0 N this page we wish to give information that may help 
our customers to grow Pansies at their best. Our specialty 
is Pansies and we feel that a good descripton on how to grow 
them would be very appropriate. We realize that most people 
are able to grow them with success yet it is quite frequent for 
us to receive letters from customers, saying that their Pansies 
were not as good as the previous year and asking us for a 
reason. Sometimes they had in mind that our strain was not 
as good as the year previous. We wish to say that if the 
following rules are followed carefully there is no reason why 
you should have a failure in Pansies in any particular year. 
Pansies can he grown on any well drained soil. If your soil is heavy 
and gets soggy in wet weather, the beds should he raised at least 4 inches 
above the level. Add a little sand; it will help to lighten the soil. This 
need be done only in extremely heavy soil. Be sure and always have 
plenty of humus in your soil, it will help a lot toward drainage. 
Always bear in mind, in order to have large and beautiful dowers, 
the soil should be very rich. Fertilize your beds a month or two before 
planting when possible; use well rotted stable manure liberally. We find it 
best to use fresh stable manure, humus and soil, and allow it to remain in 
a pile until it rots down. When thoroughly rotted mix and apply to the bed. 
Commercial fertilizer can be used with success if applied intelligently, using 
for humus, peat moss, well rotted manure, dead leaves or like material. 
When preparing for planting, pulverize the soil to a depth of 6 inches 
or more; firm the soil. Place plants no less than 4 inches square, up to 
9 inches is better if you have the space. Put roots in ground only as deep 
as they were in nursery. If ground is sticky, wait until it dries a little. In 
hot, dry weather, water thoroughly after planting, shading the bed during 
heat of day until plants are rooted. In the South, little or no covering will 
be necessary to carry plants over winter. In the colder states, if plants 
are wintered in the open, would advise mulching with some light material 
such as hay, straw, evergreen boughs, etc. 
Do not cover so heavily that the plants cannot be seen, otherwise you 
will smother them. They should not be covered until the ground is frozen 
hard. At our nursery we find about December 15 th to be the proper time 
to mulch for the Winter. 
