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ers I have found is the perennial sweet 

 pea. It is perfectly hardy and gives 

 an abundance of bloom all summer. 

 The blossoms must be picked daily, 

 or seeds will take the place of flowers. 



Among the annuals the common pe- 

 tunia is certainly one of the best for 

 the busy woman. Given a good soil, 

 with the weeds kept down, they will 

 seed themselves every year and keep 

 the yard bright all summer. 



But do not attempt too much at 

 once. Get one or two varieties at a 

 time, and succeed with them before 

 trying others. Study the catalogues 

 and select the hardy sorts and such as 

 will give a succession of bloom. 



Ohio. Mrs. Ajiy GARiiAX. 



EXPERIENCES WITH PANSIES. 



Last summer I had pansies that 

 were much larger than a silver dollar. 

 About the middle of March I sowed 

 seed of the mammoth varieties in well 

 pulverized soil, taking equal parts of 

 leaf mold and common garden soil 

 that had been well baked to free it 

 from insects. Then I moistened w^itli 

 water to the right consistency for seed 

 sowing (not making it soggy). When 

 the plants are large enough, transplant 

 to make them stocky. As soon as the 

 weather will permit, set the pansies 

 where they are to remain, giving them 

 a sunny location, and where not 

 shaded. As soon as the first buds ap- 

 pear, and preferably after a hard rain, 

 cover the bed to the depth of about 

 four inches with well-rotted cow ma- 

 nure. Hold the plants straight with 

 one hand while covering the bed. The 

 manure will hold the moisture and 

 they will seldom need spraying 

 through a dry season. In a few weeks 

 you w^ill be surprised to see your bed 

 covered with mammoth pansies. 



New York. Mrs, G. E. Passage. 



If you want a good pansy bed, 

 make your seed bed as early in 



March as possible. Set the frame on 

 the ground in a sunny, sheltered place. 

 Fill with two parts loam and one part 

 well rotted manure. Make rings an 

 inch in diameter and two inches deep 

 of cardboard or heavy paper, and 

 place these in the frame, filling with 

 soil. Plant your seed in these, one or 

 two in a place. Sprinkle well and 

 cover well. When plants are two 

 inches high, make a bed on east side 

 of a wall, as pansies require a cool 

 place with very little sun. 



Fill the bed with soil like that used 

 in the seed bed. Prepare quart tin 

 cans by making holes in the bottom 

 and sides and fill with droppings from 

 your henhouse, and sink them in bed 

 two feet apart. Cover slightly to hide 

 cans. Now lift your miniature pots, 

 setting your plants five inches apart. 

 Sprinkle well and shade for a few 

 days. When necessary to water, pour 

 through the cans and that will be all 

 the fertilizer you will need. The re- 

 sults will repay all your trouble. 



Missouri. Mrs. Candace Powell. 



A fine, sandy loam, or any good, rich 

 garden soil will give good results in 

 raising pansies. The place to be selected 

 should, if possible, be one to the east, 

 with plenty of shade from the after- 

 noon sun. Start the seed in February, 

 and, as soon as large enough, trans- 

 plant about two inches apart. As soon 

 as danger from frost is past, set out in 

 the ground one foot apart both ways. 

 To succeed with pansies, one must ob- 

 serve the following rules: Cultivate 

 often, sprinkle liberally every evening, 

 when tlie ground is dry; pick the with- 

 ered flowers every day. Pick liberally 

 of the fresh pansies for the house. I 

 picked between four and five hundred 

 off my bed one day. In two days' time 

 you would hardly know I had ever 

 picked any off, and you should have 

 seen my bed when it was in bloom I 



New York. Mrs. W. F. Garlock. 



