294 BRECK’S NEW BOOK OF FLOWERS. 
nearly a foot and one-half high; they are naked at the 
bottom for about seven or eight inches, above which the 
panicles of flowers begin, and terminate the stalks. The 
flowers stand upon the peduncles, which are more than an 
inch long, each sustaining three, four, or five flowers, 
whose petals are cut into slender filaments, like hairs; 
they are of a purplish-blue color, and, having neither 
stamens nor germs, never produce seeds. 
M. botryoides is another pretty species, with varieties 
of blue, white, and flesh-colored flowers, all small, bulbous- 
rooted plants, obtained from Holland as species of Hya- 
cinths, with solid bulbs, producing spikes of pretty, bell- 
shaped flowers a foot high, flowering in June. All are 
hardy, and may be planted in any good garden soil, about 
three inches deep, five or six roots in a group; they need 
not be taken up oftener than once in three years, and then 
should not be kept long out of the ground. 
MYOSOTIS.—ForcEr-mn-nor. 
{So named from Greek words, signifying a mouse’s ear.] 
Myosétis arvénsis, is a well-known plant, bearing deli- 
cate blue flowers, with white and yellow eyes, in little 
spikes or clusters. There is also a variety with white 
flowers. In bloom most of the season; six inches high. 
It flourishes best in a moist shady place. Propagated 
freely from seeds. Autumn sown plants succeed best. 
