HoME, PENNSYLVANIA 
dense thickets, under maples, and along old stone walls 
and roadsides. It tolerates dry places in shade. 25c 
each. 
Violet, Spurred; Long-Spurred Violet (Viola rostrata). 
Oddity and delicacy are the prime qualities of the 
Spurred Violet. The oddity is the spur, and the 
delicacy, the lilac of the petals. Rostrata means beaked, 
referring to rostrum or tip of a sailing ship’s prow, 
and applied freely to the rostra (now rostrum) or 
stage of the Roman theater, bedecked with the beaks 
of captured ships. The flowers are multiple from the 
same root, their stems rising from forked leaf stalks. 
Flowers reach 4 to 8 inches in height, above the leaves, 
reclining as they mature, and with the small, dark 
green leaves, present a loose bouquet effect. The cen- 
ters of the flowers are purple veined with orange pollen. 
The. spur, beak or rostrum is slender, and a quarter- 
inch to a possible half-inch long. To ensure reproduc- 
tion, self-fertilizing little buds appear later at the 
branching of the upper leaves. Authorities ascribe oc- 
currence from Quebec to Michigan and south to Geor- 
gia. Few authorities describe the Spurred Violet, and 
we wonder just how plentiful it may be. Rather prec- 
ious in these parts and we have no record of dealer 
listing. 25c¢ each. 
Violet, Sweet White (Viola blanda). Small plant, with 
tiny white flowers, purple veined. Scent is uniformly 
sweet, elusive, and potent in mass. Blooms in April 
and May. Robust, prolific ground cover, fast spread- 
ing by seeds and runners. Best in swamps, bogs, wet 
meadows, moist woodlands, and low, damp, shady 
places. Often found in dry soil, too, and improves with 
cultivation. 25c each; $2.50 for 12. 
Violet, White; Striped Violet (Viola striata). Big violet, 
6 to 12 inches high when in flower, evergreen, with 
many large blossoms, white, off-white and cream col- 
ored, on very long stalks. The side petals are densely 
bearded and the wide lower petal is thickly striped 
with purple veins. The plant grows lavishly in large 
crowns, liking low shaded places, but it blooms in the 
hot sun, in baking backyards and sits happily under 
the apple tree. In difhcult conditions it grows at some 
cost to size and length of leaves, but at no loss to its 
very prolific blossoms. The white mantle of bloom 
abounds through April and May, tapering off well 
into June. Flower structure prevents self-fertilization; 
it is cross-pollinated by little bees. 25c each. 
Violet, Yellow; Round-Leaved Violet (Viola rotundifolia). 
Short, bunchy clumps of little golden yellow violets, 
rising from the root on 3-inch scapes, above the low 
clump of young leaves. The leaves, formed the prev- 
ious fall, remain small and green all winter, about an 
inch wide at flowering time and treble that size by 
summer, when they flatten down. Bryant describes 
bettermathiss yelloweyviolets. = slight.] . and’. 2. 
low,” which “peeps from last year’s leaves below.” 
The leaves are bluntly heart-shaped, accounting for 
the official name. Found in cold woods, usually in 
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