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Forget-me-Nots. 



FORGET-ME-NOTS. 



The little blue flower, commonly known as Forget-me-not, divides with 

 the pansy, heart's-ease, or lady's-delight, a multitude of tender recollections. 

 Botanically, the plant is known as Myosotis ; and the true forget-me-not 

 of poetry and popular love is M. palustris, a native of England, and now 

 everywhere naturalized. 





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The flowers are blue, with yellow eye, and in most places are produced 

 all summer, and ripen abundance of seed. 



Besides this, there are many other species, both annual and perennial, 

 some tender, others very hardy : the annual are increased by seed ; the 



