 In Italy the pansy is known as "flammola" (little flame).In the early years of the 19th century, Lady Mary Elizabeth Bennet (1785–1861), daughter of the Earl of Tankerville, collected and cultivated every sort of "Viola tricolor" (commonly, heartsease) she could procure in her father's garden at Walton-upon-Thames, Surrey.Under the supervision of her gardener, William Richardson, a large variety of plants was produced via cross-breeding.