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as regards the red spots on its creamy- white flowers. 

 Here, also, in the dripping moss on these reeking 

 rocks, is the Yellow Mountain Saxifrage (8. aizoides), 

 together with its bright chestnut-coloured form 

 (S. atrorubens). And what a wonderful sight is the 

 Forget-me-not (Myosotis alpestris), as it springs in 

 bright profusion from the grey-green stones ! Some 

 there are who regard this Myosotis as but an Alpine 

 form of the Wood Forget-me-not (M. sylvaticd) ; 

 but however that may be, Forget-me-not reigns 

 here as it reigns below, captivating the heart and 

 mind of everyone who sees it and this, too, in 

 spite of all its many rivals for our praises and 

 attention. The Forget-me-not of the plains, much 

 as we admire its cool, clear blue, never reaches the 

 intensity of colour of its Alpine kinsman; and in 

 the brilliant green moss growing around this small 

 water-course the Forget-me-not is boldly mingling 

 with immense quantities of the brilliant blue 

 Gentiana bavarica, of deeper, richer, more summery 

 blue than verna. None but Nature could have 

 blended so harmoniously these two blues as they 

 are here. Is it the green of the moss that makes 

 the blend so possible, so acceptable ? Dressmakers 

 say they can harmonize any two seemingly antago- 

 nistic tints or colours by putting a break of black 



