COMMON BORAGE 



We have several native Forget-me-nots that may well be 

 transferred to the garden, as they will grow on dry lands and also 

 in the open. 



Other species of Boraginacce are: 



The Viper's Bugloss, Echium vulgare, which is a beautiful, bold, 

 bad weed that no gardener should harbor, much less plant, despite 

 the marvellous brilliancy of the broken metallic tints of blue and 



Common Borage, Borago officinalis 



purple which its flowers display. It is biennial and for that rea- 

 son can be easily dealt with, and kept within bounds. 



Common Borage, Borigo officinalis, is one of the plants that 

 Pliny praised. It was supposed to exhilarate the spirits and 

 drive away melancholy. 



I, Borage, 

 Give courage, 



expresses the long-lived belief, which has but recently disap- 

 peared. The plant is spreading, beset with sharp whitish bris- 



