CHAPTER XIV 



SWEET VIOLETS 



WITH comparatively little trouble Violets may be grown 

 most successfully, and a plentiful supply of flowers 

 obtained, where judicious treatment is accorded the 

 plants. 



There are two types of the Sweet Violet, namely, 

 single and double, and it is mainly a matter of taste as 

 to which of the two types is the more pleasing and use- 

 ful. The single type, however, is somewhat hardier 

 than the double, and is the more suitable for growing in 

 the open during the winter months. 



SOIL 



Happily, Violets are not particularly fastidious as to 

 the soil they are grown in, although they show their 

 appreciation of thoughtfulness in this respect. Any 

 good garden soil will be found to produce quite satis- 

 factory results. Rank manure, however, is specially 

 unsuited for digging into ground into which Violets are 

 to be planted. Much leaf growth takes place in this 

 event, but the flowers are few and indifferent. Rather 

 do they succeed in ground in which plenty of leaf soil 

 has been incorporated. If the soil be heavy, the in- 

 corporation of decaying leaves would be a particularly 

 good way to treat it. Decayed cow manure should also 

 be dug in where the soil happens to be very light and 

 hungry in character. 



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