The Violet.
Many medicinal virtues have been ascribed to the violet; to what plant have they not ? For instance, Pliny mentions that a garland of these flowers worn round the head pre. vents headache or dizziness. The leaves of violets are, I believe, frequently applied to bruises ; the flowers, too, were very highly esteemed as a remedy for weak luDgs, so much so, that a conserve * violet sugar ’ or ‘violet plate * was Bold in the time of the second Charles by the apothecaries to their consumptive patients. One property of the violet blossom iB, that it imparts its colour to liquids, while vinegar derives both a brilliant and a sweet odour from having violets steeped in it.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 907, 19 July 1889, Page 5
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117The Violet. New Zealand Mail, Issue 907, 19 July 1889, Page 5
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