

234 PLANTS GROWING IN SANDY SOIL. 
of and cure for all pulmonary complaints. It may be that this 
was the forerunner of the violet glacé which is now eaten, 
although undoubtedly more from pure delight than any idea of 
benefit. 
V. pedata bicolor, Plate CX XI, which is a variety of V. pedata, 
is very handsome, with deep purple, velvet-like upper petals. 
The foliage of these violets is conspicuous as having departed 
from the entire leaf type with heart-shaped base that is com- 
monly associated with the plants. ‘They belong to the stemless 
division, so-called, of violets and although they often bloom a 
second time late in the season they do not bear cleistogamous 
blossoms. 
V. Atléntica, coast violet, is a pretty plant with flowers that 
grow on long slender scapes. Its petals are nearly equal in 
length. Itis by the leaves, however, that it is readily distin- 
guished. They are ovate to reniform in outline and deeply 
parted into linear or oblanceolate lobes; the middle one being 
somewhat wider than the others. We find them either toothed 
or entire: 
POVERTY-GRASS. FALSE HEATHER. 
Hudsonia tomentosa. 
FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 
Rock-rose. Yellow. ' Scentless. New England southward May, June. 
and westward. 
Flowers : growing in loose, leafy clusters. Calyx: of five sepals, two 
larger than the others and appearing like bracts. Corol/a: of five petals. 
Stamens: numerous. fst: one. Leaves. very small ; numerous; hugging 
the stem closely. Stem: low ; bushy ; heath-like. 
It seems rather the irony of fate that the word poverty 
should ever have been associated with this heather-like little 
plant. Its bright, yellow flowers and green leaves are ex- 
tremely pretty against the light background of some sandy 
hillside. ‘There is, however, a hopelessness, a lack of endurance 
about the little blossoms that is to be regretted. They open in 
the sunshine, unresistingly give up the struggle, and live buta 
single day. | 

