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LITERATURE and ART

BOOKS

• Ref 1 ; Commercial Violet Culture by B.T.GALLOWAY  published 3rd edn revised by A T Delamare Ptg.  1914
• Ref 2 ; Practical Violet Culture by  NELSON COON published A T De La Mare Company Inc 1925
• Ref 3 ; Violets for Garden and Market by G.L.ZAMBRA published W H Collingridge Ltd, London
• Ref 4 ; The Violet Book by A and D.ALLEN-BROWN published The Wessex Press 1922
• Ref 5 ;  Pansies, Violas and Violettas by R.FULLER published The Crowood Press  1990 ISBN 1852237481
• Ref 6 ; Pansies, Violas and Sweet Violets by E.FARRER pub  Hurst Village Publishing 1989 ISBN 0951248111
• Ref 7 ; Some natural violet hybrids of North America by EZRA BRAINERD pub Vermont Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 239 July 1924
• Ref 8 ; Sweet Violets and Pansies Edited by E.T.COOK  published Country Life, London 1903
• Ref 9 ; The Complete Book of Violets by N.COON pub A S Barnes USA, 1977 ISBN 0498021106
• Ref 10;Violets of the United States by D. KLABER pub A S Barnes USA, 1976 ISBN 0498073947
• Ref 11;Violets by ROY E.COOMBS pub Croom Helm 1981  ISBN 0709907044
• Ref 12; British Violets by Mrs E S GREGORY pub Heffer 1912
• Ref 13; Armand Millet and his Violets by E J.PERFECT published Park Farm Press 1996 ISBN 0952799804 
• Ref 14;  Pansies, Violas and Violets. by W  CUTHBERTSON pub Stokes. New York 1910                                            
• Ref 15; Handbook of Japanese Violets. by SEIYA TABUCHI 1996 ISBN4 88616 069 7 ( Text in Japanese)
• Ref 16 ;Wild Violets of North America by VIOLA BRAINERD BAIRD, pub University of California Press 1942
• Ref 17: The Wild Violets of Japan Text in Japanese and Photos by MASASHI IGARI,YAMA-KEI publisher Co., Ltd. 1996, ISBN4-635-07006-9

For more information about this book visit the website

http://www.plantsindex.com/aster/english/sumire.html
or you can contact the author Masashi Igari aster@plantsindex.com

BOOKS IN FRENCH

• Armand Millet, 1898. Editions Doin.   Les violettes. Leurs origines, leurs
  cultures.

• Armand Millet, 1999.Editions Connaissances et Mémoires Européennes.ISBN 2
  91 9911 12 0. Les violettes. ( Ré-édition du précédent)

• Michel Aveline éditeur. La violette.1993.   ISBN 2 907010 29 8

BOOKS IN ITALIAN

• F.Marzotto Caotorta & M. Lombardi. 1997. Viole. ISBN 88 206 6005 9
  
  

BOOKS IN GERMAN

• VIOLA -by Fritz Koehlein, Ulmer Veriag, Stuttgard 1999,

• Stiefmuetterchen und Veilchen by Marion Nickig/Elke von Radziewsky, Ellert & Richter, Hamburg 1999,

BOOKS INCLUDING VIOLETS

• "Field Guide to Alaskan Wildflowers"by Verna Pratt...... ISBN 0-9623192-1. A guide to the most common flowers seen along roadsides and in areas easily accessible by road. This book is arranged by flower color and has color bars on the edges of pages. (6" by 9"), 136 pages, 248 color photographs. 

• "Wildflowers along the Alaska Highway" by Verna Pratt  ...ISBN 0-9623192-X.....A guide to the flowers seen along the Alaska Highway from Dawson Creek, B.C. to Fairbanks, AK. This book is arranged by flower color and has color bars on the edges of pages.  (6" by 9"), 223 pages, 497 color photographs. 

• "Wildflowers of Denali National Park" by Verna and Frank Pratt  ..ISBN 0-9623192-2-8. A guide to the plants of Denali National Park from the Park Entrance to Kantishna. Arranged by flower color with color bars on edges of pages.  (6" by 9"), 166 pages, 410 color photographs.

For More Information on books by Frank and Verna Pratt visit their web site www.alaskakrafts.com

• "Ein Garten der Dufte" by Helga and Klaus Urban . ..............Violet Society author members Helga and Klaus Urban have translated the section on violets from their recent book" Ein Garten der Dufte"( A Garden of Fragrance), for violet society members and this will be published in the Spring Issue of the Violet Society Journal (Volume 2 Issue1)

If you have any information on other interesting books or want to buy or sell books on Violets, Please contact us.

REFERENCES see also LINKS

Dr Gerald Carr. Professor of Botany ,University of Hawaii

Professor Adrian Gibbs, Australian National University.

VIOLETS IN LITERATURE

There are may quotations about violets in Literature , here are some of my favourites

Violet is for faithfulnesse
Which in me shall abide;
Hoping likewise that from your heart
You will not let it slide
(from a popular songbook, ‘A Handfull of Pleasant Delites’, first published in 1566)

Lay her in the earth,
And from her fair and unpolluted flesh
May violets spring
(‘Hamlet’, v., 1)

. . . violets dim,
But sweeter than the lids of Juno’s eyes
Or Cyatherea’s breath
(‘The Winter’s Tale’, iv., 3)

When daisies pied, and violets blue,
And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue,
And Lady-smocks all silver-white,
Do paint the meadows with delight
(‘Love’s Labour’s Lost’)

The sweetness of the violet's deep blue eyes, Kissed by the breath of heaven, seems color'd by its skies

-Byron

We welcome any contributions, does anybody know the derivation of this one?

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VIOLETS IN ART

We welcome any contributions .We are looking for not only historical works of art concerning the violet, but also we would also welcome approaches from established artists. If you want more info...watch this space or contact us.