272 FLORA HISTORICA. 



This flower has been figured as a device on 

 the seals of lovers, and had its praises sung in 

 their verses : 



" To flourish in my favourite bower, 

 To blossom round my cot, 

 I cviltivate the little flower 

 They call Forget-me-not. 



It spring's where Avon gently flows. 



In wild simplicity. 

 And 'neath ray cottage-window grows, 



Sacred to love and" thee. 



/ 



This pretty little flow'ret's dye, 



Of soft cerulean blue. 

 Appears as if from Ellen's eye 

 It had received its hue. 



Though oceans now betwixt us roar, 



Though distant be our lot, 

 Ellen ! though we should meet no more. 



Sweet maid, Forget-me-not !" 



The Myosotis Pahistris is seen no where in 

 greater perfection and abundance than on the 

 banks of a stream in the environs of Luxem- 

 bourg, which is known by the name of the 

 Fairies' Bath, or the Cascade of the Enchanted 

 Oak. The romantic banks of this stream are 

 covered with these pretty blue flowers from the 

 beginning of July until the end of August, and 

 which being reflected in the pure waters appear 

 more numerous than they really are. 



