Plate 492 . 
VIOLA CORNUTA — PERFECTION. 
The value of the Pansy as a bedding plant, especially for 
spring gardening, has been for a long time recognised, and those 
varieties to which the name of Cliveden Pansies has been given 
are extensively grown wherever this is attempted. Others of a 
similar character (as for example, the Imperial Blue, raised by 
Messrs. Downie, Laird, and Laing, and which we figured some 
time ago), have been added to the list, and doubtless, as the 
desire for spring gardening spreads, they will be still more 
used. 
Por a long while there had existed in our gardens a species 
of Viola to which no great attention had been given, but which 
whenever grown had always been admired, the horned-violet, 
Viola Cornuia. When people were on the look-out for some- 
thing fresh for bedding purposes, this was soon adopted as valu- 
able for the purpose, and to Mr. Wills we believe is especially 
due the merit of having forced its capabilities on the notice of 
the horticultural world. Some, as usual, disputed its merits, 
but it won its way, and we have ourselves seen it to great 
advantage, especially in light grounds. Last year, from two 
different quarters, appeared an improved form of this Viola, by 
some called Viola cornuta , Perfection, by others Blue Perfection. 
Their identity was maintained by some, their difference by 
others. Without entering into the controversy, or attempting 
to state the arguments which have been adduced, we must con- 
tent ourselves with the statement that, in our opinion, they are 
