BRITISH FLORAL DECORATION 



Mrs. D'Arcy (new). A pale greyish mauve, a good doer and 

 quite unique. 



Mrs. J. J. Astor. Heliotrope suffused with pink. When well 

 grown this is a lovely Violet, but poor blooms do 

 not show its true effect. 



Neapolitan. This is the Violet which is grown all round 

 Toulouse for the markets of Europe. As an 

 amateur I would not grow it because it can always 

 be bought cheap enough, and moreover the others 

 are more interesting and uncommon. 



Except in the extreme South and West double 

 Violets do not thrive out of doors in England, 

 but they well repay the outlay of a few pounds in 

 cheap frames as they are of easy cultivation and 

 give a great amount of joy during the winter 

 months, being more effective than single ones, and, 

 I believe, more fragrant too. 



The frames can be lifted off them in the spring 

 and used for other purposes. 



