VIOLET MEADOWS 
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O Violet by a Mossy Stone, 
I certainly wish that you had 
grown 
A little bit tall instead of thick, 
And handier for a girl to pick. 
For no matter how I stoop or bend, 
It’s very ungraceful in the end. 
I know you are timid, modest, 
shy — 
But, golly, Violet, so am I! 
Lydell Stearns 
Candied Violet Blossoms 
Boil one cup of sugar and one- 
half cup of water until two 
threads float from spoon, Have 
one cup of double violets clean 
and dry, dip in the syrup and lay 
on oil paper to dry. Put a few 
drops of violet coloring in the 
syrup and uSe on ice cream, cakes, 
or in candy. 
Violets are an everlasting gift. 
Give Violets for Easter, Valen- 
tines, Mothers Day, Decoration 
Day, May Day, birthday and many 
other days. 
VIOLETS ARE HARDY — All 
varieties 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). 
There is nothing in the garden 
that gives you more pleasure, 
bloom, perfume and plants, year 
after year than the violet. 
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. 
In extreme cold places Violets 
can be taken up in bunches or 
clumps and put in cold frames 
with half loam and leaf mold. 
If your Violets do not bloom it 
may be that they are in a too 
shady spot or in poor soil (alka- 
line). Use one tablespoon fish 
meal to two gallons of water, put 
around plant NOT on it. Water 
sprinkled on the leaves in fog 
will cause spot. 
