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in size for a week or more after it is open, so by waiting 
a few days a plant may bring ten cents or more instead 
of five. 
It the grower plans to sell seed, he cannot be too 
careful in the selection and care of the seed plants. No 
small or mediocre pansy plant should be allowed on the 
place after the seed begins to form for pansies are such 
mixers and the pollen will be carried from them to the 
seed-plants. 
LITTLE ELEANOR AND THE OREGON GIANTS 
It is a good plan to pick the blooms from the seed- 
plants early in the season even if one does not care to 
sell the cut flowers. Seed does not form in any consid¬ 
erable quantity until summer; and it is far better to 
encourage a large plant growth early. I go around my 
seed-beds about the last of April or early May, and cut 
the plants way back, absolutely ruining their appear- 
