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ie plants are up and planted by themselves, where they 
, they may be can be carefully tended and the seed saved 
eviously pre- when ripe. Wo have noticed that the 
they may bo best cultivators of choice Pansies never 
the seed bed. dispose of any extra lino variety that ap- 
len the plants pears among the seedlings; but these are 
lost varieties carefully removed to a frame, where, by 
d these taken I careful cultivation and protection, a perfect 
development can be 
up this system of 
IMm of the very best sorts 
from which to raise 
WiWiw^' seed, a marked im- 
IBp'I 111 l 'i ; If provemcMt in all the 
J seedlings will soon be 
observed. Even if all 
nr u T r[U ‘ n !' ih r 
y,lf£fcym :■ qM M w . will always be a few 
. i f / y j ' i I M'j'fr.'t I hail 
; L: vih jj m fegpr others, and it is only 
mfmsammw: *»y selecting the very 
V® t»eat as “stock plants” 
£ \ ] standard of excellence 
^ L - ^ can be retained. When 
’^/m ft very superior varie- 
'^m&S ty has been pr Imjcd 
'-^Xm aud [t i:< ae8ir:thlt ‘ ,u 
[.reserve it ->r n . 
than one Reason, re- 
iicourse may be !. id to 
tho usual mod. : „t 
f M / - WwF^k propagating by bi.\ 
l §1 / or cuttings. W i\ 
a I / ' a jji'i herewith illustral on 
I j/ of four varieties of 
X. Vjl what are termed, by 
English gardeners, 
IB Fancy Bedding Pan- 
■A Standard of Ex- 
■ft cellonee,—The stan¬ 
ds? dard of excellence for 
princess OP wales. Pansies may be briefly 
given as follows ; — 
P ttniB — ii each bloon^ 
should be circular, 
whether it be of any 
of the three named 
perfectly uniform, 
whether dark or light, 
fringed or blotched; 4, 
if the flowers are equal 
in other respects, the 
larger tho better; but 
no flower can be con¬ 
sidered lirst-dass that 
is less than 1)4 inches 
in diameter. 
the bos! for Pansies, although other kinds 
may be used instead. 
Sowing the Seed. Scatter the seed thin¬ 
ly over tho surface; sift on just enough line 
soil to cover it, and give a good watering; 
also apply water from time to time, as may 
be necessary to keep the surface moist, but 
not sufficient to destroy the young plants. 
IMPROVED PANSIES 
It is only within the past few years that 
our gardeners have paid any attention to 
the cultivation of the 
best varieties of the 
Pansy. And even at 
the present time its 
cultivation is mainly 
Confined to gardeners Afe, 
of foreign birth, who 
retain a love for the ; A t / 'll \ 
plants that they 
learned to admire In WkRVvJ 
their youth. It is quite 
probable that our oli- v 
mate has bad some- JSBHPIB 
thing to do with the 
neglect of Mil 
seeming 
this beautiful plant, 
it being too dry aud 
hot for the more per¬ 
fect development of 
t he Pansy in the open 
border. These un¬ 
favorable circumstan¬ 
ces may, however, bo 
easily remedied by the 
free use of water and 
giving the plants par¬ 
tial shade while in 
bloom. 
That there is a grow- 
ing taste and a cor¬ 
responding increasing 
demand for choice va¬ 
rieties may be In¬ 
ferred from the large 
number of plants of¬ 
fered in our city mar¬ 
kets during the early 
spring mouths. The 
size, form and in¬ 
creased brilliancy of 
the flowers are very 
marked in each suc¬ 
ceeding season, all of 
which we take to be 
unmistakable signs of 
progress, and that our 
florists are endeavor¬ 
ing to show that the 
very best sorts of the 
fancy bedding Pan¬ 
sies can be grown in 
this country. 
Gardeners who cul¬ 
tivate Pansies for 
market usually sow 
the seed in autumn, 
or early winter, and 
give them protection 
in frames during tho 
cold weather, hut it is 
not too late even, now 
to sow the seeds Im¬ 
bedding - out plauts 
next summer. 
Situation tor Seed 
Bed.—Select a situa¬ 
tion for a seed bed 
that is sheltered from 
winds, also where the 
plants will be shaded 
during the middle of 
the day, but exposed 
to the sun in the 
morning. The soil 
should be light, rich 
and deep. Old, thor¬ 
oughly decomposed 
barn-yard manure is 
THOMAS MOORE. 
HER MAJESTY 
