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years, and find it more beautiful than ever on his 

 return. As much may be said of all the other com- 

 binations which I suggest. 



I will now endeavour to illustrate my meaning 

 by showing what may be done with a few diverse 

 types of northern vegetation. We will take the 

 Forget-me-not order to begin with, and as that is 

 one far from being as rich as others in subjects 

 suited for naturalization, the reader may be able to 

 form some idea of what we may do, in this way, by 

 selecting from the numerous families of plants that 

 grow in the meadows and mountain-woods of 

 Europe, Asia, and America. 



The Forget-me-not or Borage family is a well- 

 marked and well-known one, containing a great 

 number of coarse and ugly weeds, but which, if it in- 

 cluded only the common Forget-me-not among its 

 beauties, would have some claims to our attention. 

 Many persons are not acquainted with more than a 

 couple of the Forget-me-nots ; but what lovely 

 exotic plants there are in this order that would 

 afford delight if met with creeping about along 

 our wood and shrubbery walks ! Nature, say some, 

 is sparing of her deep true blues, and generally 

 spreads them forth on the high Alps, where the 

 Gentians bloom near to the sky ; but there are 



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