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the grower should be rewarded by the sight of all the 

 plants blossoming in the greatest profusion. 



Note should be made of all the good varieties, and 

 these either removed to a bed by themselves as before 

 mentioned, or marked in some way for taking cuttings 

 or dividing up in the ensuing Autumn or Spring. 



As mentioned earlier, the time of seed-sowing is 

 largely a matter of convenience, and providing due pro- 

 lection be afforded from the elements then existent, seed 

 may be sown at almost any period of the year, and good 

 results accrue. 



PROPAGATION BY CUTTINGS 



The primary requisite for the propagation of Pansies 

 by means of cuttings is to possess good, strong, healthy 

 plants from which to obtain them. For this reason, 

 therefore, special care should be taken with plants from 

 which it is intended to propagate, in order that cuttings 

 of the necessary quality and character only may be used, 

 in this way causing greater assurance of success than 

 would otherwise be the case. 



If the grower intends to propagate on a very large 

 scale, of necessity special treatment must be accorded 

 the plants in the shape of mulching, manuring, and 

 cutting back the stock plants. Though if only a few 

 cuttings are required, the young basal shoots should 

 be taken, and this may be done without in any way 

 spoiling the flowering effect of the plant ; but as a 

 general rule, growers are always anxious to obtain as 

 many cuttings as possible. 



As in the propagation by seed, propagation by cuttings 

 may take place at almost any time during the more genial 

 period of the year. In the case of propagating a 

 particular seedling, or, owing to the fact that stern 

 necessity does not allow the grower to make use of the 



