NATIVE WILD FLOWERS 



covered with soft hairs, have a bright, smooth and shining 

 appearance. They are round heart or kidney-shaped, 

 notched at the edges. As the summer advances the foliage 

 of the Pencilled Violet increases in luxuriance, and many 

 white fibrous running roots are produced in the loose soil. 

 This attractive species may be found in swamps and forests, 

 growing amidst decayed wood and mosses, and increasing 

 after the same manner as Viola blanda. A point which 

 easily distinguishes this species from the last is the total 

 absence of scent; the leaves, too, are much more pubescent 

 a character which is very noticeable in the early morning, 

 when they are covered with dew. 



Among the branching Violets we have two pretty lilac 

 ones, the Long Spurred Violet (Viola rostrata) and the 

 Dog Violet (Viola canina var. sylvestris). These pretty 

 species are distinguished by the long spur, lilac-tinted 

 petals, striped and veined with dark purple and branching 

 stem. The next in point of interest is the 



DOWNY YELLOW VIOLET Viola pubescens (Ait.). 



This handsome species is confined to our forests and 

 copses. It will attain to more than a foot in height in its 

 rich native woods; it blossoms in spring, and quite often 

 through the early summer; the color is golden yellow, 

 veined with black jetty lines. The seed-vessels are deeply 

 clothed with white silky wool. 



The Yellow Violet has been immortalized by the sweet 

 verses of that rare poet of nature, Cullen Byrant almost 

 every child is familiar with his stanzas on the Yellow 

 Violet. There is another variety of this Violet, called var 

 scabriuscula, which is not so branching; it is of lower 

 growth, the leaves darker, and the blossoms smaller but 



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