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more care must be exercised. These plants should be 

 planted in the evening, and on the following day an in- 

 verted flower-pot should be placed over each, removing it 

 at night unless frost is likely to occur, when it should be 

 allowed to remain. This treatment for two or three days 

 is usually sufficient to get the plants established in their 

 new home. With such plants it is, however, even more 

 necessary than with others to keep the flower-buds pinched, 

 so that all the plant's strength may go towards increasing 

 the root-action. 



This chapter has been written solely with one object in 

 view, that of giving instructions how to grow the choicest 

 varieties of Violas and Pansies in such a way as to obtain 

 with certainty the finest flowers ; for this reason spring- 

 planting only has been recommended. In days long past 

 Pansies for exhibition were nearly all grown in pots in 

 frames, after the manner of Auriculas. They were potted 

 up in the autumn, and attended to through the winter in 

 the frames with great solicitation and care. In May, the 

 plant produced perfect blooms of the old English Show 

 Pansy, and similar treatment would be followed by excellent 

 results at the present day ; but the practice has fallen out 

 of favour, and the cultivation in beds, as here recommended, 

 has superseded it. 



