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all termed Show Pansies. The section with much 

 larger flowers, and with more brilliance and variety in 

 the colours, are called Fancy Pansies, and they have 

 become so popular that their smaller sisters have to 

 play the part of Cinderella. Here is a description of 

 a typical Fancy Pansy : " Brownish purple blotches, 

 laced with yellow and crimson ; upper petals lemon 

 yellow, with dark blotches and broad band of purplish 

 crimson." What a gay fellow have we here ! 



Propagation. The prize Pansies are grown under 

 names, and they are kept true to character by propa- 

 gating them from cuttings. Any good garden Pansy 

 which an amateur has raised from seed may be per- 

 petuated in the same way. The process is very simple. 

 Shoots are taken off in September, and young, solid 

 stems are chosen which are not, and have not been, 

 in bloom. Sometimes suitable shoots may be found 

 springing quite from the base of the plant, and this 

 is the more likely to be the case if the grower has 

 placed some rich soil round the plants in July. The 

 cuttings should be inserted, just clear of each other, in 

 sandy soil in boxes, which may be put in a frame. Air 

 should be given when the weather is fine throughout 

 the winter, and if brown aphis attack the cuttings it 

 should be brushed off. The cuttings will grow in 

 spring, and may be planted out. Although prize 

 Pansies are propagated by cuttings, a stock of plants 

 has to be bought in the first place, and they will cost 

 4d. to 2S. 6d. each, according to their variety. Very 

 good varieties can be bought for 6d. a plant. If the 

 grower does not wish for named varieties, he can 

 buy a good strain for 8s. a hundred, or approximately 

 id. each. London and other amateurs can often buy 

 boxes of plants even cheaper than this, for some of 



