304 NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. 
aromatic conserves. The Romans used Violet Wine, and the sher- 
bets of the Sultan are yet perfumed with the petals of these plants. 
Their flowers are valued for the ornamentation of gardens, but espe- 
cially those of the rare Pansies, the cultivated number of which is so 
considerable.’ 

1 For all the facts relating to the etymology, history, and cultivation of Pansies see BARILLET, les 
Pensées (Paris, 1869, icon.). 
