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WILD FLOWERS 



151. Sweet Violet, Viola odorata, Violet family. Less 

 common than the Dog Violet, the Sweet Violet is found in woods : 

 the leaves are heart-shaped, with rounded tips and serrate 



149. Knapweed. 



150. Bittersweet. 



margins : the flowers are purple in colour, or sometimes white, 

 and sweet scented, appearing in spring : like the other violets, 

 the sweet violet produces, besides the conspicuous coloured 

 ilowers, and later than these, small, green, bud-like flowers, 

 which never open, but which nevertheless set abundant seed. 



151. Sweet Violet. 



152. Dog Violet 



152. Dog Violet, Viola canina, Violet family. One of the 

 commonest and prettiest of our wild flowers: it is found in 

 woods, hedges, on banks, river shingle, and along stream sides : 

 the leaves are in a tuft, and are heart-shaped, with serrate edges : 

 the flowers, borne singly on long stalks, are large, scentless, and 



