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falling drops of rain or dew. Violets first grew 
upon highlands or mountains where no brooks wa¬ 
tered their roots, and we are provided with these to 
catch moisture from the air. When we live in the 
lowlands, the form of our leaves is changed, as we 
do not need so much moisture from the atmosphere. 
“ I hope you will never forget me, for it makes 
Violets as well as little girls very unhappy, to be 
loved and then forgotten. Wherever you meet 
with us in all the world, you may know us by our 
five-leaved calyx, by these five petals, and the five 
anthers which cling round the pistil. Botanists call 
us of the class Pentandria, on account of our five sta¬ 
mens. Roses have five petals, too, but they are all 
of the same shape, while one of mine turns back¬ 
ward. 
“ Many flowers which have five petals and sta¬ 
mens are poisonous, but Violets can do no harm in 
