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freezing leave the bed undisturbed until spring. 

 The best results usually follow such a condition. If 

 the winter is an open one, and the ground free from 

 frost much of the time, the Pansies may be exposed 

 to the sun and, on mild days, to the air. In this way 

 considerable winter growth will be secured. Should 

 the temperature fall sufficiently to freeze the ground 

 inside the frame, the sash should remain closed and 

 be protected with mattings, old carpet, or the like, and 

 the plants allowed to thaw out in the dark. Never 

 expose to the sun when frozen, but thaw out under 

 cover. 



As soon as the ground can be worked in the spring 

 prepare a bed in an open, sunny situation by removing 

 the soil to a depth of six or eight inches and spading 

 in a generous amount of old, well-rotted cow manure 

 a wheelbarrow load to every fifteen square feet is 

 not too much if it is old and thoroughly spaded into 

 the soil. Replace the surface soil, or, better still, 

 fill up the beds with leaf-mould or earth from the 

 compost heap. Instead of the cow manure, old, well- 

 rotted hen manure and chip dirt in equal quantities, 

 with a liberal sprinkling of soot, may be substituted. 

 Dig it well into the subsoil and cover with fine loam 

 or leaf-mould, raking this fine and even and free 

 from stones. Leave it to settle for a few days and 

 then transplant the Pansies, setting them nine inches 

 apart each way. Where several strains of Pansies 

 are grown it is an advantage to plant each variety by 



