March i, 1909 
The Pansy. 
Its Cultivation. 
(Continued from previous issue). 
[By R. Blee] 
— Points — 
J am inclined to believe some good will 
come if there were rules prepared for 
our Shows. It is often remarked, ‘ What 
a beautiful flower,’ simply because it is 
large. This is a mistaken idea, as all 
points cover size in a Pansy, and in other 
florist flowers. 1 have heard many say 
that there is no difference between a 
Show and a fancy Pansy, yet they allow 
it in Pelargoniums, Dahlias, and others, 
There are three classes in Pansies, Show 
Pansies are white ground, yellow ground, 
and selfs. The selfs comprise dark, 
white, and yellow. ‘These should have a 
dense blotch on the lower petals, either 
small or large, and just showing in the 
Jt must be well defined, 
In white or yellow 
upper ones. 
without runnings. 
ground the color of belting must be the 
same as all the petals. This applies to 
the ground color also. 
have a blotch nearly covering the lower 
petals and two upper ones. The selfs 
are same as the shows, except this diffe- 
Then come white, yellow, and 
Fancy Pansies 
rence, 
other bands on the lower petals, with - 
blue, purple, ruby, plum, and various 
colors on the top petals, laced, and other 
gorts, The markings should be distinct. 
The flowers should be of a leather-like 
texture, circular in form, quite smooth, 
exe well defined, blotches to be dense 
and running, colours clear and regular, of 
a large size, not less than an inch and a 
half for shows and two inches for fancies. 
George Glenny says :— 
1, It should be round, flat, and very 
smooth at edge, every notch or serrature 
or unevenness being a blemish. 
2. The petals should be thick and of a 
tich velvety texture. 
8. Whatever may be the colors, the 
ground color of the three lower petal, 
should be alike, whether it be white 
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yellow, straw-color, plain, fringed, or 
blotched. There should not in these 
three petals be a shade of difference in 
principal color. 
4. Whatever may be the character of 
the marks or darker pencillings on the 
ground color, they should be bright, 
dense, distinct, and retain their character 
without running or flushing or mixing 
with the ground color; and the white, 
yellow, or straw-color should be pure. 
5. The two upper petals should be 
perfectly uniform, whether dark or light, 
or fringed or blotched. The two petals 
immediately under them should be alike; 
and the lower petal, as before observed? 
must have the same ground color and 
character as the two above it; and the 
pencilling or marking of the eye in the 
three lower petals must not break through 
to the edges. : ; ' 
6. In size there is a distinct point, 
when coarseness does not accompany~it;~ 
in other words, if flowers are equal in 
other respects, the larger is the better 
but no flower should be shown under once 
inch and a half across. 
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