Violets

I rarely take the time to identify violets.... they are like sparrows and finches soooo many similarities. So, last year I wrote about the flower and its history, mostly the European history. This year I will write an interesting tidbit about U.S. history. At the beginning of the 1900s when people everywhere were financially struggling, in Rhinebeck N.Y. people started building green houses and growing violets to supply New York City and other locations with nosegays. Rhinebeck N.Y, became very successful in this endeavor and became known as the Violet Capital of the World. Later, after World War One, when the Violets popularity was declining Eleanor Roosevelt continued to wear violets to try to keep their popularity afloat.

Violets, as you can imagine, were on Patsy's list of 1942.