THE FORGET-ME-NOT 



MYOSOTIS PALUSTRIS 



THE Forget-me-not is the flower of modem 

 sentiment. Its tender name, the halo of 

 romance that encircles it, the association of which 

 Tennyson wrote : 



" The sweet Forget-me-nots 

 That grow for happy lovers," 



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a, sepals, b, petals, b', stamens on corolla tube, c, stamen, d, stigma, 



style, ovaries. 



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have all been created in this country in compara- 

 tively recent times. Certainly our ancestors of 

 several generations ago did not know it by its present 

 pretty, affectionate name. It was merely the " Water 



Scorpion Grass " to them, or the " Mouse-Ear" (from 



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