ON THE CULTURE OF THE HEARTSEASE. 93 



flowers are many and highly odoriferous, and of the purest 

 white, and on a flower stem from three to five feet high. 

 To have them in the greatest perfection, they should be 

 planted in a lively hot-bed, about the first of this month, in 

 six inch pots filled with light rich earth, giving very little 

 water until they begin to grow, when they ought to be 

 liberally supplied with plenty of air, and about the end of 

 next month they may be planted in the borders, providing 

 a spot for them that is or has been well worked, and en- 

 riched with well decomposed manure. Secure their flower 

 stems to proper rods. Previous to planting the roots, all 

 the off-sets should be taken off and planted separately; 

 keep the crown of the bulb level with the surface of the 

 pot, and when they are replanted in the open ground, put 

 them two inches deeper. 



But when the convenience of a hot-bed cannot be ob- 

 tained, they will succeed very well if planted about the end 

 of this month or first of next in the garden, in a bed of earth 

 prepared for their reception. Let it be dug deep, and 

 make the soil light and rich, by giving it a good supply of 

 manure two years old, well broken and incorporated with 

 the earth, adding a little sand where the soil is heavy. The 

 black earth from the woods produced from decayed" leaves 

 is equally as good without sand. Having the ground in 

 proper order, draw drills about four inches deep and 

 eighteen inches apart ; plant the bulbs (after divesting them 

 of their off-sets) nine inches apart in the row, covering the 

 crown of the bulb about an inch and a half. When done, 

 carefully rake and finish off the beds. When they shoot 

 up their flower stems, give them neat rods for their sup- 

 port. Plant the off-sets in closer rows to produce flowering 

 roots for next year, because they seldom flower the second 

 time. 



ON THE CULTURE OF THE HEARTSEASE OR PANSY, 

 (VIOLA TRICOLOUR.) 



The simplicity and striking beauty of this lovely little 

 flower have attracted notice from the earliest floral times, but 

 it is only within these few years that it has come into high 

 estimation as a florist's flower. Indeed, when the figures 



