CHAPTER III. 



EXAMPLE FROM THE FORGET-ME-NOT FAMILY. 



CAUCASIAN COMFBEY in shrubbery. 



I WILL now 

 try to show 

 ' what may be 

 done with 

 one type of 

 northern 

 plants— the Forget-me-nots, one not 

 so rich as others in plants for the wild garden. Through 

 considering it, however, we may be able to form some 

 idea of what we may do by choosing from all the 

 plants that grow in the meadows and mountain-woods 

 of Europe, Asia, and America. 



The Forget-me-not family embraces a number of 

 coarse weeds, but if it had only the common Forget- 

 me-not, would have some claims on us ; 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 ; but there are obscure plants 

 in this order that possess the deepest, and most delicate 



