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 . 
evel, SOL.Ls 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 than 
three inches to the plant. “- 
Through the hot summer months the - 
gingle violets should be covered with 
leaf mould, cultivated occasionally; and 
allowed. to rest. Then in September water 
the plants well, cultivate deeply, and 
cut off all the old 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, perhaps 
you: have planted. them in too much shade. 
or in alkaline soil, Try one teaspoon. 
fish meal to two gallons of water Sedaka 
around , yee NOT on the PL 
ea Ny 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 shades, texture and size. ‘ 
Violets have been used for generations 
in the’expression of love and gentleness. 
In a corsage they have enhanced th _ beaby 
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 
‘a8 a last tribute -to many a loved one; 
and many a hand forever stilled has been 
‘porn to its final resting place holding a 
bouquet of violets. Their use is legion, 
and no flower. is ~so adaptable to. the 
many forms of floral expression as the 
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