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PANSIES 
“Blood Will Tell” 
By Mrs. Merton G. Ellis 
THE OREGON GIANTS 
“Why, that’s just a big cabbage!” 
Thus spoke my husband regarding a pansy seedling 
in my trial plot several years ago. In fact it was the 
only seedling that I considered at all noteworthy of all 
the different packets I had obtained from many growers 
throughout the country. I had paid fifty cents for 
twelve seeds of one supposedly fine variety but the re¬ 
sults were quite a joke. As I displayed my “cabbage,” 
however, I felt that I had actually obtained something 
worth while. 
I was disappointed that my “find” did not meet with 
greater praise. Nevertheless, I would not discard it. A 
very large, heavily ruffled pansy it was, with splendid 
texture, and best of all with a long strong stem. It was 
