. The violet book . ia , hardy. Welsiana. Hardy, sweet and early. Wilson. Large dark mauve flowers. Sulphurea. Beau tiful in mass. Perfume doubtful. etc. etc. 81 THE VIOLET BOOK Parma Violets CoHite de Brazza. The best double white. Coolcronin. Immense bloom. De Parme. Fragrant, lavender. Lady Hume Campbell. Free-flowering, lavender blue, verycompact. Marie Louise. Rich deep purple, with splash of redin centre. Marie Louise (Improved).Larger, more prolific. Madame Millet. A charming pink, forces LIST OF VIOLETS Mrs. Arthur. Dark blue, white centre, one of thebest. Mrs. D
. The violet book . ia , hardy. Welsiana. Hardy, sweet and early. Wilson. Large dark mauve flowers. Sulphurea. Beau tiful in mass. Perfume doubtful. etc. etc. 81 THE VIOLET BOOK Parma Violets CoHite de Brazza. The best double white. Coolcronin. Immense bloom. De Parme. Fragrant, lavender. Lady Hume Campbell. Free-flowering, lavender blue, verycompact. Marie Louise. Rich deep purple, with splash of redin centre. Marie Louise (Improved).Larger, more prolific. Madame Millet. A charming pink, forces LIST OF VIOLETS Mrs. Arthur. Dark blue, white centre, one of thebest. Mrs. DArcy. Particularly sweet silvery mauve. Mrs. J. J. Astor. Rosy heliotrope, hardy, prolific. Neapolitan. Lavender, prolific. Parme de Toulouse. Kesembles Marie Louise, makesmore runners. etc. etc. Double Violets (not Parma) Belle de Chatenay. Late flowering, white. 83 THE VIOLET BOOK Bertha violet. Blanche de Chevreuse. White, with rosy centre. King of Violets. Dark blue, very double. etc. etc. 84 PART II. CHAPTER I EARLY BEGINNINGS Some of our readers who perhaps are think-ing of taking up gardening as a trade, maybe interested to hear a few particulars aboutour own experiences. Let us think amoment—what was our stock-in-trade?Why, a very small but sunny garden—acouple or so of frames, some elderly toolsand much cheerful self-confidence. No:we did not at first set out as violet-growers,for a while we were deaf and blind. Withadoring pride we looked round our littledomain and as it seemed to our partialeyes, that every kind of plant flourished,and as we really were blessed with thegardeners gift of a lucky hand, wedetermined to begin our mercantile careeras a sort of universal provider, with all thegay insouciance of optimistic ignorance. 87 THE VIOLET BOOK What plants we ruthlessly dug up anddespatched to all parts of the kingdom,what seeds we sowed in every kind of con-trivance and nursed to early maturity atexpress speed 1 What beautiful andgraceful names we g
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