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having a ground colour of pale primrose, with a broad showy margin of bright 

 Humboldt, or bluish-purple, and a small dark blotch. The" last of the 

 seedlings was Brigand, with margin of shaded purple to a pale lilac ground 

 colour, and a large dark blotch margined with deep lilac. Besides these were 

 blooms of Etoile du Nord and Princess Alice, the last one of the finest Fancy 

 Pansies known ; and of half a dozen English kinds, there were two blooms of 

 Border Chief, a large yellow ground flower with deep bronzy purple margin ; 

 and Lizzie Walton, a splendid white ground flower, bordered with bright 

 purple — both raised by Mr. Dean. 



Batch No. 2_ came to hand on June 5th, and contained seventeen fine 

 blooms. There is a great variety in the marking of these flowers. You are 

 not confined to the three classes of selfs, white grounds, and yellow grounds, 

 that circumscribe the English flowers — in fact, there is such a great diversity 

 of marking, and such eccentric blending of colours, that it sets at defiance 

 almost all rules of classification. 



I divided the batch into three divisions for the purpose of describing them. 

 I put by themselves the bright and deep yellow grounds, those of a pale yellow, 

 sulphur or straw colour ; and, lastly, those of a white ground colour. 



In the first was a flower of marked individuality, after the style of Noemy 

 Demay and Mrs. Moore, deep golden ground with rich, fiery, bronze margin, 

 and dense black blotch. This was fitly named Firefly, and was the showiest 

 flower of the whole. Next was a curiously-marked bloom named Clown, bright 

 gold ground with purplish-crimson border, having a dense blotch on each of 

 the segments of the flower : Magicienne, bright yellow ground with broad 

 margin of purplish-crimson, and dense blotch ; then Lord Provost (a compliment 

 I presume to the chief magistrate of Edinburgh), bright canary yellow ground, 

 and purple belting rayed with pale lilac, and distinctly edged with white: 

 this flower also had a smaller dark blotch than usual. Gold Shield had a 

 ground colour of golden yellow, with rich bronzy margin to the upper petals, 

 a narrow margin of the same to the lower segment of the flower, and small 

 dark blotch; and, lastly, Richard Dean, yellow ground with bright purple 

 margin, and having a large dark blotch. 



The next division had pale yellow or straw grounds. Foremost was a 

 splendid flower named Mrs. Dean, with broad border of velvety rosy crimson, 

 and dense blotch rayed with fiery bronze ; Thomas Moore, with deep Hum- 

 boldt margin, spotted with white, and dark blotch ; Beaute de Parterre, having 

 violet belting, and dark bronzy blotch ; Moonshine, pale lemon ground, lilac 

 margin, and small dark blotch; Carlotta Patti, rosy purple belting with 

 large dark spot on each segment, rayed with yellow and reddish-purple ; and 

 Aunt Nelly, having a rich rosy crimson border, and dark blotch, rayed with 

 bright yellow. 



In the remaining group of light ground flowers were four blooms of 

 Hiberma— that like Thomas Moore has a variegation of white on its bright 

 Humboldt belting ; Columbine, with margin of violet and a dark blotch ; 

 Mrs. Turner, a large flower with pale lilac belting, and dark blotch ; Princess 

 Beatrice, having a broad border of rosy purple, and large purplish-crimson 

 Dlotch ; and, lastly, Annie Brooksbank, a flower something in the style of 

 Princess Alice, but having a bright lilac margin, with large dark blotch on 

 each segment. 



. There is one g' reat advantage the Fancy Pansies possess over the English 

 kinds— they are of hardier constitution, and seem to stand better the extremes 

 of heat and cold. They also grow much stronger, and give a succession of 

 bloom till very late in the season. The next two or three years will witness 

 giant strides in this improvement, and a corresponding advance in popularity. 



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