THE FLORIST. 
277 
JUDGING PANSIES. 
Having paid considerable attention to Pansies for nearly fifteen 
years, the best mode of judging Pans has frequently attracted my 
attention, and I submit the following directions to Judges, for the 
consideration of parties having the management of Pansy exhibitions. 
Directions to Judges. 
Every Pan must contain-varieties,— to be distinct, perfect, 
and legibly named. 
Every bloom must be If inch in size, measured either from top 
to bottom, or from side to side. 
No flower to have two distinct ground-colours (except yellow in 
the centre of the eye of white-ground flowers), but shades of the 
same colour to be considered defects merely. 
Every Pan of 24 or under, to contain not above one half yellow- 
ground varieties. 
Every Pan of 36 or above, to contain not above five-ninths 
yellow-ground varieties. 
The Judges to fill and sign the accompanying form, noting the 
several points of character of each Pansy, as herein set down, with 
one or more of the following distinctive marks of degrees of excel¬ 
lence ; viz. for good, O ; medium, C; and bad, X. O to count 1 ; 
C, one-half; and X, 1 against. 
Form to be filled up by Judges. 
Ticketed No. of Stand (■—). 
Pansy. 
Round¬ 
ness of 
Outline. 
Smooth¬ 
ness 
of Edge. 
Uniformity 
of Ground- 
Colour. 
Belting. 
Eye. 
Flatness 
of 
Petal. 
Arrange¬ 
ment of 
Petal. 
Quality 
of 
Petal. 
No. 
1 
2 
3 
4 
&c. 
• 
Total . . O 
C 
X 
[< Judge's signature .] 
Remarks and Explanations of the above Characters. 
Roundness of Outline.' —See that the side and bottom fill well 
up where they join the upper, and that there is no notch at the 
bottom. 
Smoothness of Edge. —Whether rose or serrated. 
Uniformity of Ground-Colour.— Is sufficiently explicit. 
