OLD-FASHIONED GARDEN FLOWERS. 



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"healthy specimens ; in this way only can true kinds be obtained ; 

 seedlings are almost certain to be crossed. 

 Flowering period, May and June. 



Viola Tricolor. 



THREE-COLOURED YIOLET, PANSY, or HEARTSEASE ; 



Nat. Ord. YIOLACE^B. 



THIS well known herbaceous perennial is a British species. It 

 has long been grown in gardens, where, by selection and 

 crossing, innumerable and beautiful kinds have been produced, 

 so that at the present time it is not only a " florist's flower," 

 but a general favourite. Besides the above-mentioned common 

 names, it has many others, and it may not be uninteresting to 

 repeat them" Love in Idleness," " Call me to you," " Kiss me 



FIG. 111. VIOLA TEICOLOR. 

 (One-third natural eize.) 



ere I rise," " Herb Trinity," and " Three Faces under one Hood." 

 Although this plant is herbaceous, the old stems remain green 

 until the new growths come into flower, and, in many varieties, 

 by a little management in plucking out the buds during summer, 

 flowers may be had in the autumn and well into winter. If, also, 

 from other plants early cuttings have been taken, and become 

 well rooted, they will produce large flowers very early in spring 



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