9 o PLANTS GROWING IN MOIST SOIL. 



One day an angel that had fallen from grace stood weeping 

 outside the door of Paradise. His fault had been that he loved 

 a daughter of earth as she sat by the bank of a stream arrang- 

 ing forget-me-nots in her hair ; and not until she whom he 

 loved had sown the blossoms all over the earth, could his fault 

 be forgiven. 



He returned to her, and together they went planting the 

 flowers ; nor did they cease their labour until the task was ac- 

 complished. Then they entered Paradise ; the woman not 

 tasting of death. 



BLUEBELLS. VIRGINIA COWSILP. LUNGWORT. 



Mertensia Virginica. 



FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 



Borage. Light blue. Scentless. New York southward April, May. 



and westward. 



Flowers: hanging from slender pedicels in a raceme-like cluster. Calyx: 

 small ; five-cleft. Corolla: tubular; salver-shaped ; the lobes scarcely divided. 

 Stamens : five. Pistil : one. Leaves : large ; obovate. Stem : smooth. 



The Mertensia Virginica has quite the air of belonging to one 

 of the first families. Its colour is so pure and its form so perfect 

 that it is ever a delight to the eye of the artist. By its droop 

 ing poise it cleverly protects its pollen from the rain and dew. 



COfinON HAREBELL. 



Campdnula rotundifblia. 



FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 



Bellflower. Blue. Scentless. Mostly north and west. June^July. 



Flowers : growing in a raceme on slender flower-stalks. Calyx : tubular ; 

 with five, narrow, spiked lobes. Corolla : campanulate, or bell-shaped ; five- 

 lobed. Stamens: five. Pistil: one with style that protrudes like a miniature 

 clapper. Leaves : those from root on slender petioles, cordate, or rounded, as 

 the name implies ; those on the stem, almost linear. Stem: five to twelve 

 inches high ; spreading , slender ; smooth. 



The harebell has been the sweetheart of many a bard. They 

 have loved and celebrated its tall gracefulness, its exquisite 

 fairness, and its brilliant blue, of a purity that must have 

 dropped from a summer sky. It has all the fragile, bright 



