FABLES OF FLORA. 91 
THE FORGET-ME-NOT. 
This pretty poetical flower is a species of the 
Violet, though it bears little resemblance to its 
sister varieties. It grows in the beds of shallow, 
running streams, and has a blossom the color of 
the sky. 
‘ Where flows the fountain silently, 
It blooms, a lovely flower, 
Blue os the beauty of the sky i 
It speaks, like kind fidelity, 
Through fortune’s sun and shower, 
“ Forget-me-not.” ’ 
F. G. Halleck. 
It is the emblem of true love. 
‘ And faith, that a thousand ills can brave, 
Speaks in thy blue leaves, “Forget-me-not.'" 
J . G . Peecival. 
We have heard the origin of its name ascribed 
to the little incident embodied in the following 
fable. 
