Show 4 M r I 4 I I H-I-H-H-H t f I H i- i M-M-M-H-fr M I r I I t t MAKING GOOD INA IN INA INA A SMALL TOWN Real Stories About Real Girls By MRS AND HARLAND H. H ALLEN i H r of PANSiES FOR PROFIT I A for thon thought ht the How flow lover er SU says S 'S yet jet ct paradoxically cally when It comes conies to 0 raisin n II garden parden garden gar gar- den specialty for the tile market she seldom sel sel- limn dom thinks s thin Us of them A little pansy I know t tells lIs ine me rte that the pansy pany Is the hest best n of all nil Howers for cor the girl gardener who is a novice lw at ut her work This par par- particular particular specialist pansy lives Ilves In u It town of only people yet et sh she never ne lens hns to outside it to sell seH her lieI go HOW flow CM ers so s so I take e her word Co for what hat she says a All Al jou you need Is a south sonth window and und some slime pansy pans seeds she tells peo pie You put your our seeds In some good earth eaith and nd the sunshine does the tile rest I get ct the Cl very hest best seed she explain explained explained ex ex- plain d In more detail Then I bore hore holi- holi for drainage in iii wooden boxes Then I plant my mj seeds exactly accordIng according accord accord- Ing to the directions on 01 the packet t. t The rile seeds seel should he be planted neither too deep lJ nor too near the surface and anil should be pressed down well They should he be watered regularly with a aline anne line spray spra and kept warm When the first plants appear th they ey should not have too much light They should be pe e kept partly covered And whets when the little shoots get a good start the they should be transplanted into anotHer box hox After that all the grower pansy grower needs to do Is to give the plants proper amounts of sun and n air h. h If the pansy pans grower prefers she he hema ma may when she transplants the young joung plants put them Into the garden Instead instead In In- stead stend of into other boxes In the winter winter win win- ter tel time the beds should be lightly covered co The pansies les may mar be he sold In hasl baskets They mn may he be sold In bunches as a n boul boutonnieres for use at club dinners and amI pai parties But nut when they are ure sold In hi pots the pansy grower rower will probably proby aIJI ably make e her hest best profits since the Ilon Mowers ers keep better in this form She he could rise rise- nse either on ordinary pots in smallest possible sizes or get diminutive tive h-e fancy pots or holders lh ThC girl with an artistic eye and am ama andu u a skillful hand lland will increase her sales still further b by artistic arrangement of the tiie flowers In these little center center- pieces As for her market she marlet-she she may advertise advertise ad nd- vertise In her local papers or have haye havea hayea a pansy sale and andr tea In her own home She Site mn may succeed In selling her flowers to cam cand candy stores stoics and to the thet t town wn hotels If there Is a florists florist's silo shop she can usually find n a sale for her wares warl'S there Q 1324 1924 Western C Newspaper e Union I I |