48 EYE SPY 
tinting of flowers, there is an artificial method 
available which leaves this clumsy artifice of the 
blue-green pinks far behind, and which, withal, 
affords a very pretty experiment in chemistry, 
albeit presumably more enjoyed by the operator 
than the victim. 
A gentleman of the writer's acquaintance, while 
visiting his sister at her country home, noted her 
fondness for pansies, as indicated by the numer- 
ous beds and borders of the flowers there. After 
expressing his appreciation and surprise at the 
endless shades of color in the bouquet which she 
was gathering for the library table, he stooped, 
and apparently plucked one of the blossoms from 
a bed. 
"Your pansies are certainly the most remark- 
able that I have ever seen. Here is one which is 
truly most astonishing in color," he remarked, as 
he handed the blossom to her. 
It was received with an exclamation of amaze- 
ment, and with eager glances at the neighborhood 
of the bed from which she presumed it had been 
taken. " Where did you find it ?" exclaimed his 
sister, in complete demoralization. " Which plant 
was it on? Why, I never saw such a pansy! It's 
wonderful ! There must be more. I never heard 
of such a pansy ! Do show me where you picked 
it." 
" I got it from this plant here, I think," replied 
