. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 2685, Viola cornata var. Papilio (X }4). crop to grow. This is true only of blooms of ordinai'y quality and only as regards the total amount of work required per year as compared with a crop of roses, car- nations or chrysanthemums. The best Violets are pro- duced only under the best conditions, and it is a sin
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 2685, Viola cornata var. Papilio (X }4). crop to grow. This is true only of blooms of ordinai'y quality and only as regards the total amount of work required per year as compared with a crop of roses, car- nations or chrysanthemums. The best Violets are pro- duced only under the best conditions, and it is a singu- lar fact that many persons who have thought they had mastered Violet culture after a few years' success have failed subsequently. The Violet is still everywhere grown by local florists, but good Violet culture has been the latest to attain a high degree of specialization. The present status of the subject is admirably presented in Galloway's Commercial Violet Culture, New York, 1899. Varieties . — From Viola odorata, a species indigenous to Europe, parts of Asia and Japan, many cultivated sorts, both single and double, and of different colors, have been derived. The varieties most highly prized and of the greatest commercial value to American flor- ists are, in the order named: of the double varieties, Marie Louise (Fig. 2688}, Farquhar, Imperial, New York {Fig. 2090), and King of Violets, dark blue flowers; Lady Hume Campbell, Neapolitan (Fig. 2689) and De Parme, light blue; Swanley White (Fig. 2091), Queen of Vio- lets and Belle de Chatenay, white, and Madame Millet, Odorata Rubra and Double Red, red or pink. Of the single sort the varieties most highly prized are, in the order named: California, Princesse de Galles, Luxonne and La Prance, purple; White Czar and Rawsou's White, white, and single red or Propa(/a(ion. — ln commercial Violet growing, plants are propagated chiefly in four ways: (1) By cuttings 3 or 4 in. long,, made from well-developed runners and
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