90 PANSY, VIOLA AND VIOLET 



cultivated garden Pansy and Viola, and a species that 

 has not been much worked by the hybridists. 



Viola cornuta (Horned Violet). This native of the 

 Pyrenees and Alps is probably better known and more 

 commonly grown than any other of these Violets. For 

 many years it has been used in rock gardens and for 

 edgings in the hardy flower garden. Being a first-rate 

 plant for bedding, it is still in great request in parks 

 and other open spaces, for bedding purposes ; its sweet- 

 scented flowers of pale blue or white create a most 

 pleasing effect. Of late years, however, it has been 

 giving way to the more varied hues of its progeny the 

 result of crosses made with the garden pansy which are 

 now known as Tufted Pansies or Violas. 



For hybridising purposes, Viola cornuta is invaluable, 

 imparting to its progeny that " tufted root growth which 

 makes the 'Violetta' stain perennial" in no small 

 measure, and it is to this plant and crosses made with 

 it, that we must look for the medium from which we 

 are to get our best Tufted Pansies in the future. 



Viola cucullata. This is a large American Violet much 

 resembling our own common sweet-scented Violet, but 

 the flower lacks the much-desired delicious fragrance. 

 Though now grown as a garden variety, it came in the 

 first place from America, where it is found in all situa- 

 tions, but does best in moist places. The flowers are of a 

 pure purple colour, measuring ij inches across, and are 

 borne on very long footstalks some 9 inches in length. 



Viola hlrta (Hairy Violet). This species is fairly 

 common in Britain, its habitation being chiefly woods 

 and undergrowths on chalky soil. In appearance it is 

 not unlike Viola odorata, with greyish blue flowers 

 streaked with dark lines and having little or no scent. 

 Situation and soil are great factors in its variability. 



Viola lutea. This species is very common on the 

 Welsh and Scotch mountains, growing freely and 



