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Viola Tricolor - Hardy Perennial
Author: John Wood
Viola Tricolor Described.
Viola Tricolor -
Three-coloured Violet, Pansy, or Heartsease; Nat. Ord. Violaceæ.
This well known herbaceous perennial is a British species. It has long been
grown in gardens, where, by selection and crossing, innumerable and beautiful
kinds have been produced, so that at the present time it is not only a "florist's
flower," but a general favourite. Besides the above-mentioned common names,
it has many others, and it may not be uninteresting to repeat them—"Love
in Idleness," "Call me to you," "Kiss me ere I rise," "Herb
Trinity," and "Three Faces under one Hood." Although this plant
is herbaceous, the old stems remain green until the new growths come into flower,
and, in many varieties, by a little management in plucking out the buds during
summer, flowers may be had in the autumn and well into winter. If, also, from
other plants early cuttings have been taken, and become well rooted, they will
produce large flowers very early in spring, and so the Pansy may be had
in flower nearly the year round. Any description of this well-known plant would
be superfluous to an English reader.
Viola Tricolor
The wild V. tricolor is, however, a very different plant and flower to its
numerous offspring, such as the illustration depicts, and in which there is ever
a tendency to "go back." It is only by constant care and high cultivation
that the Pansy is kept at such a high standard of excellence, and one may add
that such labour is well repaid by the results. With no flower more than the
Pansy does all depend on the propagation and culture. Not the least reliance
can be placed on seeds for producing flowers like those of the parent. Cuttings
or root divisions should be made in summer, so as to have them strong, to withstand
the winter. They enjoy a stiffish loam, well enriched. And in spring they may
be lifted with a ball and transplanted into beds, borders, lines, or irregular
masses, where they are equally effective, and no flower is more reliable for
a profusion of bloom.
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