russian violet

Example Sentences

• "It is already evident that purples generally, and these Russian violet shades in particular, are among the leading favorites for straws, also that pale grays are to a certain extent taking the place of white, more especailly where silk materials used for covering shapes and trimming are concerned."
• "Greens represented both by muted olive types and by the bluer, very dark, Kendal Green; violets, introduced a year ago, shown in deep Russian Violet and in a delicate mauve which may be used as a harmonising glove colour;"
• "The Russian Violet, formed to retain both tint and fragrance through the most biting severity of weather, gives me this lesson of hope; bringing also in its train many a recollection no less dear than are the anticipations it numbers."
• "The Russian violet is certainly one of the most delightful little flowers, and often comes at the most unpromising time of the year, but those who want to be always plucking violets should have all the leading varieties."
• "Those with which we are at present concerned are violets proper, and may be considered under three heads, viz. the common violet, V. odorata; the Russion violet, including the Czar and other like varieties; and lastly, the Neapolitan."
• "An hour later we left the Colosseum, but not till we had heard that soaring voice again, vibrating in our very hearts, and saw the young cantatrice appear with a knot of Russian violets pinned upon the bosom which rose and fell in an ecstasy of song."