OENOTHERA - ONOSMA - PANSY 
OENOTHERA Continued from Page 218. 
—Lamarckiana. Yellow fis 2” ac; 3 ft; HP 
—Oenothera Mixture. All species mixed 
ONONIS. (on-NOH-niss) REST-HARROW. Leguminosae. 
They are easily grown and are good plants for the border or rockery. Flowers 
are either solitary or in racemes. 
—rotundifolia. Bright rose; shrubby; ONON-I15 (C). 35¢ 
—w—helvelicum. A Swiss ONOS-8H (C). 35¢ 
—rupesire. Pale yellow; Caucasus;; 6’; HP... ONOS-7 (C). 35¢ 
—w—tauricum. Rovolute lvs; fis 114” long ONOS-8T (C). 35¢ 
—tubiflorum. Fls 115” long; Bulgaria; HP.... .. ONOS-10 (C). 35¢ 
OENO-33. 15¢ 
OENO-X. 15¢ 
ONOSMA. (oh-NOZ-mah) Boragmaceae. 
Annuals, biennials and perennials with extremely attractive flowers in white, yellow 
or purple in one-sided clusters. They do well in sun or shade and are suitable for the 
border or rockery. Not hard to grow. 
—stellulatum v. tauricum. Gold Drop. Golden yellow; wall plant; 8’; HP.... ONOS-8. 25¢ 
OPHIOPOGON. (o0-fe-o-PO-gon) LILY TURF Lilaceae. 
Turf forming plants with racemes of small whitish flowers and grass-like leaves, oft- 
en striped and spotted with white or yellow. Useful for turf and border edgings that 
require no clipping. They are not extra hardy and in the North some are hardy up to 
Michigan. Grow in sun or shade. 
—Clarkei. OPHI-4. 30¢ 
OPHI-6. 30¢ 
ORNITHOGALUM. (or-nith-THOG-alum) Liliaceae. 
Bulbous plants with white, yellow or reddish fis in bracted racemes or corymbs. The 
tender species are grown in pots or in greenhouses. 
—pyrenaicum. Yellow flowers 
OTHAKE: See Polypteria Hookeriana. 
OXYPETALUM (ox-PET-al-um) caeruleum. Twining herb. pl: blue flowers; for the 
OXYP-1. 25¢ 
PANSY. (Viola tricolor) Violaceae. (8 days) 
Pansies are best grown as a hardy annual or biennial, especially in the North. They 
do best in a rich sandy soil and not exposed to the hot winds; they stand some shade. 
Seed can be started indoors very early in the spring and the plants shifted to flats and 
grown on to some size in the frame where they can have shade and water or they can 
be planted as late as the first of August and the seedlings after they have rooted in the 
flats from the first transplanting, they can then be set in their outdoor beds. Pansies 
are definitely cool weather plants and the hotter the winds and the sun, the less success, 
GIANT FLOWERING SWISS GIANTS: Large flowering Pansies in all colors and com- 
binations. They are very popular both for the home plantings and with the commer- 
cial growers who grow for the box trade. Write for prises in quantity. 
—Alpenglow. A large flowered scarlet... .. PANS-1A. 25¢ 
—Berna. Velvety dark blue .. PANS-1B. 25¢ 
—Black King. Dark black, one of the few bla Se .. PANS-IK. 25¢ 
—Blumlisalp, Soft rose with beautiful velvety blotch .. PANS-I1L. 25¢ 
—Claret. A beautiful wine red .. PANS-1C. 25¢ 
—Flame. Attractive orange scarlet .. PANS-I1F. 25¢ 
—Mont Blanc. The best pure white . PANS-1W. 25¢ 
—Orange Sun. A new bright orange variety PANS-1S. 25¢ 
—Rheingold. Deep golden yellow with dark blotch on lower 3 petals... PANS-1R, 25¢ 
—Silver Bride. A clear glistening white PANS-1V. 25¢ 
—Ullswater. Marine blue with darker blotch; very showy. . PANS-1U. 25¢ 
—Yellow Master. Exceptionally fine deep yellow PANS-1Y. 25¢ 
—Swiss Giant Blend. Our best blend of varieties Yq Oz. $1.25 PANS-1X. 20¢ 
—W-F Swiss Giant Blend. A magnificent blend characterized by a predominance of rich 
velvety dark reds and browns together with uniformly compact plants and full 
rounded flowers; California grown seed VY Oz. $2.75; Oz. $9.00 PANS-1WX. 25¢ 
VARIOUS PANSY STRAINS: These are all large flowered types and only the best 
strains are listed. They include all types, 
—Cassier’s Giants. Golden yellow giants, all with large blotch 25¢ 
— —White. Large white fls with dark blotch, showy ae . 25¢ 
—w—Three Blotches. Showy colors all with 3 large dark blotches. Race . 25¢ 
—Cornation Gold. Giant pure golden yellow; very showy....... . 25¢ 
—Englemann’s Giants, With lighter tone around edges; no solid colors.... . 35¢ 
—Maple Leaf. Husky growers, dark green fol; full color range . 25¢ 
—Masterpiece. Daintily ruffled and frilled; rich in reds and browns . 25¢ 
—Orchid-Flowered. Waved and curled petals in a choice color range.... PANS-2H, 25¢ 
—Scottish Exhibition. Mammoth fis heavily blotched; circular outline... PANS-2R. 25¢ 
—Florist or Market Strain. An extra choice hand made strain containing a good pro- 
portion of yellow , reds and blotched flowers with some new types added, 
Y4 Oz. $1.90; Oz. $7.00; 4 Lb. $20.00; Lb. $73.00 PANS-2F, 25¢ 
—Oregon Giants. Bright blend of giants; California grown seed PANS-2G, 25¢ 
— 101’”. NEW market grower strain in a beautiful selection of colors... PANS-2B. 25¢ 
V. hiemalis: Ice Pansy. They flower very early, even in the snow, and while the flowers 
are smaller than the regular Pansy, they are distinct and showy, especially for the time 
of the year when they flower. They should be given a place in the garden or rockery so 
as to be protected from the hot summer sun, 
—Blue Boy. Showy silver blue PANS-3B. 20¢ 
—Claret. Beautiful wine red_ flowers. .. PANS-3C. 20¢ 
—Celestial Queen. Brilliant light blue. .. PANS-3Q. 20¢ 
—March Beauty. Dark velvety purple .. PANS-3M. 20¢ 
—Winter Sun. Golden yellow with showy dar be . PANS-3S, 20¢ 
—Zurich Sea. Very showy light blue .. PANS-3Z. 20¢ 
—Woden. Black; king of the spring garden... .. PANS-3W. 20¢ 
—Hiemalis Blend. All varieties mixed .. PANS-3X. 20¢ 
PANSY BLEND... Contains all the kinds listed above PANS-X. 20¢ 
STEELE’S MAMMOTH PANSIES: ; 
The following Pansies are direct from the Steele Pansy Seed Gardens and of their 
1951 crop. These Pansies have enjoyed a world wide reputation for over thirty years. 
PIONEER SEED COMPANY — DIMONDALE MICHIGAN 
ORNI-13(C). 30¢ | 
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Surface Moisture in 
Germinating Seeds 
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covering of soil at all, or scarcely any, they 
can be watered throgh the burlap without 
washing them about. As a matter of fact, 
with the burlap covering, only about a 
quarter as much watering need be done, and 
sometimes the seeds will even germinate on 
the moisture provided by one watering at 
the time of sowing. Of course, we must 
lift the corner of the burlap from time ty» 
time, and when the seedlings are appearing 
on the surface of the soil, the burlap must be 
removed before they penetrate through ii. 
For some seeds, such as honeysuckle seed 
to produce plants that are not to be trans- 
planted out till the following spring, the 
burlap could be left on to rot away. I even 
use the burlap covering for tomato seed. 
For tomatoes one must especially be careful 
to take off the cloth covering soon enough, 
for if it is pulled away after some of the 
seedlings have penetrated through it, many 
of the seedlings have penetrated through it; 
many of the seedlings will be pulled out of 
the soil or broken off and destroyed. 
I have never tried the burlap method of 
germinating seeds out of doors, but consid- 
er that it would be very successful. If long 
strips, about three inches wide, were cut 
and laid over the row, burlap could even be 
an aid in germinating ordinary garden seeds 
in the garden in dry years. If watering is 
necessary in order to provide the moisture 
for germination, the burlap covering would 
be especially desirable, for watering with a 
watering can hardens the soil and makes it 
crust more than showers of rain, through no 
more than do heavy rains. The burlap coy- 
ering would prevent this crusting and give 
the seeds their chance. One would be more 
inclined to get caught in leaving the burlap 
on such rows too long than in the case of 
seed sown in flats, but, for some seeds at 
least, presumably no harm would be done 
if it remained on all summer and it might 
possibly have some effect in turning the 
cutworms the other way. 
Prairie gardeners are coming more and 
more to sow their tomato seed right out in 
the garden where the plants are to remain. 
I would consider the narrow burlap strip 
especially helpful for this plant. Tomato 
seed is not ordinarily as easy to germinate 
out of doors as the seed of other garden 
vegetables. Tomatoe plantlets do not seem 
to have the same power to penetrate a part- 
ially hardened soil as do other seeds of com- 
parable size or even smaller. Thus tomato 
seed cannot be sown as deep as other seeds 
of the same size. In fact, if surface moist- 
ure can be maintained, sowing almost on the 
surface is desirable and brings quick results 
and a larger percentage of plants. 
Raising shrubs and trees from seed is 
something that should be done oftener by 
the Canadian gardener. For the price of 
a package or ounce of seed, one can ob- 
tain as many honeysuckles, liilacs, flower- 
ing cherries, flowereing currants, spruces, 
pines, tamaracs and junipers as he can 
use, provided of course that he is willing to 
pay another price in taking care to give the 
seed a chance to germinate after he does 
get it. The requirements for good germinat- 
ion are really not very difficult, if one knows 
what the problem is and how to meet it. 
Sage should be cut back in the spring 
to produce nice tender stems. 
Cut Wormwood back to the ground in 
the spring. 
