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DE GIORGI BROTHERS CO 
TYPE OF AMERICAN PAtfSY 
The flowers are well rounded, petals thick and velvety, 
plants dwarf and compact, a combination hard to beat. 
Pansy 
Pansies love a cool, moist, well enriched soil. Seed sown in spring 
in a partially shaded situation will produce fine plants for autumn 
flowering. However, as most people want pansies in the spring we 
will tell you how to proceed to secure the finest and best. 
Sow the seed in August or September in a cold frame in rows 
about four inches apart, covering the seed with inch of fine clean 
sand or sandy soil. This is generally applied by sifting with a screen. 
Dust the soil with sulphur to keep the damping-off fungus from start¬ 
ing. For the same reason it is advised that the boards of the cold 
frame be thoroughly clean of any fungus growth. After seeding pat 
down with a board and apply a light application of water with a fine 
spray. Then cover the seed bed with burlap to hold the moisture 
and hasten germination, being careful, however, to remove the bur¬ 
lap as soon as the plants have sprouted. Failure to do this results 
in drawn, spindly plants. 
Be sure to keep the bed damp, as there is no way of reviving 
pansy plants or seeds once these have become dry. Neglect here is 
responsible for seeds failing to “come up.” A temperature of 75 
degrees or a bit less is just right for sprouting pansies. 
When the plants are large enough to handle they are trans¬ 
planted to stand four inches each way, in cold frames with the rich¬ 
est soil to be had. Pansies must be transplanted but once; the often- 
er transplanted the smaller the flowers. 
When the ground is frozen to a depth of six inches cover the 
frames well ,not to protect against frost, but to insure the ground 
remaining frozen uninterruptedly until spring. There must be plenty 
of “fall” to the frames, so the water from melted snow and rains 
will run off quickly; one inch to the foot or six inches for a standard 
(3x6 ft.) frame is about right. 
The above suggestions are for middle northern states, of the lat¬ 
itude of Iowa. Farther south the plants may be transplanted to the 
open ground with just enough mulch to hide them from view after 
the ground freezes. One ounce of seed produces 15 thousand plants 
and over. 
The seed of our American Pansy will produce at LEAST twice 
the number of plants. The seed has an exceptional vitality because 
grown in the U. S. in sunny, dry climate. 
PANSY—EUROPE'S BEST 
This mixture represents the cream of Europe’s most noted Pansy 
grower. The flowers are perfectly shaped and well rounded, borne 
on strong stiff stems, the petals thick and velvety, a large percent¬ 
age of flowers have petals fluted or semi-double at the edges, the 
plants are robust and healthy, of neat compact growth, blooming 
most profusely, in every imaginable color. 
For years this was the best pansy we had. It is the finest 
Europe’s best pansy grower has so far produced and there is no 
question as to its high quality. % oz. 55c; 1 oz. $4.00; T. pkt. 15c; 
lb. $55.00. 
BUONOT GIANT MIXTURE—Extremely large flowers, broad 
blotches and from the large spots extend delicate pencilings to extreme 
edges of petals. % oz. 40c; 1 oz. $3.00; T. pkt. 20c; lb. $40.00. 
MASTERPIECE—Large flowers, the border of every petal being con¬ 
spicuously curled and fluted. The plants are very free-flowering, 
and the numerous blossoms comprise many new tints and colors. 
T. pkt. 20c; oz. $3.00; % oz. 40c; lb. $40.00. 
MASTODON—Sturdy grower, very large flowers, well formed, wide 
range of colors. Seed grown from originator’s stock. T. pkt. 20c; 
Vs oz. 80c; oz. $5.00; lb. $60.00. 
TRIMARDEAU MIXED—Includes all known colors in Pansies, 
blooms not as large as those produced from higher priced mixtures, 
yet of quite good quality, price considered. T. pkt. 5c; % oz. 15c; 
oz. 80c; lb. $10.00. 
PANSY—SEPARATE COLORS 
ALL varieties listed same price: T. pkt. 10c; % oz. 20c; oz. $1.40; 
lb. $18.00. 
GIANT STRIPED—A strain made up of various colors, all ele¬ 
gantly and grotesquely stripped and variegated. 
KING OF THE BLACKS—Almost black, of truly giant size. 
GIANT ADONIS—Light blue, very beautiful. 
PRINCE HENRY—Darkest blue, extra large, fine. 
VULCAN—Dark red with five large spots, petals fluted extra. 
GIANT MAUVE QUEEN—New. Slate or mouse color. 
GIANT GOLDEN QUEEN—Pure rich yellow. 
MME. FERRET—Edge of petals are frilled. The colors are dark 
vine, pink and red, beautifully veined and all with a white margin. 
Extra large flowers, very showy. 
SNOW QUEEN—Satiny' white. 
RUBY KING—Purplish red shades, very beautiful. 
MERCURY—Velvety purple. 
PRINCE BISMARCK—Light brown shades, with black eye. 
COLOSSEA VENOSA—Light shades veined and marbled. 
PANSY BRONZE BEAUTY—Flowers very large, ruffled, color bronze, 
with deeper spots and rays. 
PANSY LULU PERRET—Large flowers color mahogany shaded with 
yellow with dark centers. Beautiful shade. 
ODIER FIVE BLOTCHED—The petals are light colored, the blotches 
of dark color, the flowers large and beautiful. 
EROS GOLD EDGED—Magnificent strain. Deep velvety brown with 
broad gold margin. 
PANSY ST. KNUD—Golden orange. 
ANY OF THE ABOVE: T. pkt. 10c; % oz. 20c; oz. $1.40; lb. $18.00. 
We sell quarter and half ounces at oz. rates; quarter and half 
pounds at pound rates. 
PANSY—PARISIAN MIXTURE 
This mixture contains nearly thirty different varieties of Giant¬ 
flowering Pansies and embraces all colors known in Pansies. It is a 
mixture of high quality and will be found very superior. % oz. 30c; 
1 oz. $2.00; T. pkt. 10c; lb. $28.00. 
PANSY MAPLE LEAF GIANTS 
A high class Pansy resembling our America, yet not quite us 
good, as you will see if you will grow both. 
We introduced Pansy America. By rigid roguing and selection 
we mean and we WILL maintain the quality of our strain of Amer¬ 
ica so that all other bedding strains of Pansies will have to take 
second place. To be on the safe side grow America Pansy and get 
the seed directly from us, to get large blooms, widest range of 
colors and flowers of substance in a word the best there is. Price 
for Maple Leaf Giant Pansy: T. pkt. 40c; % oz. $1.50; 1 oz. $10.00; 
1 lb. $160.00. 
PANSY ROGLI’S SWISS GIANT 
A new and very superior mixture of Pansies, extra large in size 
of flowers, containing some new and very rich colors. Undoubtedly 
high class—better than the old standard strains and varieties, our 
American Pansy Mixture excepted. While Rogli’s Pansy is “some” 
Pansy it cannot compare with our America. T. pkt. 20c; % oz. 50c; 
oz. $4.00. 
PANSY LORD BEACONSFIELD 
Extra large flowers blue with white blotches at the ends of 
petals. A bed or edging of Lord Beasonsfield pansy is a sight not 
easily forgotten. T. pkt. 10c; % oz. 20c; oz. $1.60; lb. $18.00. 
OUR PANSY AMERICA 
is better in quality every year, because we are roguing our seed 
bearing plants ruthlessly. No matter what claims made, what price 
asked for other pansies, the fact remains that there is no Pansy 
that can beat OUR strain of America. 
