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 



