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FA3IILIAR GARDEN FLOWERS. 



as one of the four great cordial plants^ the others ])eing 

 the rose, the violet, and the alkanet. The Imgloss, the 

 gromwell, the hoimd's tongue, and the forget-me-not are 

 alliances of the lungwort in the borage family, and shades 

 of blue prevail in their flowers. Tlie loveliest of all bliia 

 flowering garden jflants is the creeping gromwell [Litho- 

 sjn'rinnm p rostra I iiiii) , which forms a dense mat of evergreen 

 leaves overspread in the s[iring with flowers of the intenscst 

 blue. Those who can gmw this gromwell on a drj' sunny 

 rockery may be advised to plant also J'l'roiiicK sa. rat His 

 and 2I1/11S0I1K alpesl ris,'d\%(\ known as J/, rn/j/cula ,ii)V these 

 also reflect the colour of the unclouded sky when summer 

 reiyus and the air is sweet. 



