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and replanted in September, or early in October, before they 

 begin to grow. Common garden soil ; but a sandy loam is 

 most congenial to these, as to all other bulbs. 



M. botryoides (bunch-flowered) ; hardy bulb ; 6 inches ; flowers 

 blue or white, in May ; Italy; 1596. M. ciliatum (hair-fringed) ; 

 hardy bulb ; 9 inches ; flowers brown-purple, in May ; Crimea ; 

 1822. M. commutation (dark-purple); hardy bulb ; 6 inches; 

 flowers dark-blue, in May; Italy; 1836. M. comosum (feathered); 

 hardy bulb ; 6 inches ; flowers purple, in May ; south of Eu- 

 rope j 1596. M. glaucum (glaucous) ; hardy bulb ; 9 inches ; 

 flowers purple and green, in May ; Persia ; 1825. M. moscha- 

 tum (musky) ; hardy bulb ; 9 inches ; flowers pale dingy-brown- 

 ish, in May ; Levant ; 1 596. M. racemosum (racemed) ; hardy 

 bulb ; 6 inches ; flowers dark-blue, in May ; Europe ; 1780. 



MYOSOTIS. [Scrophularineas.] A genus of pretty annuals 

 and herbaceous plants, many of them hardy. M. palustris 

 is the true Forget-me-not ; a pretty well-known flower, deli- 

 cate blue, with golden eye. It needs a moist soil, and, in a 

 congenial situation, will become naturalized. Some of the 

 species are not hardy in the Northern States. The peren- 

 nials are increased by seed and division ; the annuals by 

 seed. 



HARDY HERBACEOUS. M. Alpestris (Alpine); 6 inches; 

 flowers blue, in July; Switzerland; 1818. M. Azorica (Azo- 

 rean) ; i foot ; flowers dark-blue, in August ; Azores ; 1846. M. 

 azurea (light-blue); flowers blue, in June; Corvo; 1842. M. 

 ccespitosa (tufted) ; 9 inches ; flowers blue, in June ; Britain. 

 M. ccespitosa macrocalyx (large-calyxed) ; 9 inches ; flowers blue, 

 in June ; Britain. M. intermedia (intermediate) ; 6 inches ; 

 flowers blue, in April ; Britain. M. nana (dwarf) ; 6 inches ; 

 flowers blue, in July; Europe; 1800. M. palustris (marsh) ; I 

 foot ; flowers blue and yellow, in July ; Britain. M. repens 

 (creeping) ; i foot ; flowers pale-blue, in June ; Britain. M. 

 rupicola (rock) ; flowers blue ; Scotland. M. sparsiflora (scat- 



