Alphabet colors or Floral Kingdom/Viola/Азбука цветов или Цветочное царство/Виола

I again welcome you, dear readers, I bring to your attention the new adventures of our young heroes Masha and Zhenya in the Flower Kingdom.

This time, when Eugene again appeared in the doorway Mashinnogo house, he glowed with happiness eyes when he handed his friend a notebook and an album in which he so lovingly and tenderly described all that he had learned about flowers during past trips.

Mary briefly looked his work and said today they will again be able to make their journey in their garden, for which she has chosen a flower whose name starts with the letter "V".

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• What kind of flower is keenly interested in Eugene - do I know him?
• Of course, you know, just likely under a different name. Went quickly to the garden, I'll introduce him.

With these words Mary took Eugene by the hand and pulled him.

• Here, look, see this flower called "viola", it's so pretty:

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Eugene with suspicion looked at her:

• It's an ordinary pansies, disappointedly he said.

• Well, Yes, we call them, and actually for science this flower is called viola.
  And then, as he is called, he becomes neither better nor worse. Although, see for yourself what a treat, - Masha has again waved Zhenya to these flowers.

• Don't you want to know more about them? she asked.

• Sure, - he muttered shamefacedly.

• Don't think that viola some simple little flower. By the way, he has a third name - violet, but we'll talk about that another time.

• In the world there are many varieties of this flower. They have different colors, and if you noticed, many of them painted in several colors, and it looks so harmonious, because only nature can create such magnificent creations.

• To plant these flowers in gardens began in the sixteenth century, although in ancient times they decorated their homes during the holidays. But then it was a wild plant.

• In our country, viola appeared in the late eighteenth century, thanks to botany P. Pallas, who of our her in the Altai mountains and brought to the capital.

• Where in Moscow? - asked Eugene.

• You're silly - teased his friend girl, - the capital was then in St. Petersburg, that's where he brought his violochka.

She sat down beside a flowering Bush, eyeing the spread on a piece of paper some kind of bug. Eugene sat next to her, new way of looking at such familiar from the childhood, the flower.

• And how do they reproduce? - he asked Mary.
• It's very simple, ' she replied. In autumn you can collect the seeds and sow them in the spring. When they germinate and grow up, begin to blossom. All summer and autumn until the first frosts will make us happy.
• What more pleasing is the fact that these flowers are undemanding, they do not require special care. Do not forget only in time to water them.

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After admiring some more beautiful flowers, the children dispersed. Eugene is full of new impressions, ran skipping home, and Mary, after seeing his eyes, went to restore order in his Kingdom, about which I told you before.

It's time to say goodbye to us.

Thank you, to new meetings!

The beginning of this story, read: 1, 2.