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Clarke’s Pastel Hybrid Pansies (See page 3) 
We're on our knees most of the time... 
There's just no other way to do it right. We've spent many of the 
productive years of our lives working with pansies and primulas. This 
work has involved countless thousands of hand pollinations, many 
disappointments, and in the end some mighty satisfying achievements. 
It is this lifetime of work, and this group of achievements that we 
offer to you here. We are confident that no place in the world produces 
finer seed or purer strains of these two lovely and highly specialized 
flower families .. . pansies and primroses. 
First, the Pansies 
When we start talking about pansies we have to be careful with our 
words, because we are apt to wax poetic. But speaking carefully, we 
want to point out these things: Pansies out-bloom most other flowers, 
with 6 to 9 months continuous blossoming period. They have a velvety 
texture so enticing that there is an automatic impulse to touch this 
softness to your cheek. They have such warm, rich, and widely varied 
colors that each single bloom is a thing to be contemplated with 
pleasure. They have a characteristic, gentle fragrance; they're un- 
matched as cut flowers; they are hardy and unusually free from disease 
and insect pests. 
Now all this beauty involves an immense amount of experience and 
labor in selection and breeding to obtain the largest blooms and the 
purest colors. But that’s our job. For you, the task is simple, since 
pansies are easy to grow when you receive good seed. Just give the 
plants ample moisture and lots and lots of fertility, and our many years 
of love and care will come to life right in your own garden. 
