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VIOLET CULTURE 
‘I am the Royal Elk, I came from | 
Paradise. I am going to make you 
very happy and you will be delight- 
ed with all my little family of Violets 
too. 
First, please let me drink in a pan of 
water for two hours or more. Then 
at sun down tuck me in a fluffy bed 
of leaf mold, peat, or good soil. 
Dig ‘a hole deep enough for my 
longest roots and spread them out like 
a fan in the hole. Gently press the well 
pulverized .soil in, leaving my crown 
even with the level of the earth. 
If the soil is not damp, then put 
water in and use plenty of leaf mold 
on top to keep the ground from dry- 
ing when you cuitivate, it is worked 
in and does double duty. A hand full 
of bone meal is very good food too. 
For best results, we large violets 
like our tops cut back to about 4 
inches from the crown, it sends the 
vitality down to our roots and new 
little leaves will come up quickly. 
Keep the ground damp and I will 
grow in either sun.or shade. Most 
violets like half time shade or the 
northwest exposure. When first plant- 
ed be sure that we are well shaded for 
several days if the sun is hot or if it 
is windy. 
Give me plenty of room to grow 
and I do bettter if there are more of 
my kind around me. ‘With company, 
I bloom abundantly and cover the 
ground with my lovely robe. 
Keep the ground cultivated and free 
from pests. The more you pick the 
better I bloom. In the hot summer 
cover me with leaf mold (Oak) and let 
me rest 
In September spade deeply around 
me, cut off all old leaves and water 
well. A little bone meal spaded in 
twice a.year is.a treat. 
If you want lots of blooms, keep 
my runners picked off. If you want 
plants, cover the runners ‘til they root, 
then plant them in new ground and 
leaf mold. 
VIOLETS CAN BE MOVED ANY 
TIME and like it, if kept wet, leaves 
cut back and plants shaded. 
Never plant us under ey acacia or 
redwood trees. 
Barn yard makes 
fertilizer our 
leaves grow, not flowers. If you let us 
get crowded we will be son 
VIOLET FACTS 
VIOLET ANSWERS 
Violets grow in every climate. 
Violets grow in deep pots. 
Violets grow in part. shade. 
Violets like lots of leaf mould. 
Volets like bone meal spaded in. 
Violets like to be picked often. 
Violets like water when blooming. 
Violets like. to rest 3 months and be 
covered with leaves. , 
Violets do not like to be crowded. 
Violets do not like lots of runners. 
Violets do not like strong fertilizers. 
Violets do not like direct hot sun. 
Violets do not like hard ground. 
Violets do not like small shallow pots. 
Violets do not like to be watered when 
resting, but keep ground soft and 
cultivated. 
Sprinkle wood ashes around the 
ground; it is good for the plants and 
discourages bugs and snails. 
Most violets will bloom the same 
season they are transplanted. 
Distance to plant small ones. About 
8 inches apart. Large ones, 12 to 18 
inches. } 
Very seldom. do violets mix. 
VIOLETS ARE HARDY. All’ va- 
rieties listed grow with proper care in 
any climate. In extreme cold they 
must be covered. Use cold frame or 
straw mulch (also in extreme. heat, 
they must be shaded and watered. 
The dowbie violets must be projerted 
in winter. 
There is nothing in the garden that 
gives you more pleasure, bloom, per- 
fume and plants, year after year he 
the violet. 
With a number of varieties you can 
have violets blooming all year. 
All our violets are field grown— 
strong green—and good roots. 
First plant love in your heart—then 
your flowers and friends will grow 
and blossom together into a life worth 
*while. 
