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off, and I think this is one of the secrets of getting seedhng phmts hke ( 

 Pansies, Pentstemons, Antirrhinums, &c., to winter outside — to rigidly 

 prevent them blooming. They then make every effort themselves to 

 survive to carry out their life's work. Mr. Yv'^alsh had no loss at all ' 

 during the winter. At Easter they were in full bloom, and such blooms 

 — hundreds and hundreds — well over three inches in diameter — capital 1 

 flowers, most of them. One frequently sees large-flowered, most | 

 brilliantly coloured Pansies for sale in London shops and in Covent | 

 Garden, but everyone who buys them, takes them home, and plants 



Fig. 114.— Faxcy Pansy 'Margaret Fife.' 



them, is disappointed. 1 know, because I have tried it several times. 

 The reason is this : the plants- are specially grown and specially fed 

 to produce the blooms which make them, sell, and this exertion, coupled 

 with the aiitempt to transplant them when in a flush of growth, ends in 

 disaster. Anyone imitating the procedure of the market grower under 

 his conditions would get similar results, and the results would be con- 

 tinued if the plants were not moved and the old flowers picked off. The 

 strains used are splendid ones, and the results of many years' selection. 

 They resemble in many cases a part of the goodwill of a business, and 

 are carefully treasured by their owners. 



