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PANSY. 
The Pansy is a popular flower with both florists and 
amateurs, giving abundance of bloom until after severe 
frosts, enduring our hard winters with safety, and greet¬ 
ing us in the earliest spring with a profusion of bright 
blossoms. It will flower better in the middle of the sum¬ 
mer, if planted where it is somewhat shaded from the 
hot sun, and especially if furnished with a good supply 
of water, but in almost any situation will give fine flow¬ 
ers in the spring and autumn. Pansy seed may be sown 
in the hot-bed or open ground; if sown in the spring, 
get it in as early as possible, so as to have plants in blos¬ 
som during the early rains. Seeds sown in a cool place 
in June or July, and well watered until up, will produce 
fall flowering plants. To have good flowers, the plant 
must be vigorous, and make a rapid growth. Young 
plants give the largest flowers. Old worn-out plants 
should be replaced. The little engraving shows a good 
way of exhibiting Pansies, in a shallow dish, or basket, 
filled with damp moss or sand. If the plants come into 
bloom in the heat of summer the flowers will be small 
at first, but as the weather becomes cooler they will in¬ 
crease in size and beauty. Often plants that produce 
flowers two and a half inches in diameter during the 
cool, showery weather of spring, will give only the 
smallest possible specimens during the dry weather of 
summer. 
Pansy, King of the Blacks, almost coal black, 
coming true from seed,. 
Emperor William, new; fine large flower, ultra¬ 
marine blue with violet purple eye,. [ 
Lord Beaconsfield, deep purple-violet, shading 
off in the upper petals to a white hue, .... 15 
Dark blue, very rich and constant,. ,5 I 
Pansy, Azure blue, extra fine,. 15 
Light blue, lovely shades of sky-blue, .... 15 
Violet, with white border; somewhat resembling 
the fancy Geraniums,. 15 
Dark purple, rich, deep purple; very fine, ... 15 
Marbled purple, new colors,. 15 
Striped and mottled, extra and very showy, . 15 
Yellow-margined, beautiful color, with margin 
or belt of yellow,. J5 
Mahogany-colored, a very fine variety, ... 15 
Bronze-color, very good, . 15 
Red, bright coppery colors, but not strictly red, 15 
Pure yellow, generally true to color,. 15 
White, sometimes slightly marked with purple, 15 
Snowy White, a new pure white flower of 
good form and size. The best white we have 
ever seen, and generally coming true from seed, 25 
Odier, or Large-eyed, dark spots on each petal 
and large eyes,. 25 
Mixed seeds of above sorts,. k 
PALAFOXIA. 
rosy crimson, with a dark center. Set the plants about 
ten inches apart. 
Palafoxia Hookeriana,. - 
perilla. 
Pcrilla Nankinensis 
is a very fine and dark 
ornamenal-leaved an¬ 
nual. It has a broad, 
serrated leaf, of a pur¬ 
plish mulberry color, 
and eighteen inches or 
more in height. Very 
desirable for the cen¬ 
ter of a bed of orna¬ 
mental-leaved plants, 
and also for a low 
screen or hedge. 
Perilla Nankinensis, 
