THE 
WHITE VIOLET. 
Botanical Name, Viola blanda. — Class, Pentandria .— 
Order, Monogynia. — Flowers, white, and highly per¬ 
fumed .—Native place, North America. 
•Sentiment. 
MAIDEN MODESTY. 
OBIGIN OF THE SENTIMENT. 
The Violet loves the shade, and its flowers 
are generally found hidden among leaves. 
White is the emblem of purity, and the White 
Violet, therefore, at once suggests the idea of 
“ Maiden Modesty/’ * 
ILLUSTRATION OF THE SENTIMENT. 
A violet by a mossy stone. 
Half-hidden from the eye; 
Fair as a star, when only one 
Is shining in the sky. Wordsworth. 
