PRAYER.
Lady, I offer you a bouquet of (viola) purple
gillyflower, symbol of my abstinence and sobriety. I
promise to fight with these weapons against gluttony
and its five daughters: vain joy, stupid jokes, filth,
talkativeness and stupidity. Receive, Lady, this offering
and strengthen my intentions.

I. Purple simple and double gillyflower (viola)

1. The viola- gillyflower is one of those that burst open
first at the approach of the beautiful spring season; with
good soil, fertilizer, water … [More]