African Violets: Gifts from Nature-The Series Book One In 1892 while on an evening stroll with his fianc?e in East Africa, Baron Walter von Saint Paul discovered an unusual plant with delicate purple flowers growing along a stream on his plantation. Legend has it that he picked a bouquet and presented it to his fianc?e, staring the world's love affair with the African violet. Today, this plant is indeed the most popular indoor flowering plant grown...