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with Pansies. This instantly appealed to me, 

 as I greatly dislike to see the earth in the 

 beds and borders, and in Rose beds it always 

 is to be seen. So I bought an ounce each 

 of white and yellow Pansy seed, sowed it 

 about the tenth of July in the partly shaded 

 end of the seed-bed, and by October first 

 had splendid great plants. I did not allow 

 these to blossom, but picked off the buds, 

 and, after the Rose beds had been given a 

 plentiful top-dressing of manure carefully 

 stirred in with a large trowel, I transplanted 

 my Pansy plants. Of course, they had to 

 be covered over with the Roses the last of 

 November, and often during the winter I 

 wondered whether the dears would be smoth- 

 ered. On the twenty -eighth of ^larch the 

 beds were uncovered, and, imagine it! there 

 were Pansies in bloom. From April tenth 

 until late in August these beds were simply 

 a carpet of white and yellow. I never saw 

 anything like it. It vras probably due to 

 the rich soil, perhaps also to the free water- 



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