ALPHABETICAL LIST OF PLANTS 265 
M. armeniacum. Bright blue flowers 8 inches high, flowering 
in May. 
M. botryoides. Blue and white, io inches high. Its white 
and pale blue varieties being extremely pretty. 
M. comosum monstrosum. The Feather Hyacinth or plu- 
mosus , a lovely purple plume, 12 inches high, well worth 
growing in peat or sandy loam. 
M. conicum. Of which the new form Heavenly Blue, of rich 
colour, is well worth growing, and is not such a rampant 
grower as the old variety. 
MYOSOTIDIUM NOBILE, “Giant Forget-me-not.” 
(N.O. Boraginacese.) 
A magnificent herbaceous plant with heads of large flowers, in 
colour and form resembling a forget-me-not, but four times the size. 
The large, heart-shaped leaves of brilliant, shining green, slightly 
crinkled, are extremely handsome. It grows in luxuriance on the 
peaty river banks at Mount Usher in Ireland, also in Cornwall, 
where it gets sea sand and dressings of seaweed, also in the cool 
soils of Cumberland, but it is impossible to establish on any hot, 
dry soil. Propagated by seed. 
MYOSOTIS, “Forget-me-not.” (N.O. Boraginaceas.) 
Beautiful plants for carpeting, mostly biennial, but some, such as 
dissitiflora and palustris and Traversii , perennials. 
M. dissitiflora. Sky-blue, 6 to 9 inches high, flowering May 
and June. Seed or division. 
M. palustris. The native water forget-me-not, sky-blue, 
12 inches high, and requiring a moist position. This is 
easily propagated by seed, division, or cuttings. There 
are two or three forms, one white, one with larger flower 
than the type, and another called semperflorens flowering 
practically the whole summer ; and as it is largely used 
by Mr W. Robinson for carpeting beds at Gravetye, it 
evidently does not require so damp a situation as the type. 
NARCISSUS, “ Daffodil.” (N.O. Amaryllidacese.) 
These bulbs, the hardiest and showiest of all spring flowers, have 
within the last few years so increased that it is difficult to cope with 
all the varieties. No soil comes amiss to them, and they increase 
so rapidly that it will be found advisable to lift the clumps from the 
border and replant every three or four years. They are excellent 
