MOUNTAIN ILOWI.R 



and Scolt (.lainicd thai 



"The violet in her ^^reeiuvood howL-r. 



Where birchen houglis with ha/.el mingle, 

 May boast herself the fairest flower 

 In forest ij^lade or copsewood dini^le." 



Long before Shakcsj)caro's (la\-, bowcvcr, ihc ancient 

 Arabians sani;- its praise. It was the faxoiirite Howcr of 

 Mahomet, just as it was tliat of Nai)ole(»n in modern limes, 

 and has since become the emblem of the Honapartisls, who 

 still wear it as a token of their dexotion to a lost cause, 

 remembering, perhaps, Shakespeare's j)ro\erb that 



" \'iolet is for faithfulness." 



No legitimist in h^'ance will e\'er wear these tlowers. 



The Early Blue Molet has h\e large petals that are hairv 

 at the base, the lower one being marked with a tiny, dark- 

 veined yellowish-white patch on its fate, and i)rotruding at 

 the back into a small rounded spui". The leaxes are broad 

 and conspicuously veined, man\' of them being folded inwards 

 when young. 



K adimca, or Dog \^iolet, is a smaller dark piu'|de or while 

 species which grows on dr\' ground and sends out runners 

 that bear many blossoms. 



MOSS CAMPION 



Sill' III- iiiiiulis. rink family 



Closely cespitose. one to two inches hiLjh. Leaves: linear, crowded. 

 Flowers: small, solitary, suhsessile or slit^htly r.iised on naked curved 

 peduncles; calyx narrowly campanulate : petals purple ««r wliit--. <>!>- 

 cordate. 



The Moss Cam])ion will onl\- Ik- found by those wlio climl) 

 to great altitudes, for it alwavs grows near the highest sinn- 

 mits of the moimtains and has been iliscoxered at the immense 

 elevation of 10,000 feel. It is a dwarf arctic-al|>ine plant. 



