Te) PLANTS GROWING IN MOIST SOIL. 
One day an angel that had fallen from grace stood weeping 
outside the door of Paradise. His fault had been that he loved 
a daughter of earth as she sat by the bank of a stream arrang- 
ing forget-me-nots in her hair; and not until she whom he 
loved had sown the blossoms all over the earth, could his fault 
be forgiven. 
He returned to her, and together they went planting the 
flowers ; nor did they cease their labour until the task was ac- 
complished. Then they entered Paradise; the woman not 
tasting of death. | 
BLUEBELLS. VIRGINIA COWSILP. LUNGWORT. 
Merténsia Virginica. 
FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM — 
Borage. Light blue. Scentless. New York southward April, May. 
and westward. 
Flowers: hanging from slender pedicels in a raceme-like cluster. Calyx: 
small ; five-cleft. Covol/a: tubular; salver-shaped ; the lobes scarcely divided. 
Stamens: five. Pistid: one. Leaves: large; obovate. Stem : smooth. 
The Mertensia Virginica has quite the air of belonging to one 
of the first families. Its colour is so pure and its form so perfect 
that it is ever a delight tothe eye of the artist. By its droop 
ing poise it cleverly protects its pollen from the rain and dew. 
COMMON HAREBELL. 
Campanula rotundzfolza, 
FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 
Bellflower. Blue. Scentless. Mostly north and west. June, July. 
Flowers: growing in a raceme on slender flower-stalks. Calyx: tubular; 
with five, narrow, spiked lobes. Coro//a : campanulate, or bell-shaped; five- 
lobed. Stamens: five. Prstt/: one with style that protrudes like a miniature 
clapper. Leaves : those from root on slender petioles, cordate, or rounded, as 
the name implies; those on the stem, almost linear. Stem: five to twelve 
inches high ; spreading; slender ; smooth. 
The harebell has been the sweetheart of many a bard. They 
have loved and celebrated its tall gracefulness, its exquisite 
fairness, and its brilliant blue, of a purity that must have 
dropped from a summer sky. It has all the fragile, bright 
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