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When the Editor asked me to send a little article on 

 painting violets, I was very pleased and proud at the 

 prospect of writing on so delightful a subject. But now, 

 as I sit with a formidable new writing-pad before me, and 

 a nicely-pointed pencil ready to begin our talk, I must 

 frankly own my pleasant task confronts me with difficulties 

 I had totally unforeseen. 



" How I paint violets ! " Must I confess — and thereby 

 perhaps earn the scorn of my readers on our very first 

 introduction — that /r,i//r I don't know} I simply look at them with 

 loving but very critical eyes, try to study the form and construction 

 of my charming little models, every line and turn of the dainty 

 petals', and then endeavour, honestly and humbl>', to put my impressions 

 on paper. 



I remember a girl of my acquaintance running after me in the street 

 one day, saying, " Oh, Miss Angell, will you please tell me how to make 

 a green for rose leaves ? " And I think her respect for me as a flower 

 portrait painter considerably diminished because I had not a formula 

 (like a chemist's prescription, or a cooking recipe) to hand over on 

 the spot ! 



A green for rose leaves ! .\\e, or for violet leaves either ! An 

 earnest and intelligent ob.servation will show us their infinite variety of 



