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The Country Gentleman s Magazine 



NEW AND RARE PLANTS. 



MOLA CORNUTA, var. MAGNIFICENT, 



AMONGST the many new plants which 

 have this season been introduced to our 

 notice, few will take a higher position for the 



be able to appreciate the great improvement 

 in size. It is a plant suitable for any garden 

 being perfectly hardy, and when once estab- 

 lished, presenting a gay appearance from 

 April until late in the autumn ; thus, it is at 



Fig. I. — Viola cornuta, var. Magnificent. 



decoration of borders and flowerbeds than the 

 subject of our illustration. It is not a Pansy, 

 but an improved form of the old Viola cor- 

 nuta, which has been so largely used in the 

 llower garden during the past few years ; and 

 those who know that old species will at once 



home as a border plant, or when planted in 

 rows for ribbon borders or beds. We secured 

 some plants of this variety early in the season, 

 which are now blooming splendidly in our 

 London garden. It seems to be of a dwarf 

 compact habit, yet inclined to branch and 



