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Notes and Gleanings. 



of service ; merely remembering that those applicable to the south of England 

 are suited to the latitude of Baltimore ; and that, in New England, we cannot 

 plant out our pansies until May. In our Northern States, also, the pansy is best 

 wintered in a frame, either by transplanting, or by covering the bed. 



It sometimes does well merely covered with leaves, but, if we have an open 

 winter, is very liable to damn off. 



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" Take a common garden-frame, and fill it to within a foot cf the glass witli 

 rough brick rubbisli or cinders, and place on this about three inches of light soil. 

 Sow the seed ; and, to avoid watering until the seed is up, cover the frame with 

 mats ; and, as soon as the young plants are seen peeping through, expose them to 

 the light, and admit air. The pansy is a perfectly hardy plant, and, when dry, 

 will stand any amount of frost, but suffers severely from damp. Under the treat- 

 ment I have indicated, they will become robust little plants ; and, with plenty 



