The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-29
NiOIets and PansieS.
Iagazine.

S. A. c., in Vick's Magazine.
There are flowers and flowers, but are
there many that have a greater capacity
for pleasure-giving than violets or pan
sizes? One to bless the winter time, the
other adding joy and beauty to the sum-
mer time. Both are easily had in perfec-
ton by any one who has a few square
feet of soil-and it matters not what kind
of soil. If rich and loamy, all right; if
poor and clayey, it can soon be put in
condition, if one have only a little means,
but plenty of spirit. OF violets there are
not many kinds, but of pansies their va
rieties are legion. OF the first sufficient
variety is obtainable in bringing together
the long known single deep blue, the dou-
bic blue, the light blue, the double white
and the newer California Our verdict
is: Any violet will do that is blue, and
that is fragrant and that thrives.
Few in the south think of growing VIC
let's under cover though sometimes it is
desirable when blooms are wanted in
abundance in the early winter. Where vi
Diets are grown in beds in the open, it is
very easy to plant any part of these I'M
der glass temporarily in the fall and Sc
cure all the blooms wanted in December
however bad the weather may be- In
fact, there is nothing in all horticulture
so easy or dainty as this glorious flower
in perfection.
Where there are small beds or plats in
the flower garden there is nothing more
suitable or more pleasure-seeking than to
have their borders of sweet violets, part
white and part blue, if SO desired.
Pansies for color, violets for fragrance;
and both should have large place in the
esteem of the artist gardener.
We have so many splendid pansies now
it is not difficult to make such choice that
one can in a few months time, produce a
scene of marvellous floral beauty. The va
reities under the name of Imperial Ger
man. show a range and variety of color
that is enhancing; the BLACK Prince or
king of the Blacks THE Snow Queen"
or Snowy White" the blue "Beacons-
field" the Silver Seam" or "Sver
Edge" the Rainbow or quadricoor,
the yellow Cent matters not under
what name they may be listed, it re-
quires but a few moments of time to
choose and arrange and sow proper or
der of variety so that when the matured
plants break into bloom there will be moth
ing left for the eye to desire. Put in the
seeds, do a little work and trust nature
to endow with life a scene that no human
hand and eye can initiate in color.
In arranging for these contrasts that
impress you as being in the highest de-
gree artistic with strips of broad divide
there are different colors to be grown.
Label each section carefully so that there
will be no mistake. If the pansy- bed-to-
be is circular, as it ought to be, commence
at the center and set three or four plants
of whatever color is TO form the eye or
hub, of the circle-black, for instance
then draw lines six inches apart around
the circle and three inches from each side
of this line set a plant of the next color
selected, setting the plants zigzag instead
of in tWos. The border color of the circle
should be set with four rows of the same
color, rows three inches apart and zigzag
also, as in the beginning. The soil should
be deeply dug and pulverized and well
firmed before the plants are set out If
there is any question of the richness of
the soil, work in plenty of bone dust
dust not meal-as the soil is being pre-
pared for the plants
Where proper material for the purpose
is readily procured, mulching is almost
always a great advantage to both panses
and violets. Finally, let no one who has
any flowers at all be without these royai
pleasures-givers.