VIOLET MYSTERIES 25 



and said: " Here is our other White Violet; out 

 bright and early." 



Its blossoms were almost as large as those of the 

 Purple or Common Blue Violet, and its leaves were 

 rounded and heart-shaped. They grew from the 

 sides of its stems. Any one would have known 

 it was a Violet. I thought it a little strange see- 

 ing it so white, although its upper petals were 

 tinted a little with purple. It is called Canada 

 Violet, and surely it is much larger than the first 

 little white one we had found. Grandmother 

 said that it grew taller than most wild Violets. 



In the woods we found two other kinds of Vio- 

 lets. One was tall and its deep purple face was 

 very much like the Purple or Common Blue Violet; 

 only its leaves, instead of being rounded, were 

 jagged all about the edges. They looked as though 

 they had been cut with scissors. Grandmother 

 thought it was properly called Early Blue Violet, 

 and that I should find It most often in the woods. 



We did not see the Violet with leaves some- 

 thing the shape of a bird's foot, called Bird's- 

 foot Violet. It grows in more sandy places than 

 our woods, and although I have searched again 

 since then I have never found it yet, nor been quite 

 sure I saw the little marks of bird's feet the Violet 

 was named after. Even when I do find the Bird's- 

 foot Violet Grandmother says I must not pick it, 

 as It Is the one of the family that is growing rarer 

 every year. 



