Fancy and Tufted Pansies 
Viola tricolor {Pansy ). — Though actually 
perennials, it is best to grow Pansies as biennials. 
They have been so long favourites in gardens 
that the varieties are very numerous, and a wide 
choice is offered in seed lists. The best for 
general use are what are known as Fancy 
Pansies ; of many colours, some handsomely 
blotched. The smaller-bloomed tufted Pansies 
when once obtained can be pulled to pieces and 
treated as perennials. The seeds are sown in 
July or August in a cold frame or a shaded and 
sheltered place out of doors, and are planted out 
either in autumn or the following spring. When 
the main first bloom is past its best the plants 
should be cut nearly to the ground, when they 
will make fresh growth and bloom again in the 
autumn. They can also be propagated by 
cuttings taken in J uly or August from a plant cut 
close in June ; these are then planted out in 
October. 
Wallflower. See Cheiranthus. 
Zea {Maize) ; h.h.a. ; 6 to 8 feet. — The 
variegated Maize is the most ornamental with 
flowering plants, though the green is very fine 
in some combinations. It should be grown in 
deep and well-manured soil, when it makes 
grand plants 7 to 10 feet high. If it is desired 
to keep it dwarfer, the middle growth can be cut 
out in July when side shoots are forming at the 
base. These will then increase and make a 
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