. The Annals of Horticulture and Year-Book of Information on Practical Gardening. distinctions had almost ceased, from the dis-tances to which new varieties strayed fromthe parents. We trust that the discussion inthe Chronicle will lead to a complete re-vision of the Rose Catalogues, and that thetrade will adopt such changes as shall simplifythe task of selecting, and disperse the mys-terious clouds which almost prevented a youngbeginner from seeing his way through one of the trade lists. Mr. Rivers should undertakethis task; and let the distinctions of eachfamily be so plain that a tyro may b
. The Annals of Horticulture and Year-Book of Information on Practical Gardening. distinctions had almost ceased, from the dis-tances to which new varieties strayed fromthe parents. We trust that the discussion inthe Chronicle will lead to a complete re-vision of the Rose Catalogues, and that thetrade will adopt such changes as shall simplifythe task of selecting, and disperse the mys-terious clouds which almost prevented a youngbeginner from seeing his way through one of the trade lists. Mr. Rivers should undertakethis task; and let the distinctions of eachfamily be so plain that a tyro may be able toread and understand. BRITISH WILL1 FLOWERS. MiOSOTIS SUAVEOLENS. Myosotis suaveolens, Kitaibel (lock Scorpion-grass).—Boraginacese. This plant has been known to Englishbotanists under the names of Myosotis alpes-tris, and M. rwpicola. It is a very rare andpretty dwarf plant, emulating in the purebeauty of its blossoms that common species ofMyosotis, of much larger growth, whichabounds by the sides of water courses. Thelatter, , is the true Myosotis suaveolens is a perennial herb,with somewhat creeping root-stems, fromwhich rise a profusion of root-leaves, of anelliptic form, on long slender stalks. Theflower-stems grow several from the same root,and are from three to six inches high, erect,unbranched, clothed with spreading hairs, andfurnished with alternate oblong lanceolateleaves, which are almost sessile. The flowrersappear in terminal racemes, which grow inpairs, often with a solitary blossom in theaxis; they are large, handsome, of a delicateclear blue, with a yellow eye, pale pink in thebud, fully as large and showy as those of M. 504 BRITISH WILD FLOWERS. palustris; the racemes are sometimes slightlycompound at their bases ; at iirst they aredensely crowded and revolute, afterwards theybecome elongated, the pedicels elongating aswell as the common stalk, until they at lastbecome longer than the calyx. The hairs ofthe common stalk an
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