8o Tim ASSOClATIOh'S OF FLOWERS 
it is often very large. Every year, Irowever, seems to 
produce a reigning favourite among the pansies, and many 
florists value highly the amber brown-coloured flowers. 
Gardeners bestow upon the numerous varieties of heart ’s- 
ease so many names, sometimes in honour of queens or 
princesses, and sometimes in comimemoration of those 
who have been successful in their culture, that no botan- 
ist can pretend to a knowledge of them all. One variety, 
called the monkey-faced pansy, is very singular. Its 
similarity to the face of an ape may escape observation, 
but if once perceived, it is impossible to look at the flower 
without being reminded of it. It is in this respect, like 
those landscapes, which if regarded aright, are found to 
represent the face of an individual. We look with plea- 
sure at the picture ; but when we find that a broken arch 
resembles an eye, and that a nose is discernible in the 
mountain peak, which had just impressed us with its sub- 
lime beauty, the object loses its charm for the future, and 
is only valued for its singularity. 
The remarks made in the former chapter respecting 
the properties of violets in general, apply equally to the 
heart’s- ease. 
