388 BRECK’S NEW BOOK OF FLOWERS. 
Hunt, in his enumeration of the flowers in blossom, in 
his history of the months, too fond of the Heart’s-ease 
even to name it without a passing commendation, he calls 
it the Sparkler, a name which it so truly deserves, that it 
might well be added to those it now bears. Herrick 
plays upon its name of Heart’s-ease : — 
** Ah cruel love, must I endure, 
Thy many scorns, and find no cure? 
Say, are thy medicines made to be 
Help, to all others but to,me? 
“(Tl leave thee and to Pansys come, 
Comforts you’ll afford me some ; 
You can ease my heart, and do 
What love could ne’er be brought unto.” 
Pansies recommend themselves to notice not only by 
the brilliancy and variety of their colors, and the profusion 
of flowers they produce, but also for their durability in 
bloom, which, by attention to culture, will extend from 
April to December, including a portion of nine months of 
the year; and in warm, sheltered places, straggling flow- 
ers may be gathered through the winter. The facility 
with which all the kinds can be propagated, and the very 
little attention they require afterwards in culture, are ad- 
ditional recommendations. 
The flowers ought to be planted in clumps or beds, and 
then the rich mass of bloom, so mixed and so many 
colored, produces a very pleasing effect. The most pre- 
vailing colors are plain purple and violet, of many shades ; 
red, brown, white, yellow, etc., as well as purple and violet, 
variegated, with white or yellow, etc., freaked with stripes 
and spots, in every diversity of coloring. One of the 
most remarkable varieties is one, called the King of the 
Blacks ; the color, a plain jet-black. 
The largest flowers are generally found on young vig- 
orous plants, and in the earliest part of the season have 
