DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF FLOWERS. 387 



V, pedata. Pedate Violet. This is a large-flowered 

 and handsome species, very distinct from the other Amer- 

 ican Violets. Flowers pale-purple, white or yellowish at 

 the base of the petals. It is often found in large masses, 

 in woods and dry soils, the beginning of June ; perennial. 

 This will succeed well in the flower-garden, in a light, 

 sandy soil, and in a shady place. We have many other 

 indigenous species, all interesting on account of their 

 early appearance in the spring, but not very remarkable 

 for beauty or show. 



" And as proud as all of them 

 Bound in one, the garden's gem, 

 Heart's ease, like a gallant bold 

 In his cloth of purple and gold." 



V. tricolor. Heart's-ease, Pansy. This interesting 

 and beautiful flower is a native of Siberia, Japan, and 

 many parts of Europe. A traveler, speaking of the 

 forests of Sweden, says ; "Innumerable flowers of the 

 liveliest colors peeped out between the masses of brown 

 rock, enamelled with various kinds of lichens, and huge 

 fragments were variegated with beds of the Pansy or 

 Heart's-ease, displaying its different hues, relieved by the 

 darkness of the sweeping pines." 



The Pansy, or Heart's-ease, now so generally cultivated 

 and so much admired, is an improvement -on the original 

 species, and is known to florists as V. grandiflora. It is 

 frequently .called the Pansy- Violet, or Pansy, a corruption 

 of the French name pensees, thought, alluding to keep in 

 mind, or forget me not. It is a general favorite, as we 

 may well suppose, from the numerous names that have been 

 bestowed upon it abroad ; as for instance the following : 



Love in idleness, Jump up and kiss me, 



Live in idleness, Look up and kiss me, 



Call me to you. Kiss me ere I rise, 



Three faces under a hood, Kiss me behind the garden gate, 



Herb Trinity, Pink of my John, 



Flower of Jove. 



