110 DA VET'S PRIMER 



I need not tell you what plant this is, for you will 

 all exclaim, " The pansy ! " Who is there that does not 

 admire and love this beautiful flower? If people would 

 listen to it they would hear some wonderful lessons 

 about the trees. 



"What are the lessons it teaches concerning the 

 trees?" 



Why, this, Freddie: If one plant by good treatment 

 can be improved, then another can, whether it be a 

 pansy or an oak tree. 



"Viola Tricolor" (the pansy) has an interesting 

 history. In its native state it grows in the open field 

 I have seen thousands of them in the wheat fields 

 in England and its flower is not larger than one's 

 little finger nail, and the plant small in proportion. 

 Once upon a time a little girl whose name was 

 Bennett, I think took a great liking to this innocent 

 flower, and planted some in the garden. Her father, 

 who was a gardener, saw that by the care the plant 

 had received, it improved both in foliage and flower, 

 whereupon he took a hand in it, and the work has gone 

 on until today we have these mammoth beauties of all 

 colors except pure red ranging from jet black to 

 snowy white, and blooms, sometimes measuring four 

 inches in diameter! Children, see what a good work a 

 little girl can set in motion ! The lesson of the pansy 

 is, that you can co-operate 'with the Creator and get 

 larger and better plants and trees. You will all try 

 what you can do, will you not? 



