70 FLORA HISTORICA. 



flowers, the petals of which are strongly marked 

 with lines like those of the Pansy or Hearts-ease. 

 On hilly, dry situations, the corolla of the Dog's 

 Violet is considerably smaller than that of the 

 odorous Purple Violet ; but in moist and sheltered 

 situations, the flower is considerably larger than 

 those of the sweet kind, and as it blossoms later 

 than the odorous Violet, its time of flowering is of 

 longer duration, and its colour a fine azure. It is 

 on the whole one of the most ornamental of our 

 creeping plants, yet it is seldom to be seen in the 

 flower-garden, and is perhaps better adapted for 

 the shrubbery or wilderness walks, as there the 



garden painted o'er 



With Nature's hand, not Art's, should pleasure yield. 



Cowley. 



This species of Violet, like that of the sweet 

 kind, produces seed during the summer months 

 without any expanded corolla. 



As it has been observed by Lord Bacon that 

 sweet odours contribute to health, by refreshing 

 the spirits and causing cheerfulness, we shall notice 

 how the Sweet Violets wili retain their fragrance 

 the longest after being gathered for the saloon. 

 Saucers should be filled with sea sand, or common 

 sand mixed with salt and water. In this holes 

 should be made with the back of a pen, and the 

 stalks of the Violets being first fresh cut at the 



