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Fig. 227. SPECIMENS OF PANDANUS. Pandanus utilis (center}, while a most attrac- 

 tive decorative plant, stands but little show alongside the variegated-leaved P. 

 Veitchii, which easily heads the list of all the florist's variegated foliage plants 



PANSIES 



T"\0 you make money out of your Pansies or are you not sure 

 *^* whether you do or not? They, like everything else, need to be 

 handled right in order to pay. You cannot buy a package of seed, 

 accepting anything so long as it is Pansy seed, sow it, later on trans- 

 plant the seedlings, and let it go at that. 



Wonderful improvements have been made in Pansies as to size 

 of flowers and stems and habit, and we no longer have to depend 

 on Europe to obtain the seed. That is not to say that in England, 

 France and Germany good Pansies are not to be found. On the 

 contrary, they have always been known for their fine Pansies, 

 but of late years, both in eastern and western United States, good 

 men have gone into the specializing of Pansies and with the help of 

 the best foreign varieties have worked up strains that are hard to 

 equal. Such seed can be purchased but it costs money, and on that 

 account alone has to be used right. When the proper attention 

 is given to the growing of the plants they can be and are made a 

 paying crop by many. 



I am sure that if the florist has good Pansies in Spring they 

 will sell for a high price. People will buy them when they wouldn't 

 consider ordinary stock no matter how cheaply it is offered. That 

 much for outdoor ones. 



