HARROLD’S PANSY GARDENS 
SELECTING AND GROWING 
GRANTS PASS, OREGON 
HARROLD'S Pedigreed Strain PANSIES 
Easily Grown Almost Anywhere 
In Bloom For Months In Most Climates 
Hardy Practically Anywhere 
The breeding and experience that has developed 
this group of Pansy varieties affords you the ulti- 
mate in quality in this universally popular, easily 
grown garden flower. Excepting the Harrold’s 
Tall Cut-Flower variety they will all withstand 10 
to 15 degrees of freezing without -protection and 
when given light protection, such as is given other 
moderately hardy perennials in your climate, they 
are hardy in any part of the U. S. and Canada. 
The flowering season of most varieties can be 
extended over a season of a least six months and 
in many favored climates over the entire year. 
American bred and grown for our American gar- 
dening conditions and taste, they afford the finest 
selections you can obtain. Selections that properly 
made and with reasonable culture will give unsur- 
passed results. Naturally your local climate, garden 
situation and the care given to their culture will 
determine the final result to some degree but you 
must have good variety and strain quality as a 
foundation. Originally our work was exclusively in 
supplying the critical professional grower and we 
still do this to the extent of something over 6,000 
florists, nurserymen and seedsmen. During the past 
few years, however, we have also served more than 
35,000 home gardeners. 
WHEN TO PLANT PANSIES 
The largest Pansy flowers are produced by 
plants that flower in early spring from seeds sown 
during the previous July, Aug. and Sept. These 
seedlings are transplanted into the beds where they 
are to bloom or to cold-frames in Sept., Oct. and 
Nov. The transplanting should be done early 
enough so that the plant may become established 
before severe weather comes. Beds must have good 
winter drainage and in cold climates a light mulch 
of straw or marsh hay may be required after the 
ground has been frozen for the winter. In the 
warmer States the planting season extends over a 
longer period and usually no protection is required, 
in fact in the south and west coastal areas they 
may be grown as a winter bedding plant, blooming 
most of the winter. July planting is advisable in 
the far north. It is not advisable to plant too early 
for your climate, however, because when weather is 
really hot some difficulty may be experienced in 
obtaining good germination of the seeds unless 
considerable care is taken. 
The seeds may also be planted indoors in Jan. 
and Feb. for plants that are to be set. out in early 
spring for flowering from May on through the 
summer. Seeds may also be planted in outdoor beds 
where they are to bloom, sowing the seeds in April 
or May after the soil warms up for easy germina- 
tion. These will give their best display during 
summer and fall. 
In most U. S. localities Pansies planted at 
several periods during the year will give nice beds 
during the entire gardening season from the earli- 
est blooming of spring bulbs until after all the 
bedding annuals have been killed by frost. The 
packets offered in this catalogue have been made 
intentionally liberal so as to encourage more widely 
spaced plantings and give you a full years enjoy- 
ment of Pansies at a very modest cost. For those 
who desire smaller quantities of many different 
kinds, we offer a select list of collections. No sales 
will be made that differ from the specific offers 
made herein. 
FREE CULTURE BOOKLET 
Our booklet ‘‘MODERN PANSIES’’ Their 
History, Culture and Habits will accompany all 
orders for seeds or plants. This gives complete 
information needed for your success with Pansies. 
THE VARIETY TO SELECT 
The selection offered in this catalogue is the 
most complete made by any grower of seeds or 
plants, At first glance the mere scope of the selec- 
tion may be confusing but each variety has its own 
characteristic and use. 
In mixtures the price range to some extent is 
an index to the capabilities of the variety as to the 
size of flower and richness of color range. The 
more costly are the more highly bred and more 
recent of introduction. There are colors and com- 
binations in these varieties that are not included 
in the older and less costly sorts. From the stand- 
point of quality, however, all Harrold’s Pedigreed 
Strain varieties are grown to a quality not a price. 
BEDDING MIXTURES 
In general there are two distinct groups of 
these. The socalled EXHIBITION GROUP is the 
largest flowered generally and the most useful 
where mass plantings in the most showy colors 
viewed from a distance is desired, The color form- 
ulas usually are of lighter shades that show to 
brilliant effect and this brightness is enhanced by 
the fact that this group has a characteristic smaller 
center blotch and developes more of the self (plain 
colors) than the fancy group. 
The FANCY GROUP gives truly giant flowers 
in the darker and more velvety shades. The center 
blotch is large, covering three and sometimes all 
five petals over as much as half their area. The 
general effect is much darker on overall color tone 
and go at a distance this group does not show so 
brilliantly. However, when viewed as individual 
plants or where planted in spot plantings about the 
garden they are most useful and attractive. 
EXHIBITION MIXTURES 
We consider our Harrold’s Pedigreed Giant 
Art-Shades to be the largest flowered in this class 
and the most desirable. The color range is modern 
and in every way these meet the most popular 
demand. Our Harrold’s Pedigreed Giants are an 
older strain, the parent strain of the Art-Shades 
and are considered still by many of our gardening 
customers to be most preferable. 
FANCY MIXTURES 
This year our new introduction, Harrold’s 
Pedigreed American Giants, of course heads the 
list in this class. This is followed by our Harrold’s 
Pedigreed Swiss Giants which has been our top 
strain in this group for several years. Harrold’s — 
Improved Swiss is an old standby prefered by 
many since its introduction back in the ’20-s. 
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