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Show TI10 Time for l'unsy Uedi. There is nothing more attractive in the early spring than a pansy bed. In order to secure blossoms early the plants must have attained a proper sizo under glass. It is necessary, therefore, to sow pansy seed early. Any long wooden box fitted into a sunny window in a moderately cold room, but where it docs not freeze, will do for a seedbox. lie sure the earth is rich, well fertilized with thoroughly thor-oughly rotted compost and wood mold, and that it is fine and friable, so the tiny seed can easily thrust down their slender roots in it. Keep the earth moderately mod-erately moist after sowing the seed, and in a short time tue little plants will be up and growing. ' It requires some resolution to thin out the greater portion of them in order to give those that are left sufficient room to grow, but this mnst be done without sparing or all the plants will be weaklings. weak-lings. Very pretty effects can bo produced pro-duced by raising a box of whito or nearly near-ly white pansies for a border, und a box of mixed, dark, velvety ones for the center cen-ter of the bed. These quaint, blotched, lovely flowers seem more like living tilings than any other blossom. "Old ladies" is the German name for them, but tho English name of pansy from "our thoughts" has a touch of finer fancy. New York Tribune. |