CHAPTER XXIV. 
PANSY, VIOLET, DAISY. 
There are two good reasons for introducing the names of 
three flowers in this brief treatise on under-glass vegetables : 
they are raised by the market gardeners in the same cold 
frames with vegetables and sent to the same market, and they 
represent a good deal of money in the early spring months. 
THE Pansy. Pansy seed ought 
to be sowed in September, and the 
plants wintered over. It is immaterial 
whether the seed be sown in the frames 
or in the open ground. They will live 
out of doors, if protected with litter, 
but they will accomplish more growth 
and store up more strength, and bloom 
more quickly, if wintered under glass. 
Pansies bring 25 cents per basket 
of six to eight plants in the Philadel- 
phia markets. 
We especially recommend not the largest but the richest 
types, with clear and deep colors and velvety texture. Dreer’s 
Royal Exhibition has been developed with these points 
especially in view. 
THE VIOLET. There is no 
sweeter fragrance than that of 
a early spring violets, and the 
blooms come almost for the ask- 
» ing. ‘The roots are not expen- 
~ sive, and the culture is simple. 
It is only necessary to set the 
= violet roots in frames under glass, 
and give them abundance of air 
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