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FLORA OF FORFARSHIRE. 
Would but man take the lesson thus sweetly conveyed, 
What a heaven of pure joy could this sad world be made ! 
No longer would Poverty cloud the pale brow, 
Nor Want, unrestrained, slay its thousands as now ! 
But that Plenty, which God hath to man kindly given, 
Would circle as free as the breezes of heaven ! 
Diffusing its blessings on each and on all, 
Like the violet’s perfume, ere its sweet blossoms fall. 
V. palustris , L. Marsh Violet. H. 36, B. 33. — F. 
April, July. P. 
In marshy places occasionally. Marshy banks of Bescobie 
Loch. Sidlaw Hills in various places, as at foot of Craig Owl 
and Lundie Craigs, and on the marshy banks of small lakes 
on the west side of White Hill, &c. Glen Isla, and in boggy 
places among the mountains, frequent. 
Restenet, and in Charlton Woods near the sea, Mr A. 
CroalL Wood of Kinaber, and Langley Park, Mr G. 
M‘Farlane. On Catlaw at about 1500 feet above the sea- 
level. Rev. J. 0. Haldane. 
V. canina , L. Hog Violet. H. 36, B. 34. — F. April, 
June. P. » 
A very common and beautiful ornament of our hedge- 
banks, woods, and hills. Under hedges it appears in full 
luxuriance, with large uniformly bright blue flowers ; in the 
woods the plant is smaller, and the flowers more mixed with 
a lilac tint ; and on the Sidlaw Hills the corolla varies from 
nearly white to the deepest tint of blue, and occasionally it 
is chequered with blue and white. 
/3, minor , Hook. ( V. Jlavicornis, Sm. V. canina y. 
pusilla, Bab.) 
Sands of Barrie, particularly near the mouth of the Bud- 
don Burn, in sandy pastures, varying much in luxuriance, 
some plants producing only a single flower, others five or six. 
The roots are generally long, and the spurs of the corolla 
deep yellow. It flowers commonly in May. 
V. tricolor , L. Pansy Violet, or Heart’s- Ease. H. 37, 
B. 35. — F. during the summer. A. ? 
Very common in fields and in waste places. The fields 
are often quite covered with it ; and it is a delightful treat to 
