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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIII, Issue 8645, 23 August 1913, Page 3

Just one hundred years ago, says the " Pall Mall Gazette." Lady Mary Bennett, a daughter of the Earl of Tankerville, was so struck with the simple beauty of a tiny wildling, viola tricolour, that.she collected some of the best plants, and gave them careful cultivation. The first batch of seedlings raised by her gave such promise that systematic selection was at once instituted, and thereafter'-the improvement of the genus was taken up by the leading growers. Thus to an enthusiastic'amateur we are indebted for one of the most popular and beautiful of our garden flowers, a flower which has marvellously developed in size, and with wonderful and bizarre markings and colourings. Many fanciful names have been given to the pansy by country folk,, the best known of which is heartsease, from the notion that it was efficacious in diseases of the ■ heart. This favourite blossom can indeed boast a longer list of pet names-than most ofher companions, a siire sigh of popularity. iVmongst these are butterfly flower, kiss me quick, herb trinity, three little faces under a hood, and love in idleness. German children call this flower " stiefmutterchen," and, pointing to the petals, show how the little stepmother sits alone in state while her stepchildren must stand around her.

You become a nuisance to other people as well as to yotirself when you cough and cough, and if you neglect it, you may lay the' foundation for a troublesome illness. Start treating your Winter Cough at the first sign, for -it is easiest to check them ; use in preference to all other remedies, Baxter's Lung Preserver. We could show you hundreds of grateful letters from people who have found Baxter's Lung Preserver the best. This is not necessary; if you will ask your grocer for a Is 10-' bottle, and try a few doses, you will prove the value of tins wonderful remedy for yourself. 4 61