lets. When Napoleon III. died these 

 flowers were woven into a pall for his 

 coffin. So indicative of the Imperial 

 family had they become that, in 1874, 

 the French Republic decreed that not 

 only no photograph of the Prince 

 Imperial should be circulated, but 

 no representation of either violets or 

 bees! As well prohibit violets from 

 blooming and bees from seeking 

 them. 



At the time that Victor Hugo died 

 and was buried in the Pantheon in 

 Paris, his tomb was heaped as high as 

 a man's head with violets in wreaths 

 and bunches. 



The wreaths which decorate the 

 statue on the Place de la Concorde in 

 Paris, which is emblematic of the 

 lost provinces of Alsace and Lor- 

 raine, are usually of violets, and it is 

 the favourite flower for buttonhole or 

 bouquet. 



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