GARDEN NOTES IN 1921 



Myosotises of Barr and Sutton, but beside these 

 is an entirely new and most beautiful small an- 

 nual flower — new to me, that is — Cynoglossum. 

 This was started from seed in the garden borders 

 last spring. All that developed by October were 

 fine mounds of gray-green leaves of an unusually 

 interesting form. Therefore, as the flower was 

 said to be of uncommon charm, the plants were 

 given to a florist, and this week they have been 

 returned to me in full bloom. But what a change ! 

 Instead of the solid, low-growing plants with large 

 leaves, here are plants in pots, a foot tall, with 

 very few leaves, spare, thin, pale green, up the 

 tall stems, and those stems topped by spraying 

 clusters, or rather little racemes, of the most 

 charming blue flowers imaginable. They are al- 

 most indistinguishable from the Myosotis, but 

 much fuller flowering — and the flowers have no 

 yellow centres like the Myosotis; also they are of 

 a richer blue. What a plant to use in spring with 

 other flowers, if one only knew what it would 

 really do with us; its luxuriant bloom — compared 

 with that of the Myosotis — and its pleasant height 

 would give it great value for composition. I shall 

 proceed to set these plants out-of-doors and see 

 how long they last in flower. 

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