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Definition of Garden violet
1. Noun. European violet typically having purple to white flowers; widely naturalized.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Garden Violet
Literary usage of Garden violet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Child's Botany by Samuel Griswold Goodrich (1831)
"Besides the garden violet, there are many wild violets in all our fields. We find
them early in the spring. Of these, the most common are the yellow violet, ..."
2. The Well-considered Garden by Francis King, Louisa Yeomans King (1915)
"Violet stands for the dark garden violet, and I always think of the grand color
of Iris reticulata as an example of a rich violet- purple. ..."
3. The Garden: An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Gardening in All Its Branches by Esther Baldwin York (1906)
"FLOWER GARDEN. VIOLET PLANTS DISEASED (Mrs. JT).— Your Violet plants are badly
infested with red spider, and appear aleo to have suffered from dryness at ..."
4. Eliza Cook's journal by Eliza Cook (1853)
"... faee radiant with fondness, eame ont into the garden. Violet sprang to meet
her, and pressed her in her arms. ..."
5. Hortus Kewensis; Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1811)
"/3 Viola tricolor hortensis repens. Bank. piw. 199. , Three-colour'd garden Violet.
Nat. of Britain. Fl. May—September. ..."
6. Wood and Garden: Notes and Thoughts, Practical and Critical, of a Working by Gertrude Jekyll (1904)
"... an inclination to grey ; it is a useful word, because the whole colour of the
flower spike varies so little. Violet stands for the dark garden violet, ..."
7. The American Journal of Science, & C (1818)
"12. Elm in full flower. Leaves of the meadow violet beginning to expand. 13.
garden violet (V. tricolor) in flower. 14. Field strawberries in full flower. ..."
8. The Child's Botany by Samuel Griswold Goodrich (1831)
"Besides the garden violet, there are many wild violets in all our fields. We find
them early in the spring. Of these, the most common are the yellow violet, ..."
9. The Well-considered Garden by Francis King, Louisa Yeomans King (1915)
"Violet stands for the dark garden violet, and I always think of the grand color
of Iris reticulata as an example of a rich violet- purple. ..."
10. The Garden: An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Gardening in All Its Branches by Esther Baldwin York (1906)
"FLOWER GARDEN. VIOLET PLANTS DISEASED (Mrs. JT).— Your Violet plants are badly
infested with red spider, and appear aleo to have suffered from dryness at ..."
11. Eliza Cook's journal by Eliza Cook (1853)
"... faee radiant with fondness, eame ont into the garden. Violet sprang to meet
her, and pressed her in her arms. ..."
12. Hortus Kewensis; Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1811)
"/3 Viola tricolor hortensis repens. Bank. piw. 199. , Three-colour'd garden Violet.
Nat. of Britain. Fl. May—September. ..."
13. Wood and Garden: Notes and Thoughts, Practical and Critical, of a Working by Gertrude Jekyll (1904)
"... an inclination to grey ; it is a useful word, because the whole colour of the
flower spike varies so little. Violet stands for the dark garden violet, ..."
14. The American Journal of Science, & C (1818)
"12. Elm in full flower. Leaves of the meadow violet beginning to expand. 13.
garden violet (V. tricolor) in flower. 14. Field strawberries in full flower. ..."
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