VIOLA TRICOLOR. 
Variety : Lady Bath. 
HEARTSEASE. 
Class. 
PENTANDR1A. 
Natural Order. 
violariea:. 
Native of 
Height 
Flowers in 
Duration 
Inhabits 
Britain. 
6 inches. 
April, Oct. 
Perennial. 
Corn fields. 
No. 421. 
Viola, the Latin name of the Violet, says Sir 
J. E. Smith, most probably originated in its Greek 
synonym ion. At least, the vague and forced 
etymologies of this word, for which Latin authors 
have ransacked their own language, prove it not to 
have come from thence. Nor are the explanations 
of the Greek much more satisfactory, though the 
fable of this plant having sprung up on purpose to 
be the food of the metamorphosed io, is too poetical 
to be forgotten. Tricolor, three-coloured. 
Very few flowers have excited more attention 
than the two species of Violet — the sweet-scented, 
and the Heartsease. They even rival the rose it- 
self. Indeed the latter plant infinitely excels it, in 
the many endearing appellations which it enjoys. 
The name Heartsease is a volume in itself, and 
Kiss-at-the-garden-gate, must be acknowledged to 
be an elegant binding to it. Pansy, from the 
French name pensees, signifying thoughts, is also 
much used, with a great number of others, suffi- 
ciently ridiculous. 
The individual variety of this beautiful orna- 
ment of the garden which our figure represents, 
106 
Order. 
MONOGYNIA. 
