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XVI. THE GARDEN VIOLET. 



Description. That the Garden Violet has long been a 

 general favorite is shown by the variety of names it bears, 

 such as Pansy (Fr. pensee, thought), Tricolor, Heartsease, 

 LadyVdelight. We find it not only in gardens, but grow- 

 ing wild in fields and woods.* 



Analysis. The Itoot growing downward, branches 

 into innumerable thread-like fibers, which are annually 

 renewed, while as a whole it is perennial. 



The Stem arises above ground 6-12', is angular, gen- 

 erally glabrous, with the branches curved upward, leafy 

 throughout. 



The leaves are pinni-veined, ovate or oval, crenate, 

 obtuse, and the petiole bears at its base a pair of conspicu- 

 ous appendages, much larger than those in the Blue Violet 



FIG. XVI. Viola tricolor : 2, a leaf and stipules displayed. 



(p. 71), although of the same nature. These are called 

 stipules, an organ which distinguishes all the Violets, and 

 many other families ; also some whole tribes, as the Rose- 



* We once (A. D. 1866) crossed a broad plain in central Oregon literally covered 

 with wild Pansies. 



