(and in which we foresee great improvements)—- fancies , and we 
think every one would acknowledge that the latter would gain 
much were they of the same exquisite rotundity as the former. 
The four varieties were all exhibited, amongst many others, by 
Messrs. Downie, Laird, and Laing, of Edinburgh, and Stanstead 
Park, Forest Hill, who are not only very successful growers, but 
raisers of some very beautiful varieties; and indeed the larger 
number of the finest flowers are now raised by the indefatigable 
perseverance of our friends across the Tweed. The greater 
coolness and moisture of Scotland seem to be more favourable 
to their growth than our more sunny south, it being with great 
difficulty that during a dry summer a collection can be kept 
alive here. Florist varieties of Pansies are divided into three 
classes:—1. Selfs, which are either dark purple, shaded purple, 
white, or yellow. 2. Yellow grounds, in which the colour is 
either pale or light yellow, marked with various shades of ma¬ 
roon, crimson, puce, chocolate, etc., with the eye dense and of 
the same colour as the edge of the petals. 3. White grounds, 
where the colour must be pure white and the edges either blue 
or pimple, with the eye of the same colour. Examples of the 
two latter classes are to be found in the Rev. Thomas JDownie 
and Lady Lucy Dundas. Fancy or Belgian and French varieties 
have not yet been classified, and indeed their bizarre character 
at present would make that exceedingly difficult. 
