176 PROSERPINA. 



623 



2647 



68 



Greek, not Latin, and looks as if it meant 

 something between a bishop and a short 

 letter e) 2405 



I next run down this list, noting what names we can keep, 

 and what we can't ; and what aren't worth keeping, if we 

 could : passing over the varieties, however, for the present, 

 wholly. 



(1) Arvensis. Field- violet. Good. 



(2) Biflora. A good epithet, but in false Latin. It is to be 



our Viola aurea, golden pansy. 



(3) Canina. Dog. Not pretty, but intelligible, and by 



common use now classical. Must stay. 



(4) Hirta. Late Latin slang for hirsuta, and always used 



of nasty places or nasty people ; it shall not stay. 

 The species shall be our Viola Seclusa, Monk's 

 violet meaning the kind of monk who leads a 

 rough life like Elijah's, or the Baptist's, or Esau's 

 in another kind. This violet is one of the loveliest 

 that grows. 



(5) Mirabilis. Stays so ; marvellous enough, truly : not more 



so than all violets ; but I am very glad to hear of 

 scientific people capable of admiring anything. 



(6) Montana. Stays so. 



(7) Odorata. Not distinctive; nearly classical, however. 



It is to be our Viola Regina, else I should not have 

 altered it. 



(8) Palustris. Stays so. 



(9) Tricolor. True, but intolerable. The flower is the queen 



of the true pansies : to be our Viola Psyche. 



(10) Elatior. Only a variety of our already accepted Coi- 



nuta. 



