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friendship and constancy rendered so precious to 

 her who received it, she stripped off* the flower 

 petals every evening, and took them in an infusion 

 like tea. 



The growth of the Sweet Violet is not confined 

 to Europe, it perfumes the palm groves in Barbary 

 during winter, it flourishes in Palestine, and both 

 Japan and China boast of this fragrant flower. 

 Hasselquist tells us that it is one of the plants most 

 esteemed in Syria, and particularly on account of 

 its great use in making violet sugar, of which they 

 make Sorbet. Tavernier says that the most 

 esteemed sherbet of the Turks, and which is drunk 

 by the Grand Seignior himself, is made of sugar 

 and violets. 



DOG'S VIOLET. Viola canina. 



The Violet without perfume has been named 

 Dog's Violet, Viola canina, to express a degree of 

 inferiority to that of the odorous kind. This 

 species of Violets seems an intermediate kind be- 

 tween the odorata and the tricolor Pansy, to which 

 it nearly approaches in many of its characters. 

 The Dog's Violet grows in more open and exposed 

 situations than the Sweet Violet, often covering 

 large spaces on heaths and downs with its fine blue 



