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Myosotis. I consider the " Forget-me-not " is 

 one of the indispensable flowers in a garden, for 

 even if we do not want it for a little bit of " spring 

 bedding " in some corner near the house, we could 

 not do without its lovely sky-blue colour in the 

 border in May. Groups of M . dissitiflora, " Star of 

 Love," contrasting with cushions of the lovely pink 

 Silene pendula, making our beds look bright and 

 lively before the wealth of summer flowers begin. 

 It should be raised from seed sown in May or June, 

 for flowering the following spring, or pieces of the 

 old plants may be broken off, and these soon make 

 roots for themselves if put into a moist shady 

 corner of your nursery bed to grow. 



(Enothera or Evening Primrose is of delicate 

 beauty, the variety (E. Lamarckiana is by far the 

 most showy in a garden, as it grows to a height of 

 six or seven feet and lasts in bloom for two 

 months, beginning late in July, the primrose- 

 yellow flowers opening day by day in great abund- 

 ance. It is a biennial, but as it always sows itself, 

 you have no further trouble when it is once estab- 

 lished in a bed, care being taken in the spring to 

 leave only those plants that are wanted. 



(E. Fraseri is a very good perennial sort growing 



