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DIRECT TO YOU FROM CALIFORNIA‘S WORLD FAMED FLOWER SEED FARMS 
HOW TO GROW PANSIES 


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When growing pansies, select the best 
strains from a reliable seed house. Use fresh 
seed; old seed, unless kept over in glass jars 
in a refrigerator, germinates unevenly. They 
can be sown in September to flower in green- 
houses or frames, or planted out in the open 
in spring to flower in summer. 

The soil for pansies can hardly be too rich. 
Four to 6 weeks in advance of planting, deeply 
dig and manure the ground. Do not plant 
pansies where they will get the mid-day sun, 
since this shortens their season and fades their 
blooms. 
The less pansies are transplanted the larger 
their blooms will be. Keep plenty of soil 
around the roots when moving them from the 
flat and place a trowelful of moist peat in each 
hole before planting. Plant pansies 9” apart. 
Mulch them during warm weather. 
To lengthen the blooming period of pan- 
sies, pick them frequently and keep seed pods 
removed. Never allow them to dry out. Water 
generously, especially at the end of warm days. 



Something 
Really 
NEW 
SENSATIONAL 
BUTTERFLY 
HYBRID 
PANSIES 
After more than 10 
years of special research 
by our pansy experts 
we offer an entirely 
new strain of Butterfly 
Hybrid Pansies. Among 
the many sensational 
colors are pastels, flesh 
pinks with deeper rose 
edges, buffs, overlaid 
with pink and bordered 
with orchid, delicate lay- 
enders with mauve 
blotches, and many 
more. Due to scarcity 
of seed, we cannot offer 
more than small lots. 
Trial Packet $1.00 
1/16 oz. $9.00 
% oz. $15.00 
4 oz. $25.00 
AGO 
SPECIAL 

GIANT PANSY MIXTURE 
This year our finest mixture includes many new 
and unusual colors; flowers fine form, mostly 
long stems; heavy substance. Trial pkt. 75c, 
1/16 oz. $3.50, %4 oz. $8.00, 1 oz. $25.00. 

OTHER PANSIES 
STEELE’S SEA BLUE 
Genuine blue pansy with darker blotch; 
very good for color contrast in borders or 
beds. Pkt. $1.00, 1/16 oz. $5.00. 
STEELE’S GOLDEN GATE 
Pure yellow with darker blotch. Compact; 
fine for bedding. Pkt. $1.00, 1/16 oz. $5.00. 
STEELE’‘S GRAND DUKE MICHAEL 
Pure white with delicate rays; low, com- 
pact plants covered with bloom. Pkt. $1.00, 
1/16 oz. $5.00. 
Pansies have been a specialty with us for 
many years. Season after season we con- 
tinuously improve our mixtures as well as 
straight colors by vigorous roguing, so 
that each year there is a definite improve- 
ment in the strains we send you. 

“AMERICA’S SEED HEADQUARTERS” 
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA 
