. The violet book . morningby the loud cracking of snail shells. Thegreatly abused sparrow does much toclear green-fly from the rose-trees. Tits,wrens, linnets, hedge-sparrows are all thefriend of man. Since the above was written, we havehad to make a strong protest againstwhat appears to us a stupid and cruelcustom. During the months of winterand spring on moonlight evenings boysand men are encouraged by the so-calledSparrow Clubs to walk along the hedges(the owners consent by no means beingconsidered essential) carrying a lantern,nets, and thick sticks. With the latterthey roughly belabour t
. The violet book . morningby the loud cracking of snail shells. Thegreatly abused sparrow does much toclear green-fly from the rose-trees. Tits,wrens, linnets, hedge-sparrows are all thefriend of man. Since the above was written, we havehad to make a strong protest againstwhat appears to us a stupid and cruelcustom. During the months of winterand spring on moonlight evenings boysand men are encouraged by the so-calledSparrow Clubs to walk along the hedges(the owners consent by no means beingconsidered essential) carrying a lantern,nets, and thick sticks. With the latterthey roughly belabour the hedges, the 75 THE VIOLET BOOK sleepy and terrified birds bewildered bythe sudden onslaught fly from theirharbourage only to be entangled in thenet. No need to ask what follows. Itwill be difficult to make us believe, thatunder the circumstances much discrimina-tion is shown in the slaughter of ourfeathered kin. When insect pests andblights of every kind abound it seemsincredible folly so to destroy our birds. 76. • MKS. J. J. AS LIST OF VIOLETS Single Violets Admiral Avellon. Red blooms, hardy. Armadine Millet. Elegant silver foliage. Askania. Large, dark and very fragrant. Free-flowering in a soil that suits it. Boston. Resembles Kaiser Wilhelm, samehabit as Baroness de Rothschild. Gloire de Bourg-la-Reine. Large, very fragrant, dark foliage. Baroness de Rothschild. One of the largest violets, grows wellin old hot bed. 77 THE VIOLET BOOK California. Large, long-stemmed, hardy andprolific. Comtesse Edmond de Tertre. Like Luxonne, but more compact. Cyclops. Large violet, rosette of white petalsin the centre of each flower. Czar. Hardy, fragrant, free-flowering. Czar white. Small flower, but very pure white. Doctor Jameson. Small reddish flower, hardy. Explorateur Dybowski; Rather a metaUic violet colour,strong stemmed. Floribunda. Resembling the Princess of Wales. Ideal. Fragrant and LIST OF VIOLETS Italia. An improved California. Inepuisable. With toothed leaves,
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