VIOLET. 
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DOG VIOLET. 
“ The Violet without perfume has been 
named Dog’s violet, Viola Canina, to ex¬ 
press a degree of inferiority to that of the 
odorous kind. It grows in more open and 
exposed situations than the Sweet Violet, 
often covering large spaces on heaths and 
downs with its fine blue flowers, the petals of 
which are strongly marked with lines like 
those of the Heart’s-ease.” 
We conclude our description of violets, 
with the following interesting address to them, 
extracted from “ The Spirit and Manners of 
the Age : ”— 
“ Sweet violets! ye awaken the reflecting 
mind to thought,—ye bid me muse on the 
varied works of the Almighty hand. How 
manifold are his works—in wisdom he hath 
made them all. The earth, yea, all worlds 
are full of his boundless riches ! 
“ But ye are not all the violets which his 
hand has formed. O no. They are innume¬ 
rable. Countless multitudes of human beings, 
no less than myself, shall be regaled with 
their delicious fragrance. Who can tell 
where the divine benignity ends l It has no 
termination; it is not only immense, but 
infinite. 
“ Fragrant monitors ! I will not forget 
where ye grow. It was on yonder mossy 
bank, warm with the earliest beams of the 
opening day Ye shone in secret,—ye were 
