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earth ; and when planted thickly on the banks or 

 borders of streams or ornamental lakes, it is seen ta 

 peculiar advantage. When cultivated in pots, it 

 should l)e shaded until the slips have taken fresh 

 root ; after which the pots should be placed in an 

 open and free air, giving them water when the 

 weather is dry. When in blossom, they may b^ 

 taken into the house, where these elegant little blue 

 flowers, with their bright yellow eye, cannot fail to 

 attract all the admirers of Nature's charms. This 

 plant is sometimes seen growing naturally in dry 

 grounds, but in such situations both the plant and 

 the flowers are very diminutive in comparison to 

 those ^rowinn; in or near the water. 



We earnestly recommend the cultivation of this 



rustic little beauty, and particularly so to those 



cottagers who live near towns, as by transplanting 



the trailino; branches from their borders into small 



pots, they would find it a profitable employ to send 



them to market, for few people would withstand 



the temptation of purchasing these alluring flowers, 



that carry in their eye the tale of '' Forget-me-not." 



We have lately found the Myosofis Versicolor 



growing in considerable quantities on the graves in 



the church-yard of Hoove, near Brighthelmstone. 



This beautiful but miniature flower exhibits a rare 



instance of plants producing flowers on the same 



stem of such opposite colours as blue and yellow. 



