PANDANUS PARIS GREEN 165 







slowly and the plants for a time make a very slow growth. 

 The general cultural treatment is that of palms, which see. 



Pansy is without doubt the most popular spring 

 flower in cultivation. The strains of seed are many, each 

 containing great possibilities. The culture is simple and 

 the results are sure. Seed sown in August or September, in 

 boxes or a frame, will make plants large enough to reset 

 in November and bloom the following March ; or they may 

 be left until March in open seed-beds before setting out. 

 Also, if they are sown very thinly in the frames they may 

 remain undisturbed through the winter, blooming very early 

 the following spring. The frame 

 should be protected by mats, boards 

 or other covering through the severe 

 cold, and as the sun gains strength, 

 care should be taken to keep them 

 from heaving by alternate thawing 

 and freezing. Seed sown in boxes 

 in January or February will make 

 fine blooming plants by April, tak- 

 ing the place of those blooming Pansies 

 earlier. 



The requisites for satisfactory Pansy culture are rich, 

 moist, cool soil, protection from the noonday sun, and atten- 

 tion to keeping them from going to seed. As the ground 

 becomes warm a mulch of leaf-mold or other light mate- 

 rial should be spread over the bed to retain moisture 

 and exclude heat. Spring and fall give the best bloom. 



Paris Green is the leading arsenical insecti- 

 cide. It is usually applied in a water spray, at the rate of 

 1 pound of the poison to 150 to 200 gallons of water. Add % 

 pound of lime to prevent injury to foliage. Potatoes will 

 usually stand a stronger mixture ; peaches and some other 

 plants do not need one so strong. Make the Paris Green into 

 a paste with water before adding it to the 200 gallons, that it 

 may mix better. Paris Green may be added to Bordeaux 



