1'ANSY. 75 



The most brilliant purples of the artist appear dull 

 when compared to that of the Tansy, our richest 

 satins and velvets coarse and unsightly by a com- 

 parison of texture; and as to delicacy of shading, 

 it is scarcely surpassed by the bow of Iris itself. 



When seen individually, the flower must be no- 

 ticed with admiration, yet it is not calculated to 

 make a figure in the garden unless planted in large 

 clumps; but when a considerable plot of rising 

 ground is covered with these flowers, the appear- 

 ance cannot be equalled by the finest artificers in 

 purple and gold. The seeds may be sown at al- 

 most any season of the year. Those sown late in 

 the autumn blossom early, whilst those sown in the 

 spring flower during the summer. It is a flower 

 that bears transplanting ; and if the branches are 

 cut off when the beauty of the blossom is past, they 

 will send out fresh branches, and continue to flower 

 throughout the year ; but when suffered to ripen 

 the seed, the plant generally dies. We have fre- 

 quently kept the plants alive for several years by 

 this treatment ; and transplanting rather adds to the 

 beauty of the flower than otherwise. 



The Pansy will grow in almost any soil and si- 

 tuation, but the self-sown plants degenerate very 

 rapidly, producing only small dingy flowers. 



The perfume of the Pansy is too weak to be 



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