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the lift-pump, placed on an elevated platform, 
would be easiest made, and best kept in order. 
It may be observed, that it would, perhaps, be 
as cheap to sink a well on the highest part of 
the ground at once, and so fill the highest tank 
on the spot. This, under some circumstances, 
may be true ; but if there be a possibility of 
obtaining pond, or ditch, or drain-water, by 
extra trouble and cost, that should be used. 
It is a known fact, that the pump supply of 
some gardens is the greatest evil to contend 
with, and many a suffering crop owes its 
condition to the water which has been used. 
Now, all well-water is more or less injurious 
as compared with rain-water, or pond-water ; 
and although it may be improved by exposure 
to the atmosphere, there are periods when 
there is no time for exposure, and even when 
exposed a considerable time, it is, and always 
will be, inferior to rain, or river, or pond- 
water. This is one of the considerations 
which would make us sacrifice a little at first, 
to appropriate the water of a ditch, or of 
drains, or of a pond, or brook, rather than 
have recourse to wells, and especially if the 
water lay deep. The force-pump should be 
covered up against frost, or the barrel of it 
will burst ; and this is one of the reasons 
which make us prefer the elevated pump on 
the platform, as pointed out in a previous 
article on this subject. 
HORTICULTURAL NOTES. 
Hardiness of Early Peas. — By some ex- 
periments made by Mr. Griffin of Cowley, 
near Exeter, it appears that the Early War- 
wick Pea is more hardy and prolific than 
either Cormack's Prince Albert, or the Early 
Kent; and being a stronger grower, also re- 
quires more room than them. Cormack's 
Prince Albert is, however, the earliest of 
these three varieties. 
DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF THE BEST TWELVE PANSIES. 
1. Queen of "Whites, (May's.) — This I 
consider to be the best white Pansy that has 
yet appeared in Scotland. It is round, of a 
fair substance, and perfectly smooth in the 
edges. The colour is near to that of a French 
white, has a rich, well-defined blue eye, and 
at the present day no collection can be com- 
plete without it. 
2. Rob Rot, (Campbell's.)— -The ground 
colour of this flower is a creamy white, with 
a large, dark, well-proportioned eye. Laced 
round the lower petals with a narrow light 
purple belt, almost as perfectly as if it had 
been drawn by the hand, it has good sub- 
stance, " as round as my shield," opens prettily 
when growing, and certainly will be an acqui- 
sition to the world of Pansy fanciers, as it is 
new. 
3. Beidegkoom, (Major s.)— A flower of 
famous substance, with a clear, narrow, ring- 
shaped white ground surrounding the eye, and 
laced with a broad band of rich velvety purple 
on the three lower petals ; the \i\>\x;r petals 
being of the same colour as the lacing of the 
lower, and we may say, with certainty, that 
there are not six better Pansiea than this in 
existence at the present day. 
4. Prince Albert, (Pearson's). — Has a 
fine yellow ground, very perfectly laced on 
the three lower petals with a reddish brown 
purple ; has a dark eye, fine shape, and of 
excellent substance. The ground colour is 
equal to that of Thomson's Eclipse, but much 
finer in the lacing, and must be in every good 
collection. 
5. Daniel de Foe, ( Finlayson's.) — As a 
white-grounded flower, with dark broad pur- 
ple lacing, and dark eye, there are but few 
that can surpass it. The purple is more rich 
and velvety in this than in most flowers, 
although, at times, it has a tendency to run 
the lacing into the ground colour ; but when 
this is prevented, by shading or otherwise, it 
will make a capital acquisition to a stand of 
twelve blooms. 
6. Fair Maid, (Thomson's.) — White on the 
three lower petals, with large dark blue eye, 
and upper petals of a light blue lilac colour, 
giving it a fine bold appearance. The shape 
is excellent, but the substance is not so good 
as some of the flowers in this list ; but still it 
is the best of its class, and being a good show- 
flower, should be in every collection. 
7. Flora Mc Donald, (Finlay son's.) — A 
flower with a pure white ground, the lower 
petals and two side petals are laced with a 
lightish blue purple ; the eye is solid, and of 
the same colour ; the upper petals are a little 
deeper in the colour of the purple, but still in 
fine keeping with the lacing of the flower. 
When this flower is full-grown, it is a rarity of 
its kind, as there are few flowers that possess 
a ground colour more pure than this. It may 
be justly termed a first-class flower. 
8. Ultramarine, (Smith's.) — A Pansy 
of 1843, with narrow white ground, perfectly 
smooth in its edges, and solidly laced with 
that beautiful blue colour, called ultramarine. 
It is not naturally a large flower, but when 
well grown is remai'kably fine, and in the style 
of Brown's Curion, but far superior to it in 
the rich colour of the lacing. 
9. Haidee, (May's.) — This, in point of 
substance, is equal to Major's Bridegroom ; 
almost the only difference is, that the white 
ground in this flower is a little broader than 
that of Bridegroom ; but to cut its description 
short, it partakes fully and freely of the Metro- 
politan Society's rules, and should, at the 
present day, be in all first-rate collections. 
