Herbaceous and Bedding Plants 



must be kept moist at all times; should the soil be allowed even 

 once to become dust-dry the crop for that season will be injured. 



Propagate by seeds sown, to the depth of an eighth of an 

 inch, in a cool frame or lath-house and shaded from the sun by 

 the glass being covered with burlap or other shading material. 

 July is about the best season for sowing the seeds. This will 

 allow the grower to have strong bushy plants ready to be set out 

 by October first, or as soon as the Summer-blooming flowers are 

 over, when the Pansies may take the place of those finished 

 blooming, and occupy the ground through the Winter and early 

 Spring; along the cool coast counties a second sowing may, in 

 January or February, be made for Summer-flowering. As soon 

 as the young plants are large enough to be handled, they must 

 be pricked out in beds or boxes in light, rich soil composed of 

 one-third good friable loam, one-third leaf-mold and one-third 

 equal quantities of sand and old manure, the whole being well 

 mixed together by being turned over several times. It is impor- 

 tant that the young plants be well rooted, and planted with a 

 good ball of earth adhering to the roots. 



Varieties of Pansies are divided into three sections, viz.: 

 Selfs, White-grounds and Yellow-grounds. 



Selfs are all of one color and are either black, maroon, white 

 or yellow. White-ground and Yellow-ground varieties are those 

 which have a large dark center, then a central ring of white or 

 yellow and an outer band of dark color. 



The fancy division has the various colors and tints curiously 

 blotched, striped and edged. Still another section, though not 

 the true Pansy, is the Viola cornuta, or horned-violet, which, 

 with its many showy self colors, makes an excellent bedding 

 plant during the Summer months. 



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