. Dreer's garden book 1918. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. Typical Flower of Dreer's Royal Exhibition Pansy Dreer's Perfect Pansies PANSIES are too well known to require any description, as they are favorites with all. For best results you must start with a good strain. 1 he finest Pansies are, as a rule, shy seeders, which accounts for the difference in the price of the vari- ous mixtures offered. Miss Ida D. Bennett, the well-known horticultural author and en- thusiast
. Dreer's garden book 1918. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. Typical Flower of Dreer's Royal Exhibition Pansy Dreer's Perfect Pansies PANSIES are too well known to require any description, as they are favorites with all. For best results you must start with a good strain. 1 he finest Pansies are, as a rule, shy seeders, which accounts for the difference in the price of the vari- ous mixtures offered. Miss Ida D. Bennett, the well-known horticultural author and en- thusiastic admirer of Pansies, writes the following notes on their culture expressly for this book: " Pansy seed germinates and the plants grow more freely in the cool, early days of spring, and for summer blooming should be sown by the latter part of April, or early in May, in the vicinity of Philadelphia. A soil containing a proportion of leaf mould, well enriched with well-decayed cow manure, will be the most satisfac- tory for the gtowing of this flower, and it should be well dug and made fine and level. " Sow the seeds in drills, covering them not more than four times their diameter and firming the soil well above them. The seeds germinate in from eight to twelve days, and should not be allowed to dry out during this period. Covering the seed bed with news- papers will prevent this and hasten somewhat the period of germ- ination. "As soon as the plants are up and large enough to handle, they should be thinned out or transplanted to stand nine inches apart in the rows. Thorough cultivation should be given from the start, as Pansies will not thrive when obliged to share the beds with a mass of weeds. " It is a mistake to plant Pansies in the shade of a tree or build- ings. An open exposure, where the wind has a free sweep over the bed is far better, and Pansies so planted are free from the long, During dry weather the bed should be watered daily, and in extreme s
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