PLANT SEEDS NOW 
There is still adequate time to plant Pansy seeds to grow plants 
for spring sale. Pansies may be brought to bloom, if the young plants 
are pushed along, in from nine to ten weeks so that plantings made 
even as late as March first can be brought into flower for Memorial 
day. It is best, however, that seeds be sown as soon as possible so 
plants will not have to be forced more than needed. 
We recommend that seeding at this time of year be done in flats 
in a greenhouse carried at a 45 to 50 degree night temperature. Use 
a fairly rich soil that has a good humus content. Cover seeds lightly 
with pure granulated peat moss to a depth not exceeding inch. 
Bottom heat will help germination along. Don’t plant too thickly as 
plants should have room to develop not less than five leaves before 
transplanting is started. 
While Pansies are not benefited by too many transplantings, (two 
being best, once in your garden and again when the plants are 
moved to the garden of your customer ) it may be necessary at this 
season of the year to transplant once in flats, unless outdoor beds are 
available where the ground can be kept from freezing. Just as soon 
however, as the weather will permit and the plants are strong 
enough, they should be transplanted — into outdoor beds if it has been 
necessary to transplant them in flats. In doing this second transplant¬ 
ing, set with just as much soil on the roots as you possibly can. 
Where they are moved outdoors from a greenhouse or heated frame, 
the plants should be seasoned off for a few days by exposure to out¬ 
door weather, but providing protection should severe cold be experi¬ 
enced. Once seasoned, however, heavy frosts will not injure them 
and they do much better if not pampered too much. 
Plants sown now will not produce the maximum flower size of 
the plants sown last fall and wintered in outdoor beds. Flower size 
will be quite satisfactory, however, if culture is good and these late 
plantings will bloom much later into the summer, even in a hot 
climate, than the fall plantings. 
EARLY PANSY PLANTS 
If you wish stock for earlier sale we can supply both transplanted 
and heavy field grown seedlings from our gardens at quite reasonable 
prices. A full price list of these will be found on the following pages. 
All the plants we offer were planted in August and September with 
the transplanted ones being transplanted in October, with 8 by 8 inch 
spacing for adequate development room. Many of both the seedlings 
and transplanted sizes are showing bud, with some bloom on the 
larger stock. In fact our field grown seedlings are just about as large 
as some growers supply as transplanted stock. Many of them have 
twelve or more leaves. 
It will be advisable, if you expect to ship in plants for your 
spring requirments, to do so just as early as possible. One reason for 
this is that usually by April first our stocks are becoming somewhat 
depleated and not all varieties are available. Also plants ship better 
while the weather is cool and they will be in better sales condition 
if transplanted into your beds at least five weeks before you expect 
to start selling them. Our plants are all hardy having been wintered 
right out of doors with no protection whatever and they have already 
been subjected to temperatures down to 18 degrees above zero. 
We ship all plants bare root, with the roots protected by spagnum 
moss and special paper wrappers. This gives good delivery to all 
points in the United States ( until March 25th.,; after that date with¬ 
in a radius of 1800 miles of the gardens ) and shipping weight is held 
at an absolute minimum. We are not in a position to supply Pansy 
plants in flats for delivery away from the gardens. All packing is in 
new, individually constructed wood cases; each case being especially 
built to fit the shipment. Nothing is left undone to get the plants to 
you in the best possible condition at the least cost. 
ORDER NOW 
As suggested above, wheather you plan on planting seeds or order¬ 
ing plants, it will be best to order just as soon as your spring plans 
can be completed. We look forward to serving you. 
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