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for its drawinjr room furniture. They arc very tciuptin<:; to the traveller ; some of 

 (hoin fouiul their way by the circuitous route of IJrenieu to our own preuiises. Fig 

 4 ixivos a fair representation of the more rustic. 



SOME NEGLECTED NATIVES, &c. 



Diccntra spectahilis is justly considered one of the handsomest hardy herbaceous 

 plants ever introduced. But we must not lose sight of some of our own natives of 

 the same natural order, and little if any inferior in beauty. Dircntra curvhiritt, 

 and D. Ciniadcrisia, two white species, are very Vjcautiful. I), rxlinia, a purple 

 species, flowering most of the summer is quite a gem. Cori/doUs glauca, with 

 orange and purple flowers, produced in great abundance, and lasting nearly two 

 mouths, is very pretty indeed; and C. hulbofni, flowering early in the spring, 

 though of low growth, attracts every eye when in flower. AdJumia cirrhosa, 

 named after Adlum* the grape grower, though not particularly beautiful in its 

 flowers, for the graceful elegance of its foliage, and slender climbing stems, is 

 perhaps only exceeded by the Cypress vine; while the commoner forms of Fumarla 

 afibrd excellent materials to those who strive to excel in making nosegays, or — to 

 be more Frenchy — bouquets. 



Myosotis palustris, the time "forget-me-not," I met this season in a friend's 

 garden in a more interesting way that I ever did before. At the entrance as we 

 went into the enclosure, an oval bed six feet long met us, and compelled us to 

 deviate from our course, as if determined that all should note well its contents ; 

 and there in the greatest possible perfection bloomed our humble friend, covering 

 the whole bed with its beauty. It was under the shade of some trees, and was, I 

 believe, frequently watered. It was a good idea to place such a mass there at the 

 entrance, to be like other beauties of our younger days, seen first and forgotten last. 

 Fanny Osgood gives the following anecdote of the origin of its name, which casts 

 a poetry around its history painfully pleasing : 



"It is related that a young couple, who were on the eve of being united, while walking 

 along the banks of the Danube, saw one of these lovely flowers floating on the waters, 

 which seemed ready to carry it away. The affianced bride admired the beauty of the 

 flower, and regretted its fatal destiny. The lover was induced to precipitate himself into 

 the water, where he had no sooner seized the flower than he sank into the flood ; but, 

 making a last eSbrt, he threw the flower upon the shore, and at the moment of disap- 

 pearing forever, he exclaimed, ' Veryils mich nichi,' since which time this flower has been 

 made emblamatical, and taken the name of 'Forget-me-not.' 



' Lay to thy heart this token flower ! 

 With love's own tears its leaves are wet. 

 ^Twill whisper in its dying hour, 

 Do not forget !' " 

 The creeping Valerian (^Palemontum rcjJtans), the Virginian Lungwort {Pul 



*More correctly perhaps Trom adlumino, to fringe with purp.e.— Ed. 



