HARPER'S GUIDE TO WILD FLOWERS 



rather^large and finely bearded. Plant, hairy or smooth. Scapes, 

 4 to 9 'inches high. April and May. 



In wet meadows and marshes near the coast, Massachu- 

 setts to Minnesota and southward. 



V. cucullkta..— Color of petals, violet blue, darker toward the 

 center. Flowers, on peduncles taller than the petioles. Leaves, 

 pointed, not cut. April and May. 



Our commonest violet, found in the grass, in fields and 

 meadows, in early spring. Cleistogamous blossoms present. 



V. pa.lma.ia.. — Color, violet purple. Leaves, all from the root, 

 the early ones roundish or heart-shaped; later ones variously 

 lobed, often from 2 to 5 inches long, the middle division longest 

 and widest. Petioles, rather long, hairy, as also the veinings of 

 the leaves. Flowers, on scapes a little shorter than the petioles. 

 Cleistogamous flowers on creeping peduncles. 



Dry soil of woods and fields, Massachusetts to Minnesota 

 and southward. 



English Violet. Sweet Violet 

 V. odorata Color, blue, sometimes white or pale blue. Flow- 

 ers, fragrant. Leaves, clustered, broadly heart-shaped, on petioles. 

 This is the English violet, so much cultivated and sold on 

 our city streets. It often escapes from cultivation and is 

 found in fields. 



Pansy. Heart's-ease 



V. tricolor Color, purple and yellow. Leaves, cut or entire. 



This pretty little violet is a reminder of our grandmothers' 

 gardens. It is the origin of the pansy of infinite variety of 

 size and color, than which, probably, no flower is more sought 

 after for cultivation. The heart's-ease has run wild in many 

 places. 



Long-spurred Violet 



V. rostrkta Color, lilac, with a deeper colored spot near the 



center. Its spur is longer than the petals. This is a violet with 

 leafy stems, the leaves being roundish to heart-shaped, toothed, 

 the upper ones pointed at apex. Flowers, on long peduncles. 

 Stipules, below the leaves, narrow, fringed. Stem, much branched, 

 2 to 7 inches high. June and July. 



Shaded hillsides, and moist, rocky woods, New England to 

 Michigan, southward to Georgia. Found 2,500 feet high in 

 Virginia. 



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