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Show j., 1 Story of ths" Paney. The conlennry of ihp phnsy was ecl-ebrntrd ecl-ebrntrd a few years ago by the Kng-.li Kng-.li florists nnd tho history of the flower as given nt tho tlmo was as follows fol-lows Must one hundred yenrs ago Lnny .Marv IlPiuiPtt, a daughter of the carl of Tnnkervlllc. was so struck with the simple beauty of n tiny wlldllng vloln trl-cnlor Hint she collected some of tho best plants nnd gave them careful cultivation. cul-tivation. The first batch Of seedlings raised by her gnvo such promise that systematic selection wns at once Instituted, Insti-tuted, nnd. thereafter the Improvement of the genus wns taken up by tho leading lead-ing growers. Thus to nn enthusiastic amateur wo nro Indebted for ono of the most populnr and beautiful of our garden (lowers." |