CHAPTER 11. 



EX A:\irLE FKOM THE FORGET-.ME-XOT FAMILY. 





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r WILL HOW 



,4:-. •i4>i^;»^s^ endeavour to 



mf'^^m T^l&}i^, ■■ illustrate my 



meaninL!: by 

 showing what 



Caucasian Comfrej- in shrubbery. Uia V hC (loUG 



witli one type of northern vegetation — 

 that of the Forget-me-not order, one far from being as rich 

 as others in subjects suited for the wild garden. Through 

 considering its capabilities in this way, the reader may be 

 al)le to form some idea of what we may do by selecting from 

 the numerous plants that grow in the meadows and moun- 

 tain-woods of Europe, xVsia, and America. 



The Forget-me-not or Borage family is a well-marked 

 and well-known one, containiuG,' a great numljer of coarse 

 weeds, 1 tut which, if it possessed only the common Forget-me- 

 not, would have some claims on us. Many persons are not 

 acquainted with more than the Forget-me-nots; l)ut what 

 lovely exotic plants there are in this order that AV(udd atVord 

 delight if met with creeping aljout along our \V(jod and 



