ly soak the ground at once after plant- 
ing. It is always good to mulch around 
the plants with two or three inches of 
leaf mould or peat moss. Violets need 
sich goil. You may use cow manure if 
available: if not, use any good commer- 
“cial fertilizer but be careful not to put 
it on the foliage, and not closer “han 
three inches to the plant. — 
Through | .the hot summer ‘months the 
gingle violets should be covered with 
leaf tiould, cultivated occasionally, and 
allowed to rest. Then in September water 
the plants well, . cultivate deeply, and. 
cut off all. the o14 dried leaves. Feed 
again with good homemade compost. or bone- 
meal and some sulphur added to neutralize 
the soil, . counteract alkalinity, check 
fungus ani disease. 
If your violets do not bloom, series 
you have planted. them in too much shade: 
or in alkaline soil. Try. one teaspoon - 
fish meal to two gallons of water Pours: 
around, but NOT on the plants int 
| eee to note, there are some for 
almost every color of the spectrum, gome’ 
two-tones of red and white. . There is 
also every conceivable shaped leaf of 
different shajes, texture and size.. 
_ Violets have been used for generations 
in. the expression of love and gentleness.: 
In a corsage they have enhanced th beawy 
of many a. bright-eyed young daughter at 
graduation exercises, parties, and. 
weddings. . Nothing expresses more love 
and sympathy to.a "shut-in" than a bou-. 
quet of violets. They are used profusely 
as a last tribute -to.many a loved one;- 
and many a hand forever stilled has been 
born to its final resting place holdirge a 
bouquet of violets. Their use is. legion, 
and no flower is so adaptable to the 
many Torms of floral expression as the 
violet. 
