PANSIES AND VIOLAS, 



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which I have been asked hundreds of times, What is the difference 

 between Pansies and Violas? 



Pansies being largely bred from V. tricolor, an annual, are less 

 perennial in their character than Violas, which, as you have heard from 

 Mr. Grieve, were raised from true perennial species on the maternal 

 side. But nowadays the distinction is an arbitrary one of florists. 

 Generally speaking, Violas have no solid markings like the blotches 

 of Pansies, and are best fitted on account of habit and purity of colour 

 for all kinds of bedding work. 



