AND THE WILDERNESS BLOSSOMED 



an Alpine species of varied coloring, ranging from 

 deep blue to rose and white, and of course the 

 seedsmen make several species out of it. M. syl- 

 vatica is a British species that grows well in the 

 woods, though palustris and alpestris have found 

 their way into the woods on the island, and thrive 

 there. John Burroughs tells of a dwarf species 

 which he found growing at Plover Bay on the 

 coast of Siberia in 1899. He says: "The 

 prettiest flower we found was a low Forget-me- 

 Not, scarcely an inch high, of deep ultramarine 

 blue, — the deepest, most intense blue I ever saw 

 in a wild flower." Possibly this plant may be 

 M. Rehsteineri ; but I have never seen it, and the 

 descriptions are too vague to decide the question 

 certainly. Such a plant would be a valuable 

 addition to our hardy spring bloomers. The 

 seed of the Forget-me-Not should be sown in 

 early summer. It may be scattered broadcast 

 where the plants are to bloom, or planted in 

 drills in the garden beds and then transplanted. 

 I adopt both methods, as I can always find a place 

 for this charming flower. It blooms from the 

 first to the end of June and scantily in shady 

 spots through July. 



Here, again, is tbe Iceland Poppy, Papaver 

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