VARIETIES. 19 



DOUBLE VARIETIES. 



Neapolitan* One of the oldest of the double 

 sorts and doubtless the parent of a number of our 

 most valuable varieties; growth compact; leaves 

 rather small ; flowers pushing up straight through 

 the crown, borne on strong, straight stems ; color 

 very light mauve (commonly called light laven- 

 der) ; hardy and comparatively free flowering ; 

 blooms from September to spring. 



Lady Hume Campbell. More vigorous than 

 the last, with larger leaves and flowers; the 

 flowers push up through the crown and stand 

 above the leaves on straight, strong stems ; color 

 of the flowers, when properly grown, a mauve, 

 several shades lighter than Marie Louise ; flowers 

 freely and continuously from September to May 

 and is comparatively free from disease. 



Marie Louise* The most widely cultivated 

 violet in this country, and the one for which there 

 is the greatest demand. This violet is not so vigor- 

 ous as the last and is therefore more subject to the 

 attacks of a number of diseases; the leaves are 

 large, of a rich green color, but inclined to be soft ; 

 the flowers push out from the sides of the crown 

 and are usually found resting on the ground; 

 flower stalks not so straight as Campbell, making 

 the flowers more difficult to bunch; color of 

 flowers true mauve ; base of petals white, splotched 

 with red. The red marks are very characteristic 

 of this variety and never occur, so far as we 



