BLUE FLOWERS 



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open at one time, and these are then surmounted by spikes of 

 buds : not uncommon on waste ground, flowering in late summer 

 and autumn. 



169. Giant Bell-flower, Campanula latifolia, Hair-bell family. 

 A tall, handsome plant of shady places, flowering in late summer 

 and autumn : the leaves are stalked, narrowly ovate in shape, 

 and with serrate margins: the flowers, which are gathered in a 

 long terminal spike, are large, bell-shaped, erect, and of a fine 

 blue colour. 



170. Hairbell, Campanula rotundifolia, Hairbell family. The 

 Bluebell of Scotland is one of the most familiar flowers of dry 

 pastures and banks : the slender stem is about 1 ft. high, with 



170. Hairbell. 



171. Bugloss. 



many narrow leaves : the round leaves of the Latin name are 

 found at the base of the stem, hidden by the grass in which the 

 plant grows: the flowers, which occur in graceful spikes, are 

 bright blue, or sometimes white, bell-shaped, and pendant : the 

 English name is also written Harebell. 



171. Bugloss, Lycopsis arvensis, Forget-me-not family. An 

 inconspicuous inhabitant of fields and waste ground : the stem 

 is about 1 ft. high and slightly branched : the leaves are bluntly 

 lance-shaped : both stem and leaves are very rough, with short 

 stiff hairs : the small blue flowers are gathered in terminal 

 spikes : flowers in summer. 



172. Forget-me-not, Myosotis scorpioides, Forget-me-not 

 family. Several closely-related species of Myosotis are common 

 in this country, but the most beautiful is M. scorpioides, which is 

 found in ditches : the leaves are elliptical, and bright green : the 

 flowers, which are larger than those of any other common native 



