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Books On The Subject Of Violets

Allen-Brown, A. & D. - The violet book. 1st ed. The Wessex Press, 1913; 2nd ed. Bodley Head, 1922; 3rd ed. The Wessex Press, 1926.

Appell, Scott D. - Pansies. Friedman / Fairfax Publishers, New York 1999..

Baird, Viola Brainerd. - Wild Violets of North America. Color illustrations by F. Schuyler Mathews, introduction by Herb L. Mason. Berkley and Los Angeles. University of California Press, 1942. x 225 p., 1 l. incl. Illus.(part col) plates (part col.) diagrs. 27 cm.

Baker, Milo Samuel, 1868 An account of three western groups of the genus Viola : with a key to the species of the Pacific states. 1929. 82 leaves : ill, : 28 cm.

Becker, Wilhelm. - Violae europaeae, systematische bearbeitung der violen europas und seiner benachbarten gebiete. Dresden, C. Heinrich, 1910. iv, 153 p. illus. 26 cm. Language: German.

Becker, Wilhelm, botanist -.Violets of the world, by Wm. Becker in Engler's Naturlichen planzen [!] familien, vol. 21 1925; tr. from the German by Viola Baird. Berkeley, 1938. 1 p.1., 36 numb. l., incl. plates, fold. maps 29 cm.

Bergdolt, Ernst. - Morphologische und physiologische Untersuchungen ube Viola : zugleich ein Bietrag zur Losung des Problems der Kleistogamie. Jena : G. Fischer, 1932. 120 p.: ill,: 25 cm. Series title: Botanische Abhandlungen, hrsg. von K. goebel ; Hft. 20 Language: German

Bernhardt, Peter - Wily violets and underground orchids, revelations of a botanist. New York: Wm. Morrow & Co., 1989.

Bertrand, Bernard &  Casbas, Nathalie - Une pensée pour la Violette - Volume 11of Le Compagnon Végétal - Editions de Terran, 2001.

Brainerd, Ezra. 1844-1924. Some natural violet hybrids of North America. Burlington, Free Press Printing Co., 1924. 205 p. illus., plates. 23 cm. Series title: Vermont Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin no. 239, July, 1924

Brainerd, Ezra, 1844-1924. Violets of North America. Introduction by George P. Burns. Burlington, Free Press Printing Co., 1921 - 172 p. incl. illus., col. pl. 22 cm. Series title: Vermont Agricultural Experiment Station; No. 224. Bulletin December 1921.

Brett, W. - Pansies, violas and violets. London: George Newnes, 1927.

Cook, E. T. ed. Sweet violets and pansies from mountain and plain. London: Country Life and George Newnes, 1903.

Coombs, Roy E. - Violets : the history and cultivation of scented violets. London: Croom Helm, 1981. x, 142 p. : ill. : 23 cm.

Coon, Nelson. - The complete book of violets. With Georgiann Giffen. South Brunswick [ N.J.] : A. S. Barnes, c 1977. 147 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. (some color) : 24 cm.

Coon, Nelson - Practical violet culture. New York: A. T. la Mare Company, Inc., 1925. 3 p. 1., 9-127 p. incl. front., illus., plates, maps, 20 cm.

Coon, Nelson - Fragrant violets, their care and cultivation. Rhinebeck Floral Company, c1930s.

Coon, Nelson - Fragrance and fragrant plants. New York: Hearthside Press, 1963.

Crane, Howard H. - The book of the pansy, viola, and violet. London : J. Lane; New York : J. Lane Company, 1908. viii, 106 p. illus. 20 cm. Series title: Handbooks of practical gardening, ed. by Harry Roberts.

Crane, Howard Hamp, 1885-.Pansies and violas for exhibition & garden. London W. H. and L. Collingridge; New York, Transatlantic Arts [1951] 101 p. illus. 19 cm.

Crane, D. B. - Pansies and violets. London: Collingridge, 1908

Cuthbertson, William. Pansies, violas & violets. London [etc] T. C. & E. C. Jack [1910] x, 116 p. col. front., illus., 8 pl. (7 col.) 21 1/2 cm. Series title: Present-day gardening.

Cuthbertson, William. Pansies, violas and violets. Macmillan, 1898.

Cuthbertson, William. Pansies, violas and violets. London: Jack, 1912.

Dillistone, Frederick. Violet culture for pleasure and profit. London: Benn, 1926.

Dorsett, P. H. 1862-1943. Spot disease of the violet (Alternaria violu n. sp.) Washington : G. P. O., 1900. 16 p., 7 leaves of plates : ill. ( 1 col.) : 23 cm. Series Title: Bulletin / U. S. Department of Agriculture, Division of Vegetable Physiology and Pathology : no. 23.

Farrar, Elizabeth. Pansies, violas & sweet violets. Hurst, Berkshire: Hurst Village Publishing, 1984.

Foster, Thomas Furly 1761-1825. Description of a new species of Viola. Read July 7, 1801. London : Benjamin White and Son, 1802. p. 309-311, [1] leaf of plates : ill. : 30 cm. Language : Latin

Galloway, Beverly T. Commercial violet culture. De la Mare, 1899.

Galloway, Beverly Thomas. Commercial violet culture : A treatise on the growing and marketing of violets for profit. 2nd ed. rev. New York : A. T. De la Mare, 1903. 224 p. illus. 12 . D.

Galloway, Beverly Thomas 1863-1938. Commercial violet culture : A treatise on the growing and marketing of violets for profit. New York: A. T. De la Mare, 1899. 6 p. 3/4., [17]-224 p. front. Illus. 18 cm.

Genders, Roy. Collecting antique plants: the history and culture of old florists flowers. London: Pelham, 1971.

Genders, Roy. Collecting hardy plants for pleasure and profit. Stanley Paul, 1959.

Genders, Roy. Flower growers handbook. London: Pearson, 1956.

Genders, Roy. Pansies, violas and violets. [London} John Gifford Ltd. [1958] 192 p. plates. 22 cm.

Gorer, R. The development of garden flowers. Eyre & Spotiswood, 1970.

Gregory, Mrs. E. S. British violets, a monograph. Cambridge: Heffer, 1912.

Heath, J. A practical treatise on violet cultivation. Birkeff-Kendal, 1889.

Kerr, J. Shakespeare's flowers. London : Longman, 1970.

Kettle, John J. How to grow violets. The Violet Farm, Corfe Mullen, Wimbourne, 1933.

Klaber, Doretta. Violets of the United States. South Brunswick [N. J.] : A. S. Barnes, c 1976. 208 p. : ill. (some col.) : 32 cm.

La Violette - Michel Aveline Editeur, Paris, 1993

Martin, Tovah , Heirloom Flowers: Vintage flowers for modern gardens. Fireside Book, published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 1999

McDonald, D. Sweet scented flowers and leaves. Sampson Low, 1895.

McKinney, Landon E. - A taxonomic revision of the acaulescent blue violets (Viola) of North America. Fort Worth, Tex.: Botanical Research Institute of Texas, 1992. vi. 59 p : ill., maps : 26 cm. Series title: Sida, botanical miscellany no.7 0883-1475.

Messegne, M. Of men and plants. Wiedenfield and Nicholson, 1972.

Middleton, C. H. and Captain Marshall. Mr. Middleton's garden book. The Daily Express (Newspaper Book Club), 1930.

Millet, A. Les violettes, leurs origines, leurs cultures. Paris, Octave Doin, 1898.

Olsen-Gisel, H. Development in stamens of Viola odorata. Vaduz: J. Cramer, 1983. 191 p.: ill,: 23 cm. Series title: Dissertationes botanicae : bd. 70.

Perfect, E. J. Armand Millet and his violets, including "Violettes, leurs origines, leurs cultures by Armand Millet, translated and annotated. High Wickham, Park Farm Press, 1996.

Peterson, E. The culture of the polyanthus, primula, auricula, cyclamen and pansy, viola and violet. Wellington, New Zealand: Reed, 1945.

Ragonot-Godefroy. La pensee, la violette, l'auricula ou oreille d'ours. Paris: Audot, 1844.

Reiche, Karl Friedrich. b. 1860. Violae chilenses. Engler's Botanische jahrbeucher, vol. 16, 1983...a translation from the Latin and German by Viola Brainerd Baird. [Berkeley? 1938?] 2 p. l., 2-5, 27 numb. L., plates 29 cm.

Rohde. E. S. The scented garden. London: Medici Society, 1948.

Russell, Norman H. Violets of the United States. Sida, 1965.

Russell, Norman H. Violets (viola) of Central and Eastern United States: an introductory survey. [Dallas : Lloyd H. Shinners, 1965] 113 p. : ill., maps : 23 cm.

Saltford, George. How to make money growing violets. New York: The Violet Culture Company, 1902.

Thomas, W. H. Little points in violet culture. Convent Station, New Jersey: 1902.

Trade catalogs of seeds, 1866-1948. 29 items (1 box): ill.

The violet book, arranged by Willis Boyd Allen. Philadelphia, PA: George W. Jacobs, c1909. 193 p., [1] leaf of plates :ill. : 22cm.

Urban, Helga - Ein Garten der Dufte:Gestalten mit Duftpflanszen;die attraktivsten Arten im Portrait, Munich:BLV1999 (in German)

Tolley, Emelie and Chris Mead - A Potpourri of Pansies, Clarkson Potter / Publishers, New Yorks 1993

Wherry, E. T. Violet bulletin. Penna, Bucks Co, 1965.

Wilson, Helen van Pelt & Leonie Bell. The fragrant year. New York: Van Nostrand, 1967.

Zambra, Grace L. - Violets for garden and market. 1st ed. . London : Collingridge, [1938] 2nd ed. Collingridge, 1950. xi, 78 p., [13] leaves of plates : ill. (some col) : 22 cm.

Zambra, Grace L. - Violets for garden & market. [Rev. ed.] London, Collingridge [1950] 79 p. illus. (part col.) 22 cm.

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