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sal favorite needs neither description nor praise ; it is known to 

 the young and old, and is cherished alike by both ; to the latter 

 especially dear for its many long-time associations, as well as its 

 intrinsic beauty. In the cooler and moister climate of Great 

 Britain, with winters less rigorous than ours, it flourishes in per- 

 fection. Here the hot, dry summers parch it, and the hard winter 

 frosts pinch it, but with a little care on the part of the cidtivator, 

 it can be grown here in great beauty, unfolding its lovely flowers 

 in abundant profusion through the spring and autumn months. 

 In the colder parts of the country, where the snow will protect it 

 all winter, it should be grown in great perfection. 



By selecting a spot on the north side of buildings or of a high 

 fence, where the soil is, or can be made, deep, light, rich and 

 moist — selecting for fertilizer that from the cow stable, and apply- 

 ing it liberally — the Pansy can be well grown in any part of the 

 land. When hard freezing weather approaches, a light covering 

 of brush wUl collect, in most places, enough snow to give the 

 plants all the protection they need, or if not, a few branches of 

 evergreens will be quite sufficient. Protection from the sun, 

 both in winter and summer, is of more importance in our chmate 

 than protection from frost. This is secured by making the Pansy 

 bed on the north side of some object that will afford this shade, 

 while it does not subject the plants to drip, nor rob them of 

 their nourishment. They are propagated by cuttings when it is 

 desired to preserve some particular variety, but when that is not 

 essential, by sowing the seed. 



Pansies have been divided by florists into Selfs, YeUow- 

 grounds, White-grounds, and Fancy. The Selfs are mostly of 

 one color, and may be dark, or white, or yellow; Yellow-grounds 

 are those in which the ground-color is yellow, belted with some 

 shade of purple ; White-grounds are belted in the same manner 

 upon a light cream or pure white ground ; Fancy Pansies are of 

 many colors, blotched, laced, marbled, veined, pencilled, and 

 shaded in every conceivable fashion. In Scotland they are all 

 grown in great perfection, and new, choice varieties sell at five 

 shillings sterling each. 



