FLORISTS' PANSIES. 



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notch, serrature, or unevenness, the petals lying close and evenly on each other. Tex- 

 ture thick, and of a rich, glossy, velvety appearance. 



Colour. — In all two-coloured flowers, the ground colour (of whatever shade) should 

 be perfectly alike in all the three lower petals, circular, and of equal width between the 

 blotch and belt in the three lower petals. 



Belting. — The belt or margin should bo exactly the same shade as the two top 

 petals, and whether broad or narrow, should be of equal breadth throughout, without 

 running into or flushing with ground colour. 



Blotch. — The blotch should be dense and solid, and of a circular character, free from 

 all rumiing into or through the ground 

 colour, or the eye. 



Eye. — This should be bright gold or 

 orange, and solid, without mixing or running 

 into the blotch, and should be exactly in the 

 centre of the bloom. 



Size. — The larger bloom (other properties 

 being equal) should be the better, but no 

 flower should be considered fit for competition 

 under 1^ inches diameter. 



Selfs. — Of whatever colour, should be 

 of the same shade throughout, in yellow, 

 white, blue, or any other shade, the denser 

 the blotch the better. 



The above description is applicable to 

 fancy pansies with the exception of that as to 

 " belting." In the top petals the colours may run into each other. The blotches 

 ought to be dense and solid, and the margins of the under and the two side 

 petals regular and distinct. The margins of the three petals should meet and form 

 three parts of a circle. No fancy pansy should be less than If inches in diameter. 

 A show Pansy is depicted in Fig. 32, and a fancy in Fig. 33, which have 

 been taken from Mr. James Simkin's excellent work on the Pansy (Simpkin, 

 Marshall & Co). 



The properties of what is known as the "viola " may be described as follows : — The 

 flowers ought to be as nearly circular as possible ; the petals of good substance and 



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