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THE AQUATIC GARDEN. 



forget-me-not, water mint, brook lime, water violet, 

 polygonum, and buck-bean. The first (Myosotis palus- 

 tris), also goes by the name of " scorpion grass." 



This is the veritable forget-me-not of the legend, and 

 forms an exquisite adjunct to an aquarium, especially 

 as a surface bordering. The flowers are coiled up in the 

 crozier shape peculiar to the unopened fronds of ferns, 



Fig. 32. 



Water Mint (Mentha aquatiea). 



before they expand. The water mint (Mentha aqua- 

 tied) gives out a graceful perfume, especially in the 



