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PANSY 



petals standing apart from each other. The "Uprifrht 

 Heartsease," or Whla assurgeiis tricolor, is representeii 

 as a stouter and more erect plant, with rounder but 

 scarcely larger flowers. These are described as follows • 

 "The Hearts-ease or Pansie hath many round leaves at 

 the first comming up; afterward thev grow somewhat 

 longer, sleightly cut about the edges, trailing or creeping 

 upon the ground: the stalks are weake and tender, 

 whereupon grow floures in form & figure like the Vio- 

 let, and for the most part of the same bignesse, of three 

 sundry colours, whereof it tooke the syrnarae Tricolor, 

 that is to say, purple, yellow and white or blew; by rea- 

 son of the beauty and braverie of which colours they 

 are very pleasing to the eye, for smel they have little 

 or none at all. The seed is contained in little knaps of 

 the begnesse of a Tare, which come forth after the 

 floures be fallen, and do open of themselves when the 

 seed 13 ripe. The root is nothing else but as it were a 

 bundle of threddy strings. 



"The upright Pansie bringeth forth long leaves 

 deeply cut m the edges, sharp-pointed, of a bleake or 

 pale green colour, set upon slender, upright stalks 

 cornered, jointed, or kneed a foot high or higher; 

 whereupon grow very faire floures of three colours, 

 viz., of purple, blew and yellow in shape like the com- 

 mon Hearts-ease, but greater and fairer; which colours 

 are so excellently and orderly placed, that they bring 

 great delight to the beholders, though they have little 

 or no smell at all: for oftentimes it hapneth that the 

 uppermost floures are differing from those that grow 

 upon the middle of the plant, and those vary from the 

 lowermost, as Nature list to dally with things of such 

 beauty. The seed is like that of the precedent." 



L. H. B. 

 The Pansy is truly a "plant for the million." Its ease 

 of cultivation, hardiness and cheapness have made it one 

 of the most popular plants in this countrj The under 





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PANSY 



reputation of growing the best Pansies. About twenty- 

 hve years ago, however, three French specialists. Bug- 

 not, of St. Brieuc, and Gassier and Trimardeau, of 

 Pans, made immense strides in developing the Pansv 

 and their produ,-ri.,„K w,-,-.. a n-v,-h.ti.,n to the hortil 

 cultural wuilil. su- 1, : , , ,umI . 

 thought iiii|iM,^il,;, ]■■ ■ 



immense n(,\\,.|-, ,u ,, ,i , 



crossed \v, 11, il„,s,. ,,i , :--^„r,„„, I ;„;„:,t"has'"given"a 

 Pansy w luch is s„i,.r„,.,iiMK ii,e o|,i,.r Knglish varieties. 

 It must be admitted, however, that the best results can 

 be obtained only at the expense of much care and culti- 

 vation and selection, and specialists only can be ex- 

 pected to reach the greatest degree of perfection. The 

 strains degenerate very soon unless constant attention 

 and care are bestowed on the plants. Contrast the flow- 

 ers grown by Gassier and Bugnot themselves with the 

 stra,ms sold nowadays generally under their names ! The 

 choicest flowers are removed so far from the type that 

 they produce but little seed and that of short vitality. 

 The seed has to be gathered by hand, and it is neces- 

 sary to go over the seed-beds everv day. With the cheap 

 and common strains less rnn-ful im-lh.Mls of seed-gather 



ing are used. At th,. t „f l,Miv,sti„i,- the plants 



are all pulled out un.l lai.l i„ tl„- sl,;„l,. f,.r the seed to 

 slowly ripen, when tli. sc , .is ;ur ull .l.-Hni-d at once. 



In this country, with uioru exti-ciiies in temperature, 

 more care must be exercised than in Europe in the se- 

 lection of localities and exposure, and with the best of 

 care Pansies will not last very long in bloom. A posi- 

 ed from hiijh winds and exposed to the 

 I will \ir loniiii 111.- most favorable, and soil 

 ii^iiiin- \\,\\ ciir-i.-hiMl will grow the best 

 '■'|ii''iit s|.nrikliiii;s .-lis,,, to keep the ground 

 |""~I- >viM Ih. mi-^,-,.;,! I„.,u.tit. The general 



'' I" '■'"' ■■'' . .11 K -jwiii- bloom is made 



" ■ ' ' ' ■'• 'I ^"\\ ri indoors from 



l.le scale in 

 -bed out of 

 well-rotted 



1635. Modern Pan 



.signed is inclined to believe that as many plants of 

 Pansies are sold as of all other plants. 



Pansies were first improved from the ori^'inal tvi.,- in 

 Great Britain, where the cool and moist cliiint. is w. II 

 adapted to their cultivation, and new v.'iri.li.s «,,.. 

 gradually brought out with larger flowers .,C vaji. .1 

 colors. For many years England and Scotland boru the 



Pansy seed i: 

 ■signed from hi; 

 all others. Ii 



ough on beds or benches 



temperature fur 



They are grown to a slight 



purposes, keep theni in a 

 ary; some freezing, even, 

 •m slowly into growth at a 

 40° at night, as a higher 

 lie size of the flowers. A 

 en m.'imire once every two 

 Inlly. Flowers 4 in. across 

 DiHiii!; growth and bloom 

 ual 



plants fi 111.' \ii 



the fall from the set 



quarters. Good Pansies can be grown out-of-d'oors with- 

 out glass protection as far north as Nova Scotia. Gen- 

 erally, however, it is much better to winter Pansies in 

 a coldframe, especially the finer strains. Pansies in 

 bloom should be partially shaded from the hot midday 

 sun, particularly the fancy-colored strains, the petals of 

 which are more delicate in texture. 



Dents Zikngiebel. 



