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Perhaps you’d find me, on your desk, 
Good company for a letter. 
And—oh, I like to be cramped up 
Within a tiny pot, 
If you should give me lots of room 
I will not bloom a lot. 
And when I grow to be quite strong, 
You can have many another, 
Just cut a leaf and pin it down 
It’s not a bit of bother. 
Before you know it, up will start 
An African Violet baby. 
If you pin down a lot of leaves 
- You'll get two dozen, maybe. 
“Saintpaulia” is my fancy name, 
To violets I’m not related. 
This thing of cousins, aunts and such 
Makes life quite complicated. 
But if you’ll have me for your own, 
We'll have some happy hours. 
And I will try my level best 
To make you lots of flowers. 
—Mrs. George L. Coder. 
Violet Show 
Well here we are, ain’t this just grand: 
Those beautiful steps, and cute flower stands; 
And look at our sisters and brothers too, 
Said the “Admiral”, as he sat all robed out in blue; 
And look at the “White Lady”, all dressed up in 
“Old Lace”, 
And lovely “Gypsy Rosa” with her pink blushing 
face, 
And there sits the “Duchess”, wth the “Red King” 
And those dear little “Seedlings”, I believe they’re 
going to sing. 
Ah! Ah! don’t you pinch me, I heard “Red Head” 
say 
To “Blue Boy” who came snooping along by her 
way. 
And “Blue Girl’ and “Red Girl’ laughed right 
out loud, 
And so did “Freida” and all the rest of the crowd. 
“Pink Lassie’ and “Pink Beauty” were “Plum” 
“Gorgeous” that day. 
"Twas a wonderful picnic, I heard them all say. 
isn’t that a “Heavenly Blue”? “Wild Rose” ‘Ruf- 
fled” at that, 
And looked toward the place where “Lady Ge- 
neva” sat. 
And so on they chatted the whole day through, 
And these ee that I heard there, I’m telling 
oO you. 
—Mrs. D. N. Wade. 
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