240 ROGK GARDENING FOR AMATEURS 



Propagation is effected by seeds sown in late summer. 

 The Morisia is a charming little alpine for pots. 



Myosotis (Forget-me-not). Nearly everyone is familiar 

 with our native water Forget-me-not, Myosotis palustris 

 (natural order Boragineae), which is so abundant in marshy 

 places and on the edges of streams in various parts of 

 this country. In the bog garden it is easily grown, and 

 makes a charming display with its pretty blue flowers. 

 There are about sixteen species found in Europe, but 

 the greater majority have small and insignificant flowers. 

 There are now in cultivation many beautiful cross-bred 

 strains possessing compact habit with free-flowering 

 qualities. The best species are the following : M. alpestris, 

 one of our native plants, found on some of the Scotch 

 mountains, varies a good deal in size some of the smaller 

 forms, to which the name of M. rupicola has been applied, 

 barely reach the height of two inches the beautiful blue 

 flowers open in spring. Other forms are taller, and 

 more branching, but no less beautiful. It is a perennial, 

 and may be kept for years, but young seedlings raised 

 annually do much better. The best place for this plant 

 is in a select part of the rock garden, half shady, and 

 planted in moist, gritty soil. M. cespitosa Rehsteineri 

 is a dwarf -growing creeper, only found wild on the shores 

 of Lake Geneva. It requires a very moist position, and 

 makes a good carpeting plant ; it is covered in early 

 summer with flowers varying in colour from blue to pink. 

 M. dissitiflora is the handsome free-flowering Swiss Forget- 

 me-not, much used for spring bedding, as it often begins 



