New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-04
TIOLETS ARE PCRPLE NOT Blue

From The SanFrancSco call.
What would you say II you told that there wac
no such thing in the world real blue violet
There isn't The fashionable sweet scented violet, Oh
viola odoruia, "naturaized from EnroIe," and The
tive Of American woois probably the species
which have given to the popular superstition But
the .p@ctrum. He vino cannot distinguish decided
unce Of red in the petals must be color-blind .
The common Johnny -Jumpup,' or rooster or
Viola cuculara, tho favonte OF orr childhood days,
displays rich, royal. velvety nts OF purple
everywhere recognized a. " violet. b'hOu u IN tne
spectrum. in The Iris. in the tlemd'is 'acKn.annl III
ecclesiastical hangnss used during penentiai seasons
and then persist. If YOU cam in the prevailing error
that violet blue
TO be sure not all vioets show such rich, positive
purple tones. The florists vmiets are not 50 deep
Scattered throughout the United states are about ten
through the intermediate nts Of lavender. The best
known are perhaps the following ,.. go
The palm euycd' tr " hand lsayed yoht OF
purple the leaves obed Axe outspIead fingers,
The arrow leayed' or Viola 'aslt,aa' me bios
the l,aSes are rough and hairy. long and arrow
shaped unite unlike the popular conception al violet
leaf. or Viola comma.
The dog violet has long spur and many flowers,
whose color I, of the pale amethyst order. 1t diners
nom the better known varieties in being blancllei.
Win both flowers aud leaves borne upon stout stalks.
The handsODlest OF mi native American violets Is
tIl- {. bird foot" or Viola pedata. rhIi !, also a
propraie name for they ale finely clawed" somewhat
In the "a hon OF parsley OF celery TIL" bo'sons are
vcry large and meh BE- described rs syblue in color.
II thcy We're not 50 decidedly OF lavender cast. The
white and golden eve This Violet ms IN interesting
Ucnry Nuhleuherg. brother of General John Peter
Muhlenberg Of Revolutionary celebrity:
The Maria Louisa violet akin TO- ne larma v'oet,
general effect OF golden eye and large handsome pehl'
Is very similar. The Maria L0ni>t violet perhaps,
shows te nearest approach 10 real Diue ol any variety
in The whole tribe.
When q violet /; not purple IT is either yelIow or
lust rs he did the trng gentian: Their are several
specie, OF yellow violet. Of which the handome Is me
branched violet whose stalks and leaves are covered
With a silky down The blossoms ac OF bright
golden hue strcaked with black lines, IKE plnsy.
plc Thl, species l. also n branchei violet In some
localities particularly In the Western s,n,e dor
Another white violet i the little. low >temned SMOOTH
eaycd sweet scented violet or y,oa banda smsc,.
uona flower Afer the foregoing the Question mus
and history. Americans are too late The p9rpls
violet Of Europe adopted long ago as an emblem
by the achcrentS Of lie Hon1pnrt" family. , 49,.
Pansias Ike chry santhennms. nave become 50
elaborated and disguised by oonnuon, cultivation tlnt
The general public has we'll nigh forgotten their origin
hav are derived from ihe S er hui les Brilliant
hoart's-easeT or vola trcoor. which displays in one
b nseg of 'S SiG Gse~ co nGiRS u popa"
eved and taught that the viola ricolor !, native o.
, Wild I'm Pennsy vana and described 1t indigenous
q, all the pretty stories that cluster around The
pansy there i seemingly no end We a know that
The name Is derived f,0m the French pcnNee, hence
we'll known is fe origin OF tie older name. danes
delight go >.. -. -, c,.
and gardens have been loved and admired from the
beginning Of authentic history and bore then SUP,
vioet are all examples. Before The Christian era Is
was the custom dedicate the most beautiful flowers
20 vanus fine goliess OF beauty hence such nfne;
Venus slipper." "Venn'' looking glass; Ths chs
tom spread throughout the greater part Of Europa.
mt .fier tlo,e asvage nations converted 10
t'brisiinntv behold great change Ali the flowers
once dedicated Venus were transferred bodily to the
VIRGIN Mary Cypnpedium, the slipper OF Venus
The original species OF the now famous family Of orchids
became "Our Lady's slipper .