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VIOLA YITTADINIA. 



Flowers, early in summer ; bright 

 violet- or lilac-blue, rarely white ; 

 spur short and thick ; stigma trian- 

 gular ; lower petals bearded ; sepals 

 ovate-lance-shaped, fringed, the claws 

 keeled. Leaves, heart-shaped in out- 

 line, divided like the hand into five 

 parts or lobes; lobes toothed, the 

 middle one much the largest. North 

 America. Borders, or the rock- 

 garden, in common soil. Division. 



Viola pedata (Bird? s-foot Violet). 

 A very handsome and profuse flower- 

 ing kind, 3 to 6 in. high. Flowers, in 

 early summer; usually deep blue,some- 

 times pale, large, scentless, on naked 

 stalks ; petals all smooth ; stigma 

 large and thick. Leaves, pedately 7- 

 parted ; segments sometimes very 

 narrow, and cut; stipules fringed; 

 rhizome thick. Dry sandy hills and 



woods in North America. The 



rock-garden and borders, in very 

 sandy and cool soil. Seed and divi- 

 sion. 



Viola pinnata (Pinnate-leaved F.) 

 Rather smaller than V. pedata, which 

 it somewhat resembles. Flowers, in 

 early summer ; pale blue with darker 

 veins, the two lateral petals bearded ; 

 sepals ovate ; spur broad, as long as 

 the calyx, nearly straight. Leaves, 

 deeply divided into 4 or 5 segments, 

 which are either 3 -parted or pinnati- 

 Jfid, jagged and very narrow. Moun- 

 tains of Southern Europe, and Siberia. 



The rock-garden and borders, in 



any moist soil. Division. 



Viola pubescens (Downy Yellow 

 Violet). A pretty yellow kind, 6 to 

 12 in. high. Flowers t in spring and 

 early summer; yellow, lower petal 

 streaked with purple ; spur very short ; 

 sepals oblong-lance-shaped ; stigma 

 bearded with 2 tufts of hairs. Leaves, 

 broadly heart - shaped, somewhat 

 pointed, toothed ; stipules large, 

 ovate, entire or serrated at the top ; 

 stem somewhat decumbent, simple, 



naked below. Woods in North Ame- 

 rica. Margins of borders, and in 



the rock-garden, in ordinary soil. 

 Division or seed. 



Viola rostrata (Long -spurred Violet). 

 An interesting and uncommon kind, 

 4 to 6 in. high. Flowers, in early 

 summer; dingy purple or lavender, 

 with dark streaks ; petals beardless ; 

 spur slender, rather acute, \ in. long, 

 longer than the petals ; stigma beak- 

 less. Leaves, roundish -heart-shaped, 

 serrate ; upper ones acute ; stipules 

 lance-shaped, fringed, toothed, large ; 

 stems ascending, leafy from base to 

 summit. North America. Bor- 

 ders, and the rock-garden, in light 

 soil. Division. 



Viola tricolor (Heartsease). The 

 well known Pansy or Heartsease. 

 Flowers, in early summer ; very 

 variable in colour and size ; spur 

 thick, obtuse. Leaves, ovate or heart- 

 shaped, obtuse, slightly crenated ; 

 stipules large, leaf-like, deeply divided 

 into several lobes, the middle one 

 largest. Europe, Siberia, and North 



America, plentiful in Britain. 



The garden varieties of Heartsease are 

 very numerous and diverse in colour 

 and habit ; it is however very doubtful 

 if they have all sprung from this plant. 

 Beds, borders, edgings, and among 

 the free-growing kinds in good gar- 

 den soil. Seed, cuttings, and divi- 

 sion. 



Vittadinia anstralis (New Holland 

 Daisy). F. triloba. A small, much- 

 branched, spreading perennial forming 

 neat little bushes 6 to 12 in. high, 

 covered with numerous Daisy-like 

 flowers. Flowers, all the summer ; 

 rays white, tipped with pink, disk 

 yellowish. Leaves, wedge-shaped or 

 narrow-spoon-shaped, 3- to 5-lobed at 

 the apex ; \ to 4 in. long. Australia 



and New Zealand. Dry borders 



and banks, the rock-garden, in well- 

 drained free soil, or naturalized in 



