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This year our pansies are so much better than ever 
before that I said to my husband, “Do you suppose 
there will be any limit to what can be produced in 
pansies by this constant selection year after year?” 
“No,” he replied, “I wouldn’t be surprised if in a few 
years you have pansies six inches across.” 
If I grew a vast acreage of pansies, I couldn’t give 
such careful attention to every seed-plant; but I never 
want to grow pansies on such a large scale that the 
quality suffers. Pansies are my hobby. They require 
more time and space in proportion 
to the income derived therefrom 
than the higher-priced gladioli. 
Therefore I have my own plot of 
gladioli and so have each of the chil¬ 
dren. Even Baby Merton is not to 
be behind his sisters in the “glad 
game.” He loves to have Papa Mer¬ 
ton carry him out to supervise the 
care of his bed of “Diener’s Ameri¬ 
can Beauty.” “Gkdioli For Profit” 
is my slogan and 1 dearly love them, 
too, but pansies are my special 
pride. Gladioli and pansies work to¬ 
gether very nicely. The ground that 
gladioli have been grown on previous years may be used 
for pansies and they yield a nice little income, too, just 
at the time when one is paying out much for hired help, 
etc., in connection with the gladiolus work. 
Pansies can be made profitable in a number of w r ays. 
For instance, many thousands of small plants with from 
four to six leaves each can be sold early in the spring, 
at either wholesale or retail. Those who buy these 
