The Savannah morning news., 1901-04-22
The Flower JcweI-Making Pansy
Reds,

For beautiful and varied color COM
mend the modest little pansy to me, says
Miss Callie. Among ANIMALS there is hard
ly another plant that could be named
that can be used to better advantage in
giving pretty touches of color to the home
surroundings. In the front yard, in the
back yard, in the side yard, a pansy bed
is always appropriate. In the smallest
yard there should be at least one bed.
One should allow the smallest lawn-the
nearer the doorsteps the better
To make a circular bed-say with a di-
ameter of feet--iay off the circle as 'ex-
actly as possible. Dig the soil well, throw
ing out any stones, trash or weed roots.
IL the soil is not rich enough work in
thoroughly TO a depth of inches small
barrow load of good old compost that
has been turned and worked over several
times previous to use; so as to destroy
all the weed seeds possible. Work this
in well and round the bed uD nicely. This
should be done very early in the season,
as soon as all hard freezes are over. On
this bed place cold frame by in the
center of the bed. The soil having been
fined end firmed with light roller be-
fore placing the frame or frmed with a
tamper afterwards. Draw shallow drills
inches apart, with pencil or finger. Mix
ed pansy seeds can be used, but 1t is bet
ter to have the colors all separated and
sow them alternately in the drills. Cover
very lightly with soil and with board or
brick, press 1t firmly to the seeds Water
freely, if necessary. with a fine hose and
put on the glass. BY a little working and
watering the plants will soon become
large enough to transplant. The pansy
plant allows of being transplanted when
very young. the roots developing very
rapidly on termination. Even before the
third leaf has formed a pansy plant can
easily be transplanted. AS soon as the
plants get large enough and no severe
cold probable. thin out inside the frame
and, with the Trimmings finish out the bed
outside the frame, continuing the rows
to the furthest edge. of the bed
Let the frame remain on the bid
some while longer in case untimely cold
should happen, but do not keep the glass
on any more than necessary, SO that the
outside plants will have equal chance for
development. When no more severe cold
Is probable remove the frame from. the
bed and store 1t away. 1t has served its
purpose.
Each plant should have about sixteen
square inches for its best development
Where two beds are made one can be
round and the other diamond shape. A
third might be heart-shaped. The round
is the more artistic.
As the pansy plant has a tendency to
rise up above the soil, like the straw
berry it is a good plan to have on hand
supply of rich loamy soil. kept under
shelter and just before blooming time
with a trowel or shingle. ill up the
spaces between the plants with the soil.
drawing the soil UP snugly about the
plants. Do this after saturating rain.
The applied soil acts as a mulch. This
is better than working the soil as the
roots should not be disturbed at all after
good growth has started. "a"
This is the way to make pansy bed
to give the best satisfaction. No plant
should be allowed to seed BY all means.
cut the blossoms I'm forty-eight hours af-
ter opening. "'.t4 'tt
The pansy has been brought to a won
derful perfection in recent years and with
little care the most artistic effects can
be secured. This flower is worth a special
study if any plant is, in our humble
judgment t.-'-