366 Or the Cultivation of the Pansy. 



Art. V. Oil the Cnltivatioji of the Pansy. By Mr. Tur- 

 ner, Chalvey, near Windsor. With Remarks. By the Ed- 

 itor. 



(^Concluded from p. 316.) 



[By some oversight, the conclusion of Mr. Turner's capital 

 article on the Pansy, in our last number, was omitted ; but 

 as the time was brought down to July, their treatment in 

 the remaining months of the year will be just in time, 

 though it would have been preferable to have had the arti- 

 cle entire: our floral friends, however, must give us their 

 indulgence for the error. — Ed.] 



AUGUST. 



Ey this time the old plants that have been flowering for 

 the last four months, will have lost their beauty, colors, and 

 size. To make up for this, the young stock will now be 

 coming in as a succession. The blooms of the latter will be 

 small at first, but gather them until the plants are capable of 

 producing them good in size and color. 



Sow all the seed that has been saved up to this time, 

 making use of fine light soil, either in pans or a raised bed ; 

 we place pit-lights over it, but open at the sides, the object 

 being to protect the plants in a young state from heavy rain. 

 When watering, be careful to do so through a fine rose. 

 When the plants have several rough leaves, plant them in 

 beds for blooming. 



If mildew appear on any part of the stock, syringe the 

 plants so infected, and shake black sulphur over them when 

 in a wet state ; care should be taken that the sulphur is 

 shaken on the under part of the foliage. This pest generally 

 attacks the oldest plants, and when this is the case, it will 

 be most advisable to take them up and part them. The 

 young shoots, with roots, should be dipped in water, after 

 which cover them with sulphur, which can be done much 

 more efi'ectually when in the hand than when growing. 

 Plant them out as stock plants, not to be watered over the 

 foliage for a week at least; after that time, rain or watering 

 will show that the mildew has been got rid of, and the plants 

 will soon grow out of it. 



