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The best location for Pansies is a northwest window, for they delight in shade, 
and desire to shun " the gairish eye of day," and hide their lovely blossoms 
from his scorching rays. 
The Sweet Violet. 
These require a rich compost to enable them to bloom luxuriantly, and a cool 
temperature, say 40° to 45°; all the fading leaves must be cut olf, and if the 
plant is desired to bloom profusely, the runners should also be cut off as soon as 
they appear. "Water must not settle at the roots. 
They are propagated by divisions of the roots, or usually by cuttings taken in 
June, and raised in wet sand under glass. 
The dark blue English variety, or the double blue Neapolitan, are most gen- 
erally cultivated as parlor plants. 
The Czar or Russian Violet has been much admired ; leaves are large and the 
flowers are borne on very long footstalks, five to six inches in length. The flower 
is single, but large, and fine j color of a light blue ; blooms all winter from Sep 
tember to May, and fills the air with its delicious fragrance. 
King of the Violets. Flowers very double, like a miniature rosette, very fra 
grant, color of a deep indigo blue, with occasional stripes of white ; flowers 
borne in profusion. 
Double Blue Neapolitan, the best standard sort we have. A bouquet com- 
posed of a statuesque camellia, embedded in blue violets, with a fringe of cliver 
or gypsophila, is the pej'fection of floral arrangement, combining beauty, fra- 
grance and giace. 
Tlie Daisy. 
Its botanical name, Bellis, signifies beautiful, pretty. Cultivation has given 
to it many petals, and also brighter hues. 
It is frequently used in this country as an edging for beds and boidcrs, but it 
is a pretty plant for house culture, with its tufts of lovely green leaves crowned 
with numerous bright pink blossoms. 
It flourishes best in a rich soil, and is propagated by offsets, or division of the 
roots. For winter flowering, the pot should be kept in the shade, wilh little 
water during the hot weather — only enough to keep it from drying up — till the 
first of October. Then it will need all the sunshine to make it bloom well, and 
liquid manure will greatly increase its blossoms. 
The Daisy will bear transplanting, even when in flower, if the s«il is kept 
about the roots. Every spiiiig fresh earth should be given, and the roots should 
be divided. The Belgian^ Daisy is best adapted to house culture. 
TTie Calla. (Richardia.) 
The Calla 2Ethiopica is a very attractive plant, its large, broad, glo.ssy, green 
(eaves, and its white, thickly textured, scroll-like blossom making it peciliarly 
graceful. There is no better plant for the centre of a group of flowers. 
