VIOLET FAMILY 



the type varies into varieties; one with upper petals 



long, narrow, and somewhat recurved, often bearded 



and less distinctly 

 veined; another with 

 broader leaves, loving 

 woods and thickets, the 

 white blossoms beard- 

 less and veined. All are 

 white, all stemless, and 

 all most attractive and 

 beautiful. 



The Primrose-Leaved 

 Violet, Viola primulcE- 

 folia, also a stemless 

 species with the same 

 range as Viola lance- 

 oldta, bears similar 

 white flowers w4th 

 veined petals from April 

 to June. The leaves are 



oval or ovate, oblong, and at base somewhat decurrent 



upon the petiole. 



Sweet White Violet in Variety. 

 bldnda 



Vidla 



LANCE-LEAVED VIOLET 



Vidla lanceoldta 



Perennial, stemless, flowers white. Damp soil along 

 streams. Nova Scotia to Minnesota, south to Florida 

 and Texas. Rare in northern Ohio. April- June. 



Rootstock. — Long and slender, sending out stolons 

 which root freely at the nodes. 



Leaves. — Lanceolate or linear-lanceolate; the leaf- 

 blade two to six inches long, running down upon the 

 petiole, erect, blunt at apex, almost entire at margin. 



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