|Summer |Very fine border
European | |Many | | |plants, almost as
varieties. Mixed | | rich | | |decorative as
| | colours| | |foxgloves, showing
| | | | |tints of reds
| | | | |through pink, white,
| | | | |blue and white
| | | | |cream, etc.
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PANSIES | H.B. |Many |1 ft. |April |It is usual to sow
in varieties | flowers | rich | | to |pansies in frames
| first | colours| |Dec. |during September
| year | | | |and October, winter
| | | | |them under cover,
| | | | |and transplant to
| | | | |beds the following
| | | | |spring.
| | | | |If pansies (well
| | | | |soaked previously)
| | | | |are sown in the seed
| | | | |bed in late August
| | | | |or early September,
| | | | |they will be compact
| | | | |little plants by
| | | | |November, when they
| | | | |may be transplanted
| | | | |to their permanent
| | | | |bed or else covered
| | | | |where they stand,
| | | | |protected by leaves
| | | | |between the rows and
| | | | |a few evergreen
| | | | |boughs or a little
| | | | |salt hay over