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will not go on doing well in the same place for more 

 than a few years, as the ground gets " Pansy- 

 sick,' ' and a fresh position must be found for them. 



There is a fashion now in preference for the 

 "Tufted Pansies," but I do not think they are 

 nearly so pleasing. 



Viola cornuta is a very good plant, bearing 

 masses of rather slender mauve flowers in June and 

 July, spreading very quickly, and covering the 

 ground thickly. Do not keep very old plants of this, 

 as they get untidy-looking; you will always find 

 plenty of seedlings round the old ones in the 

 autumn, as the seed-pods scatter their seeds in 

 bursting when ripe. 



Wallflowers Gheiranthus. " Gilly flowers " 

 are such early bloomers, and so sweet, that it 

 would be a great loss of pleasure for our gardens 

 to be without them. Although they are perennials, 

 they are rather apt to die off in some soils, or to get 

 very untidy-looking as old plants, so it is advisable 

 to bring some up from seed each year. They 

 should be sown in May, and planted out in August 

 or September for spring flowering, or sown under 

 glass in January for summer flowering. The single 

 kinds are best for beds, or borders, but the tall 

 double-rocket varieties, which flower later, are 



