VIOLAS AT WISLEY, 1913. 



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VIOLAS AT WISLEY, 1913. 



Three hundred and sixty-eight stocks of Violas in 276 varieties 

 were sent in for trial, some in the autumn of 1912, the rest in the 

 spring of 1913. All were planted in deeply-dug soil in which plenty 

 of leaf mould had been incorporated, and all made capital growth, 

 flowering profusely all through the hot weather of June and July and 

 afterwards. Those planted in the autumn began flowering in February, 

 and were not only the finest plants, but gave the best display all 

 through the year, proving that on such a light soil as that at Wisley 

 autumn planting gives the best results. 



A list of Violas planted in autumn 191 1 or in spring 1912 is also 

 given. These plants stood for two seasons on the same site un- 

 disturbed with the object of testing the hardiness or otherwise of 

 different varieties, as all Violas are not hardy. All are enumerated 

 below, and it will be seen how much they vary in hardiness and 

 vigour after standing two years. The winter of 1912-13 was very 

 trying, as it was so wet, making it an excellent test. 



A.M. = Award of Merit. 



XXX = Highly Commended. 



1. Accushla (McKee. — Forbes).* — See vol. xxxviii. p. 275. Height 

 10 inches. 



2. Admiral of the Blues (/. P. Robertson. — Dobbie, Forbes, Turner), 

 A.M. June 5, 1913. — A vigorous grower of free-flowering habit, with 

 medium foliage and large violet-purple rayless flowers. 



3. Agnes (Staward). — See vol. xxxviii. p. 275. Height 14 inches. 



4. Agnes Kay (Kay. — Dickson, Dobbie), A.M. June 5, 1913. — 

 A good, free-flowering variety of spreading habit, with large foliage, 

 and big flowers having the lower and side petals white edged with pale 

 violet-blue, while the upper petal is almost wholly violet-blue. Faintly 

 rayed. Height 11 inches. 



5. Ailsa (McKnight. — Dobbie). — A very pretty variety, with 

 medium flowers and small foliage. The blooms are bronze-yellow, 

 edged with a pale shade of plum-violet, upper petals lighter ; rayed. 

 Height 9 inches. 



6. Ajax (Dickson). — See vol. xxxviii. p. 275. Height 14 inches. 



7. A. J. Rowberry (McLeod. — Dickson), A.M. June 25, 1895. — 

 See vol. xxxviii. p. 275. Height 1 foot. 



* The names in italics in parentheses are those of the raisers, those in 

 roman letters the names of the senders to the trials. We are deeply 

 indebted to Mr. W. Cuthbertson, J.P., F.R.H.S., for drawing up this list 

 of raisers. In some cases it has no. been possible to ascertain the 

 raiser's name. 



