He planted the pansy seeds himself, buying them from a pansy specialist.

Here is a word of advice when you go shopping for your pansy seeds.

A bag of 250, 000 pansy seeds was placed in the Kvant-2 EVA airlock, a compartment not as protected from cosmic radiation as other Mir compartments.

Every time you transplant a pansy you cause its flowers to become smaller.

Go to a reputable grower, preferably a pansy specialist.

Connolly brought with him Stephen Spender, a cause of some embarrassment as Orwell had referred to Spender as a " pansy friend " some time earlier.

The pansy is a group of large-flowered hybrid plants cultivated as garden flowers.

Some unrelated species, such as the Pansy Monkeyflower, also have " pansy " in their name.

The common words " pansy " and " viola " are often confused.

Thus Viola cornuta is correctly referred to as a pansy.

However, modern horticulturalists tend to use the term " pansy " for those multi-coloured large-flowered hybrids that are grown for bedding purposes every year, while " viola " is usually reserved for smaller, more delicate annuals and perennials.

The pansy flower is two to three inches in diameter and has two slightly overlapping upper petals, two side petals, and a single bottom petal with a slight beard emanating from the flower's center.

Other nurserymen followed Lee's example, and the pansy became a favorite among the public.

About this time, James Grieve developed the viola and Dr. Charles Stuart developed the violetta, both smaller, more compact plants than the pansy.

Stem rot, also known as pansy sickness, is a soil-borne fungus and a possible hazard with unsterilized animal manure.

The Universal Plus series of 21 cultivars covers all the common pansy colors except orange and black.

Another name for the pansy is that of “ herb trinity ,” with its three colorful petals acting as symbols for the Holy Trinity.

The name ' pansy ' is derived from the French word pensée meaning " thought ", and was so named because the flower resembles a human face ; in August it nods forward as if deep in thought.

Because of this the pansy has long been a symbol of Freethought and has been used in the literature of the American Secular Union.

The Freedom From Religion Foundation ( FFRF ) uses the pansy symbol extensively in its lapel pins and literature.

The flower has long been associated with human manner, as one man cleverly stated: “ Nature sports as much with the colours of this little flower as she does with the features of the human countenance .” The pansy ’ s particular connection to human thought and emotion is mirrored in one Dr. Evan ’ s poems, where he captures the whimsical, yet deep emotional roots of the pansy ’ s symbolism: “ Pied Pansy ,-once a vestal fair / In Cerestrain ,-now droops-/ Stained by the bolt of love her purple breast ,/ And ‘ freaked with jet ’ her party-colored vest ”.

The shape of the petals, in particular its resemblance to the human face, it is not surprising that the pansy would come to be associated with deep contemplation.

" A rough husbandry of the land was practiced, mainly by annually setting of fires to burn-off the old growth in order to get a better yield of seeds – or so the Ohlone told early explorers in San Mateo County.

A story is told of how a neighbouring village offered to pay a generous price for some kale seeds, an offer too good to turn down.

10 ); when she came to sow it, Moses told her not to sow it with mingled seeds ( Lev.

As a flashback reveals, the seeds for the inevitable falling out between the two friends began when Veronica caught Logan kissing a new transfer student ( the daughter of a famous rap music producer ) and told Lilly about it.

In the last two years of her life she reminded the Maharaja of his Sikh heritage and told him of the empire that had once been his, sowing the seeds that twenty years later led him to research for weeks in the British Library and to petition Queen Victoria, hoping naïvely to remedy the injustice he had suffered.

: There is nothing in modern philosophy that appears to me so extraordinary, as the revival of what has long been considered as the exploded doctrine of equivocal, or, as Dr. Darwin calls it, spontaneous generation ; by which is meant the production of organized bodies from substances that have no organization, as plants and animals from no pre-existing germs of the same kinds, plants without seeds, and animals without sexual intercourse.

Peirce wrote " It seems to me a pity they should allow a philosophy so instinct with life to become infected with seeds of death ...."

This interest started with wild cucumber seeds sent by Asa Gray, and he found it " just the sort of niggling work which suits me ".

The seeds may be planted as soon as the soil temperature reaches, with the plants growing best at temperatures of.

The seeds should be planted as soon as the ground warms up in spring.

He soon began collecting and distributing new varieties of seeds and plants through members of the Congress and agricultural societies.

The tiny seeds were difficult to obtain, as they dispersed as soon as the pods cracked, and would not germinate without scarifying.

“ The metabolic activity of resting seeds increases as soon as they are hydrated during soaking.

In 1948, the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University sent an expedition to collect seeds and, soon after, seedling trees were distributed to various universities and arboreta worldwide for growth trials.

In 1948 the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University sent an expedition to collect seeds and, soon after, seedling trees were distributed to various universities and arboreta worldwide for growth trials.

Maturation occurs in 5 – 8 months, and the seeds are shed shortly thereafter ; the cones are shed soon after seed release or up to a year or two later.

The seeds are dispersed by wind, mud, water, and possibly also by ants ; they do not show significant long-term dormancy, most germinating soon after dispersal and only a few lasting up to four years in the soil seed bank.

He decided to move back to New York to sow the seeds for a career as a professional actor, soon winning a full-time scholarship with Lee Strasberg at his Theater Institute.

The seeds of rancour soon begin to germinate, however: Clym studies night and day to prepare for his new career as a schoolmaster while Eustacia clings to the hope that he'll give up the idea and take her abroad.

It grows in a wide variety of habitats, but prefers well-lit disturbed soils, where it can appear soon after the ground receives light, from long-lived seeds that persist in the soil seed bank.

" The presumption of a spurious value for the currency, by the force of law expressed in the regulation of prices, contains in itself, however, the seeds of final economic decay, and soon dries up the sources of ultimate supply.

Julian agrees and soon a series of events unfold, leading Julian to hunt down the seeds, ancient alien artifacts that may hold the key to making jump-gates, and allow a reunion with the lost planet Earth.

According to Chansky, the seeds for Doherty's downfall were planted by decisions made soon after being named as coach.

Weevils have been shown to lay eggs within female inflorescences, but as soon as seeds start to develop, eggs or larvae are destroyed.