Directions for 
GERMINATING SEED 
If you are a new grower, send for our booklet, ““Commer- 
cial Pansy Culture.” Price 25c. 
1. Have your soil weed free and pulverized to a depth 
of eight or more inches. If available, use some one of the 
many soil sterilizing methods now known. On the level 
surface spread evenly a layer of compost or pulverized 
well-rotted manure to a depth of at least one inch. Soak 
the bed thoroughly. Allow to dry enough to rake and 
then roll or tamp to a level surface. Overlay compost 
with enough sand to produce a smooth top and roll again. 
2. Treat seed with Copper Oxide or Semesan. Sow in 
shallow drills or broadcast. We use 250 square feet to sow 
an ounce of seed broadcast. Cover with sifted mixture 
of two parts peat moss to one part of compost. The depth 
of this covering should be about one-eighth inch. Then 
cover with light burlap or thin sheeting and anchor. Use 
spray of water to moisten surface after burlap cover is on. 
Make several applications to penetrate the peat so as 
not to float the seed from its original level. Do not use 
heavily chlorinated water if avoidable. 
3. Allowing plenty of ventilation, keep your beds moist 
until germination. Maintain constant moisture during the 
day but never allow seed beds to go into the evening 
overly moist. Any dryness after seeds germinate is fatal. 
As soon as plantlets begin to appear, remove burlap and 
sift a thin layer of peat moss on the top of the beds. To 
avoid damping off, water your seedlings cautiously. 
Germination time is from 8 to 21 days, depending on 
weather conditions. If you have trouble from damping 
off, water seedlings with Semesan solution or wettable 
Captan. Captan may be used as a pre-emergent damp 
off control. 
4. If your fall seedlings are not growing rapidly enough, 
fertilizer is the answer. The same goes for late winter and 
spring. Feed them often and cultivate frequently for 
top results and maximum profits that you should get 
from our seeds. 
Pay Dirt 
Twenty-five years ago, in 1930, we announced the in- 
troduction of a new strain of pansies, and we quote from 
our catalog of that year: “STEELE’S MASTODON 
JUMBO MIXED—1930 Novelty. These gigantic flowers, 
picked at random in our open field, with no special care 
whatever, were exhibited at the Northwest Flower Show 
in Seattle, April, 1929, measuring up to 4% inches in 
diameter! In all our 37 years as pansy specialists we 
have never seen a strain of pansies near their equal in 
average size; also a fine wide range of bright colors.” 
In 1941 we used on the cover of our catalog a four- 
color reproduction of a beautiful colored photograph of 
three Jumbo pansies selected from our field. These pan- 
sies are typical of the Jumbo today and hundreds of new 
colors have been added since that time. 
To celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of this re- 
markable Steele introduction we give you this fine pic- 
ture. Our old friends will enjoy seeing it again and our 
new friends will be thrilled to see it for the first time. 
Don’t forget, Jumbo pansies were introduced by Steele’s 
and are only genuine when grown by Steele’s, for your 
customers’ delight and for your better profit. 
FOR FASTER DELIVERY 
OF MASTODON SEED 
Check your order carefully and send remittance 
in full by money order, or check, if no Florist 
Credit Rating. Be sure to write your name and 
address plainly, including zone number as stricter 
postal regulations require zones for delivery of 
mail. No extra charge for airmail. If you plan to 
make several plantings this year, tell us when 
and we will ship your seed to reach you at the 
proper time. Warm climates are not safe to store 
pansy seeds unless kept under mild refrigeration. 
We are sorry but we cannot accept C.O.D. orders. 
We do not offer packets smaller than those listed. 
SEED PRICES 
63 Years of Quality Seed .... sold and Grown the World Over Since 1893 
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