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Show Sow Tansies for Next Spring This Summer pamsy ?Sm TUFlOL r.uW pi-111' s"-'Ii i"''1 sukl in flower 'in curly spi'ing may ho grown mute easily by tho gardener who lias s colli frame. Tho seeil is sown in l:ito summer in n seed bed which Ciin be shaded nnd watered. Seed of ono of tho giant strains should bo obtained if one wants largo flowers. Violas iav also bo given tho same treatment. All pansies mo members mem-bers of tho viola family, but tho name raiisy is applied to those vhieli have ''faces." If yon have n seed bed mailo of fine soil shaded with a canopy of cheesecloth or lath, and which can l,e watered, sow tho seed in rows. If you have no such seed bod prepare pre-pare flat shallow box full of sifted soil in the usual manner and sow the pansies in that. It can bo placed in n sliTidy spot and kept well watered iintil' the seedlings appear. In sowing spread the seed thinly. Mix sand with it if necessary to prevent overcrowding. If the seeds are too thick it will be difficult to disentangle dis-entangle the roots of the seedlings when tinio conies to move them. As soon as the seeds sprout thev should be given nil the light possible and plenty of fresh air. Do not let them dry out. Protect them from the midday mid-day sun. When the seedlings have made then-first then-first true leaves thev should be transplanted trans-planted to other flats, where they have more space, or to the cold frame. Florists usually move them to flats where they are planted 2 inches each way; tins is called "pricking out." They are allowed to grow here until they are small sturdy plants. The amateur may short cut this procedure and move the seedlings directly from the seed bed or first flat to the cold frame. Soil in the cold frame should not be overmanured, but should be i-rhi and friable and reasonably fertile. The plants should be set in rows, 4 inches inch-es apart in the rows, and 6 inches between the rows. Let the plants grow in the open through.. the fall until the ground begins to freeze, lhen fill up the cold frame with dry leaves and cover it with the sash or boards. In severe weather the sash can be covered with straw mats or any such covering, but this is not usually needed. In the spring as soon as the frost begins to come out of the ground, the leaves should be taken off the pansy plants and the sash put onthe frame. The management from now on is the same as any other planting in the spring. The pansies 'will bloom under the glass much earlier than they would outdoors, and you will ( have, pansies to set out in the border i when the tulips begin to bloom. |