﻿September, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  xvu 
  

  

  or 
  April. 
  The 
  plants 
  may 
  be 
  transplanted 
  to 
  

   the 
  open 
  ground 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  the 
  ground 
  can 
  be 
  

   worked 
  in 
  the 
  spring. 
  The 
  pansy 
  bed 
  should 
  

   occupy 
  an 
  open 
  sunny 
  position, 
  but 
  not 
  the 
  

   hottest 
  on 
  the 
  premises. 
  It 
  should 
  not 
  be 
  

   crowded 
  back 
  against 
  the 
  wall 
  of 
  a 
  house 
  or 
  

   building, 
  but 
  should 
  be 
  so 
  placed 
  as 
  to 
  allow 
  

   of 
  the 
  full 
  sweep 
  of 
  the 
  wind 
  across 
  it. 
  It 
  

   should 
  have 
  little 
  shade 
  — 
  none 
  direct. 
  

  

  The 
  best 
  soil 
  for 
  growing 
  pansies 
  is 
  leaf 
  

   mold 
  and 
  old, 
  well-rotted 
  cow 
  manure. 
  

   Never 
  place 
  fresh 
  manure 
  in 
  the 
  pansy 
  bed 
  ; 
  

   the 
  pansy 
  is 
  a 
  lover 
  of 
  coolness 
  and 
  moist- 
  

   ure, 
  and 
  fresh 
  manure 
  is 
  very 
  heating 
  and 
  

   must 
  not 
  be 
  used. 
  Where 
  leaf 
  mold 
  is 
  not 
  

   procurable 
  good 
  garden 
  loam 
  will 
  grow 
  very 
  

   good 
  plants, 
  but 
  is 
  not 
  as 
  desirable 
  as 
  the 
  leaf 
  

   mold. 
  This, 
  by 
  the 
  way, 
  is 
  easily 
  manufac- 
  

   tured 
  at 
  home 
  if 
  one 
  will 
  but 
  save 
  the 
  leaves 
  

   and 
  litter 
  that 
  go 
  to 
  furnish 
  the 
  autumnal 
  bon- 
  

   fire, 
  and 
  much 
  good 
  will 
  result 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  

   much 
  smoky 
  annoyance 
  be 
  saved 
  one's 
  neigh- 
  

   bor 
  if 
  instead 
  of 
  raking 
  the 
  leaves 
  up 
  into 
  a 
  

   heap 
  and 
  burning 
  them 
  they 
  are 
  all 
  carted 
  to 
  

   some 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  way 
  nook 
  and 
  piled 
  up 
  and 
  

   left 
  to 
  decay; 
  occasionally 
  they 
  may 
  be 
  turned 
  

   over 
  to 
  hasten 
  their 
  decay, 
  the 
  hose 
  turned 
  or 
  

   any 
  waste 
  water 
  from 
  the 
  house 
  added 
  ; 
  this 
  

   in 
  a 
  year 
  or 
  two 
  will 
  produce 
  the 
  finest 
  kind 
  

   of 
  leaf 
  mold 
  for 
  the 
  garden 
  and 
  for 
  potting 
  

   soil, 
  and 
  if 
  it 
  is 
  unsightly 
  during 
  summer 
  

   vines 
  may 
  be 
  grown 
  over 
  and 
  around 
  it, 
  cer- 
  

   tain 
  gourds 
  are 
  much 
  at 
  home 
  there, 
  and 
  their 
  

   great 
  snowy, 
  ruffled 
  blossoms 
  rival 
  the 
  finest 
  

   clematis. 
  

  

  In 
  working 
  up 
  the 
  pansy 
  bed 
  it 
  is 
  always 
  

   best 
  to 
  trench 
  in 
  the 
  manure 
  that 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  

   well 
  below 
  the 
  surface 
  and 
  no 
  great 
  amount 
  

   of 
  weed 
  germinate. 
  This 
  is 
  best 
  accomplished 
  

   by 
  laying 
  aside 
  one 
  spade 
  width 
  of 
  soil 
  at 
  one 
  

   side 
  of 
  the 
  bed, 
  filling 
  the 
  empty 
  space 
  with 
  

   manure 
  and 
  throwing 
  the 
  next 
  row 
  of 
  spading 
  

   on 
  top 
  of 
  this, 
  instead 
  of 
  merely 
  turning 
  it 
  

   over. 
  About 
  one 
  wheelbarrow 
  load 
  of 
  manure 
  

   should 
  be 
  added 
  to 
  each 
  square 
  yard 
  of 
  earth. 
  

   The 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  bed 
  should 
  be 
  made 
  very 
  

   fine 
  and 
  even 
  and 
  the 
  rows 
  for 
  the 
  plants 
  

   evenly 
  marked 
  on 
  the 
  surface. 
  

  

  Pansy 
  plants 
  should 
  be 
  set 
  about 
  nine 
  inches 
  

   apart 
  each 
  way, 
  alternating 
  the 
  plants 
  in 
  the 
  

   row. 
  In 
  transplanting 
  make 
  a 
  hole 
  in 
  the 
  soil 
  

   with 
  a 
  trowel, 
  set 
  a 
  plant 
  in 
  place, 
  pull 
  up 
  a 
  

   little 
  earth 
  and 
  pour 
  in 
  a 
  liberal 
  quantity 
  of 
  

   water, 
  and 
  when 
  that 
  has 
  filtered 
  away 
  draw 
  

   up 
  the 
  remaining 
  earth 
  and 
  press 
  firmly 
  over 
  

   the 
  plants. 
  Make 
  a 
  fine 
  dry 
  mulch 
  on 
  the 
  sur- 
  

   face 
  of 
  the 
  bed 
  and 
  do 
  not 
  protect 
  in 
  any 
  way. 
  

   The 
  plants 
  will 
  need 
  no 
  further 
  attention 
  for 
  

   three 
  or 
  four 
  days, 
  when 
  watering 
  may 
  begin. 
  

  

  As 
  the 
  pansy 
  grows 
  its 
  roots 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  

   surface 
  of 
  the 
  ground, 
  frequent 
  and 
  copious 
  

   waterings 
  are 
  necessary; 
  this 
  must 
  be 
  given 
  

   with 
  regularity 
  and 
  in 
  sufficient 
  quantity 
  to 
  

   prevent 
  drying 
  out. 
  My 
  own 
  experience 
  is 
  

   that 
  a 
  thorough 
  watering 
  at 
  night 
  and 
  again 
  

   at 
  noon 
  will 
  result 
  in 
  the 
  very 
  finest 
  pansies. 
  

   I 
  know 
  that 
  watering 
  flowers 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  

   of 
  the 
  day 
  is 
  against 
  all 
  accepted 
  theories, 
  but 
  

   experience 
  is 
  sometimes 
  to 
  be 
  preferred 
  to 
  theo- 
  

   ries, 
  and 
  the 
  pansy 
  is 
  not 
  injured, 
  as 
  are 
  many 
  

   plants, 
  by 
  water 
  applied 
  while 
  the 
  sun 
  is 
  

   shining. 
  

  

  To 
  insure 
  fine 
  flowers 
  and 
  abundance 
  of 
  

   them 
  it 
  is 
  necessary 
  to 
  remove 
  all 
  seed 
  pods, 
  

   or 
  rather 
  all 
  withered 
  flowers, 
  as 
  fast 
  as 
  they 
  

   form; 
  this 
  will 
  necessitate 
  going 
  over 
  the 
  beds 
  

   plant 
  by 
  plant 
  and 
  blossom 
  by 
  blossom 
  twice 
  

   a 
  day; 
  this 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  interesting 
  feature 
  of 
  

   pansy 
  culture, 
  but 
  the 
  result 
  well 
  repays 
  the 
  

   extra 
  effort. 
  For 
  this 
  reason 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  

   more 
  convenient 
  to 
  grow 
  the 
  plants 
  in 
  long 
  

   narrow 
  beds 
  which 
  may 
  be 
  easily 
  reached 
  

   across. 
  

  

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  July, 
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  as 
  late 
  as 
  August, 
  

   according 
  to 
  the 
  season, 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  that 
  

   the 
  blossoms 
  are 
  growing 
  small 
  and 
  scarce 
  and 
  

   the 
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  and 
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