HOW TO FORCE PLANTS IN WINTER. 219 



THE PANSY. 



This pretty species of Violet is seldom grown in this 

 country in perfection. Our climate is too dry, our summer 

 suns too hot, and the flowers grow small, and we never see 

 the fine, large flowers which English florists are so proud 

 of. In spring and autumn we get large pansies, but all 

 through the summer the .flowers are sure to be small. 



Our winters are often very severe on this flower, and it is 

 no uncommon thing to have the whole bed winter-killed. 

 They succeed best when covered with snow during the 

 whole winter. 



In a frame, however, these flowers may be rmccerfsfully 

 cultivated. 



The seed should be sown in July or August, and tho 

 plants pricked out into a bed in a moist sheltered spot in 

 the flower garden. About the middle of October, when 

 the plants have become sizable, pot them, one in a pot, 

 and treat them as directed for polyanthus. 



They will bloom from the middle of April all through 

 the summer. 



The soil should be a rich loarrx. 



Only water wh'~i? tb ylt*ntc become dry, und then 



