CANNELLS’ FLORAL GUIDE, 1912. 
87' 
Violets. 
Old plants must be divided early in April, and replanted in good, deeply-dug, and well-manured soil, sixteen, 
inches from plant to plant for large grower.s ; the double and smaller leaf kinds, twelve inches, withi 
their roots well down so as not to suffer in dry weather, and at all seasons their runners must be kept cut off 
they will then produce flowers such as are seldom seen. 
DOUBLE WHITE VIOLETS. 
Belle de Chatenay, pure white ; large and fragrant. Swanley White, syn. Comte Brazza, a beautiful and use- 
Od. each ; .)/- doz. ful white form of Neapolitan, fragrant, hardy, 
and free. (id. each ; 5/,- per.doz. . 
DOUBLE 
De Parme, pale lavcnder-pur|)le ; earlier than Kea- 
politau. The tinost \ arict\- lor growing in frames ; 
very free. 
King of Violets, dark indigo-blue ; very large double 
flowers ; best outdoors. 
Lady H. Campbell, only wants to be once seen and it 
will be univer.sally grown as a late kind. 
Marie Louise, fine variety ; rich mauve-lavender blue, 
with a white eye ; flowers large, and one of the 
best ; a univei'sal favourite. 
VARIETIES. 
Mdlle. Bertha Barron, syn. Victoria, strongly scented, 
and of a beautiful indigo blue. 9d. 
Mrs. Arthur, a darker blue colour than Marie Louise-,. 
one of the best. 
Mrs. D’Arcy, pale clear mauve ; distinct. 
Mrs. J. J. Astor, of a pretty shade of pink ; very free ; 
distinct, fki. each. 
Neapolitan, lavender, with a white eye ; flowers- 
produced in great abundance ; very fragrant ;. 
in a cold frame, a gem all the winter. 
-All those not jiricod Gd. each ; 4/- per doz. Special prices for large cjuantities. 
Rooted little plants, 2/G per doz. ; 15/- per 100. Cuttings, 9d. per doz. ; 5/- per 100. 
VIOLETS— SINGLE VARIETIES. 
Amiral Avellan, a grand improvement on Odorata 
rubra, brighter in colour. 
Argentseflora, colour white, tinged with ]>ink ; long 
footstalks, flowers small, strong grower, and 
should be in e\ ery garden. Gd. each ; 5/- per doz. 
Baronne A. de Rothschild, producing splendid single 
flowers of a rich purple shade ; very line. 
Cyclops, an interesting and remarkable variety, large 
blue flowers with a distinct rosette, rosy-white 
petals in the centre, long firm stalks ; very 
sweetly scented. Od.each. 
Italia, one of the finest. Gd. each ; 4/- per doz. 
Kaiser Wilhelm, a fine advance, which we are cetrain 
will meet with universal approval. Gd. each ; 
4/- per doz. 
La France, a glorious flower ; large round petals, 
metallic Ifluc-violet flowers carried on long stiff 
stalks, and as large as a two-.shilling piece. Gd. 
each ; 5/- per doz. 
Luxonne, a very sweetly-scented purple blue flowering 
variety. 9d. 
Princess of Wales, its blooms are more like a Viola 
than a Violet. Gd. each ; 4/- per doz.; 30/- per 100. 
All those not priced 
Rawson’s White, white, tinged with pink ; very dwarf 
and free. 
Rose Perle, medium flowers of a fine satiny rose, with, 
white centre. 9d. 
Single Red or Pink, distinct. 
St. Helena, a most profuse bloomer, distinct light mauve 
blue flowers. Gd. each. 
The Russian and London, in the early Siting produce 
their flowers so thick as to give quite the appear- 
ance of a bedding plant. 3/- per doz. 
Victoria Regina, is very similar, possessing a fine flower, 
long footstalks, and when well-grown can be readily 
distinguished from all older varieties. Gd. each ; 
4 /-- per doz. 
White Czar, this variety occasionally changes, and for a 
time produces purple coloured flowers, but when 
it comes true it is a useful single white ; strong 
grower, free bloomer in the Spring. Gd. each ; 
5/— per doz. 
Yellowrette (Sulphurea), producing meduim-sized' 
flowers of a decided creamy-yellow shade ; very 
distinct, and a perfect contrast to all other 
varieties. 
Gd. each. .5/- per doz. 
VIOLRTS. 
We ha\-e always a large quantity of fine plants in 5-inch pots, G/ - per doz., ^3 3s. per 100, of Swanley White, 
Marie Louise and Neapolitan. Blooms all the Winter when grown under glass. Fine clumps from ground,, 
ready to be planted out in cold.fraraes, 4/- per doz. ; 30/- per 100. 
