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the color my husband objected to; but I rather liked 
that combination of blue, white and black. I put it in 
my mixed bed, but kept the seeds from it separate from 
the rest. 
The following season was quite a surprise, for the 
seedlings from my “Cabbage Blue” were of nearly every 
color combination, and were almost without exception, 
large, of splendid texture, heavily ruffled, and standing 
so erect on long, strong stems. Their foliage was mam¬ 
moth, and these pansies exceeded my fondest hopes in 
every way. 
“Put a ‘cabbage’ in every bed,” was then the advice 
of the lord of the plantation. “You can work up a won¬ 
derful giant strain of ruffled pansies of that same tex¬ 
ture on those same long, strong stems in all the dif¬ 
ferent colors.” 
Thus were born “The Oregon Giants.” By the most 
careful selection of every seed-plant, the general qual¬ 
ity becomes better and better in every way, year by 
year, never fear. (With apologies to Coue.) 
For instance—several years ago our Rose Purple 
Pansies were very large, often BV 2 inches across in early 
spring; but the texture was thin and they were rather 
floppy. Since mingling the blood of the “Cabbage 
Blues,” we allow no foppy blooming plant in the Rose 
Purple seed-bed. We have plenty of them with heavy 
texture that stand erect on splendid stems. Of course 
not all of their seed will produce such fine blooms; but 
the general tendency is that way, and some will be su¬ 
perior to the parent plants. These alone are allowed to 
remain in the seed-bed. Every seed-plant must pass a 
strict examination before the “Board of Censors.” 
