The Oregon Giants 
FINEST 
FLORISTS’ 
MIXTURE 
600 Seeds.$1.00 
1 Ounce .15.00 
Y 2 Ounce. 7.50 
Trial Packet, 
175 Seeds . . . .35 
This wonderful strain of Giant Ruffled Pansies 
was originated by Mrs. Merton G. Ellis, and has in 
just a few years become world famous. The immense 
blooms are of wonderful shades and coloring beyond 
all description. They have very heavy texture and 
sweet fragrance. They stand erect on very long 
strong stems and, cut with their very luxuriant fol¬ 
iage, just a few blooms arranged properly make a 
gorgeous display. 
SUGGESTIONS 
FOR MARKETING 
PANSY PLANTS 
People in general want to buy pansy plants in the spring 
and there is small retail demand for them at other times, so 
seed must be sown with this in mind. 
There is demand for small plants with from four to six 
leaves early in the spring. They stand transplanting well 
and customers will obtain splendid results from them. 
There is even greater demand for blooming plants in the 
spring though they will not stand transplanting as well. 
They look so attractive put up twelve to the pansy basket, 
each plant bearing a giant bloom. Each plant should be 
wrapped separately with newspaper around the roots but not 
covering up all the foliage. Early in the spring these baskets 
sell for !)0c or $1.00. 
Often it pays better to wrap 50 or 75 plants separately and 
place them in a peach tray, letting customers select the 
plants they wish. They sell readily for five or ten cents each. 
People are willing to pay for the best. Later in the season 
the price is less. 
Although there is a great demand for pansy plants, yet 
there is also much competition on public markets, etc., so 
it is important to have BETTER PANSIES than the others 
have. 
In digging pansies for market it is important to wait 
until a plant has had a bloom wide open for at least a week. 
The blooms increase in size greatly after first opening, espe¬ 
cially in the spring. It sometimes takes patience to wait for 
them, but it pays. 
There is also good demand from florists for small pansy 
plants, transplanting size, in the fall. Some amateur gar¬ 
deners also realize that it is better to buy small plants in 
the fall than blooming plants in the spring but in genera! 
the public buys the blooming plants. 
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CULTURAL DIRECTIONS 
It is a very satisfactory plan to make several sowings of 
seed, so the pansies will be at their best at different times. 
In most climates best results are obtained by planting pansy 
seed in August or early September for early spring blooms. 
If seed is planted in October, it is safer not to transplant 
the seedlings until spring, for in most climates, they will not 
have time to become well established before the freezing 
weather sets in. 
Spring Planting is desirable in climates too severe for the 
safe wintering over of plants. These should bloom profusely 
all summer, but will produce their largest blooms in the fall 
or during a cool rainy spell in summer if there should be one. 
Sow the seed thinly in seed-boxes or flats and sift just 
enough soil (and peat moss, if available) over the seed to 
barely cover them. Then firm the soil by pressing it with a 
flat board before sprinkling. Sprinkle twice a day or often 
enough so that the seed never dries out. Cover with a cloth 
or lath frame until they have germinated well. If the seed is 
planted in the spring a glass frame hastens germination and 
growth. Seed should germinate in from seven to fourteen 
days, depending upon conditions. 
The seed beds should be protected during heavy storms or 
the tiny seedlings will be beaten down and perhaps ruined. 
More people fail to get good germination through sowing 
their seed too deep or letting it dry out than any other 
causes, so especial care should be taken in regard to that. 
But damping off may result if kept too moist, so it is better 
to sprinkle often rather than a great deal at a time. The 
shading with some kind of frame is also important because 
then they will not dry out so fast and there isn’t so much 
danger of neglecting to sprinkle often enough. 
Transplant when the seedlings have three or four leaves if 
weather conditions are favorable. Better let them become a 
little crowded than to transplant during a hot dry spell. Fall 
seedlings should be planted out in the open where they will 
get plenty of sunshine and where they will remain for spring 
blooming unless the winter is apt to be extremely severe. In 
such places they may need the protection of cold frames but 
pansies will stand even some zero weather if protected by 
straw or peat moss placed around (not over) the plants. 
Pansies that weather it through the winter out in the open 
will make the sturdiest plants and produce the largest, finest 
blooms in early spring. 
Pansies that are transplanted in the spring for summer 
blooming, do well on the east side of some building where 
they will get the morning sun but not the hot afternoon sun. 
The north side gives pansies too much shade for good results. 
Plants that are being grown for spring sales, may be set 
about six or eight inches apart in the row and the rows may 
be about fifteen or more inches apart, depending upon what 
method of cultivation is used. If the plants are to remain all 
summer, they should be set at least a foot apart in the row. 
Pansies want rich soil. Well rotted cow fertilizer seems to 
be the best for pansies, although rabbit, sheep and horse 
manures are good, as well as bone-meal and other commer¬ 
cial fertilizers. Too much chicken manure is not advisable, as 
it has too much nitrogen. It is a good plan to enrich the soil 
well, several months before time to transplant the seedlings. 
In cultivating, leave the bed flat. Some people have a ten¬ 
dency to cultivate, raking the soil away from the plant so that 
each plant is left sitting on a little mound and this is apt to 
leave the side roots exposed. Rake the soil toward the 
plants; not away from them. Always cultivate the next day 
after irrigating, leaving the soil loose. This dust mulch helps 
to conserve the moisture, and it is not necessary to irrigate 
so often. 
MRS. MERTON G. ELLIS 
CANBY ( Closed on Sundays OREGON 
SWEENEY STRAUB A DIMM. HORTICULTURAL PRINTERS PORTLAND ORE. 
