Veitch. 

 John Hampton, 



Selfs, 



White a/nd Cream. 

 Alpha. 

 Cluristina. 

 Flag of Truce. 

 Gazelle. 



Highland Mary. 

 Jenny Anderson. 

 Mrs. Galloway. 

 Mrs. "Wm. Wilson- 

 Peerless. 

 Qneea of Whites. 



Blue. 

 Alexander Scott, 

 Blue Beard, 

 Blue Stone. 

 Dr. Gray. 

 W. J, Eawlings. 



Fancy Pansies. 



John Bryce. 

 J. D. Stuart. 

 Lord Eosebery, 

 Mary Anderson. 

 Miss Lizzie Matthews. 

 Mrs, Forbes, 

 Mrs. Barrie. 

 Mrs. Birkmyre, 

 Princess Beatrice, 

 Bobert Duncan, 

 The Pilots. 

 ■William Melville, 



Bedding Pansies, 



Le Grand, 



Startler, 



"Warden. 



White Queen, white. 



Adonis. 



Beauty. 



Cloth of Gold, yellow. 



CroSBflat Eival. 



Holyrood, blue. 



Bedding Violas. 



Arciiie Grant, rosy-purple. 

 Bessie Clark, light mauve. 

 Blue Bell, blue, [white. 

 Countess of Hopetoun, 

 Countess ©f Kintttte, purple- 



hlue and white. 

 Duchess oE Sutherland, 



bright lilac. 



Goldflnder, deep golden- 

 yellow. 

 Pilrig Park, white. 

 Queen of Purples, pnrple. 

 Queen of Spring, yeUow, 

 Souvenir, rich lavender. 

 True Blue, blue. 



FERNS. 



By Jaiues Bbitten, P.L.S. 



The Clieilaiithes, — ^Even among the Pteridea, 

 a tribe of ferns' containing such pre-eminently 

 garden genera as Pteris, Adiantum, Felltea, and 

 ZomariM, the Chcilanthes holds a high position. 

 Assuredly few more beautiful ferns exist than some 

 of the members of this highly interesting and rather 

 extensive genus. The species, which are scattered 

 over the tropical and temperate regions of both 

 hemispheres, number over sixty. They are much 

 varied in aspect, most being dwarf-growing tufted 

 plants, with more or less compound fronds, the 

 under surface in some cases beiiig covered with gold 



