ADVANTAGEOUS COLORS 



are seen together to radiate their various tones and 

 shades. A few petunias interspersed with other plants 

 are seldom particularly pleasing. 



Pansies, with faces reputed to appear as merry as 

 those of children, are among the annuals of many 

 gardens near the sea. Yet all pansy faces do not seem 

 intent on smiling. I have seen those that appeared 

 the embodiment of spite, others that simply looked 

 cross, and often some with most pompous expressions. 

 All of them, nevertheless, give the idea of being wide 

 awake and on the qui vive to lend an ear to garden 

 chat and gossip. I have yet to see a pansy that looked 

 dull or sleepy. It seems as if no one should be lonely 

 when near a number of these irresistibly pert little 

 flowers. 



Pansies delight in a moist, cool soil, one also that 

 has been well fertilized. Bone meal acts upon them 

 admirably. 



The finest specimens that I have seen, that would 

 have attracted attention at a show, were those whose 

 seeds had been sown in July in a shady bed behind a 

 stable. In early October, when the plants had reached 

 a considerable size, they were transplanted to the places 

 in which it was intended they should bloom the follow- 

 ing spring, and which had been well enriched for their 

 reception. They were not allowed to blossom that 

 autumn, although a few of them showed strongly that 

 such was their inclination. As a protection against 

 the winter, they were covered with litter before the 

 first frost. 



When the scent of spring was in the air this covering 



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