Example from the Forget-me-not family 29 



the matter to his satisfaction in a couple of years 

 with these plants alone, in a shrubbery, ditch, lane, 

 or copse, always provided that he takes care to adapt 

 each kind to the position and the soil. For instance, 

 the Giant Comfrey will grow six feet high in rich or 

 moist soil in a ditch, and therefore, once fairly started, 

 might be trusted to take care of itself. The Caucasian 

 Comfrey, on the other hand, grows from eighteen 

 inches to two feet high, and is at home in the spaces 

 in a copse or shrubbery. The creeping Forget-me-not 

 (Omphalodes verna) is a little plant that creeps about 

 in grass not over a span high, or forms a carpet of 

 its own — these differences must be thought of, as 

 without knowing something of the habits and stature 

 of plants, mistakes will be made. These Borageworts, 

 as rich in blue as the gentians, are often poor rusty 

 things in exposed sunny borders, and much in the 

 way when out of flower, whereas in shady lanes, 

 copses, or shrubberies, in hedgerow-banks, or ditches, 

 we only notice them in their beauty. 



