g6 Viola tricolor. 



flourish : so, for this very reason, it is not best to sow them in open ground 

 in the foil. They will come up during any mild interval in winter, and 

 then be destroyed before getting sufficiently strong to withstand the rigor 

 of this season. But fine large pansies, from two to two and a half inches 

 in diameter, cannot be grown on a poor soil. I am now (Oct. 26) sitting 

 in view of a small bed of these flowers, where hundreds are expanded, of 

 the above size, growing in a good brown loam slightly enriched with thor- 

 oughly decomposed manure. This bed commenced blooming about the 

 loth of June, and continued until stopped by very dry, hot weather, the 

 latter part of July ; and early in September the second blooming com- 

 menced, giving us a perfect feast of flowers for nearly two months more. 



No hot-bed nor frame was used to bring about this very desirable result. 

 The seed, of the best quality, was purchased from a reliable dealer, and 

 sown in light, rich soil, on the south side of a wall, about the first of March. 

 A few warm days brought them up ; and they grew rapidly until the heat 

 began to wilt them in the middle of the day, when some of the stronger ones 

 were showing the bud. They were then carefully transplanted into the above- 

 described loamy bed, on the north side of a fence, where they still remain. 



The shade of a fence or tree is much better than the same side of a 

 building. The pansy wants more light than can be had on the north side 

 of a wall : and the finest specimens may be grown without any shade, when 

 the midsummer is rather wet and cloudy ; but such practice should not be 

 relied on where partial shade can be obtained. 



In conclusion, let me recapitulate : ist. Procure the best quality of seed, 

 without regard to cost, and repeat this each season, because the pansy de- 

 generates very rapidly when grown from seed promiscuously. 2d, Sow 

 them about a month earlier than you would presume to put any other seed 

 in the ground. 3d, Cover them about half of an inch deep, near the south 

 side of a wall. 4th, When the sun gets too hot for them there, transplant 

 to the north side of a fence or tree, in a soil not too rich nor too poor, 

 not too light nor too heavy, and they will produce more beautiful heart's- 

 eases, of every imaginable shade of blue, purple, maroon, yellow, and 

 white, during three or four months of the summer, than can be produced 

 with the same labor in any other way. y. Miliesan. 



Shei.byvillb, Ind. 



