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MYOSOTIS. MIRABILIS. THE PANSY. 171 



MYOSOTIS, OE FORGET-ME-NOT. 



The Forget-me-not requires a deep, rich, moist and 

 mellow soil. It is best to start the plants in a hot-bed, 

 or box in the house, though the seed may be sown in the 

 open ground. The plants do better on a northern slope, 

 or in a moist and somewhat shady place. The plant is 

 perennial. 



MIRABILIS, OR MARVEL OF PERU. 



Make the ground very rich and mellow, sow the seeds 

 in a row where you can hoe on each side of it, at least a 

 foot in width. Drop a seed in each two or three inches 

 of row, and cover by patting the soil with the back of the 

 hoe. The plants should be thinned out to a foot apart. 

 The plants are about two feet high, and if they have 

 plenty of room, will throw out numerous branches. The 

 flowers are large and fragrant, and quite showy. 



THE PANSY. 



The Pansy, or Heart's-ease, is not only one of the most 

 popular, but one of the most beautiful of flowers. The 

 improvement which has been made in the size and colors 

 of .the flowers is most marvellous. How this has been 

 effected it is not necessary to inquire. We know this, 

 however, that the plants, or rather the flowers, will rapidly, 

 degenerate and decrease in size and brilliancy, when 

 grown on poor soil, and their cultivation neglected. 



If you would have the best of Pansies you must not 

 only get seed from the best sources, but careful atten- 

 tion must be given to every condition of growth. 



It is a very easy matter to grow really good Pansies. 

 Pansy seed, sown last spring in a box in the house, the 

 last of March, gave us strong plants, which, on June 25th, 



