John Keble's Parishes

BORAGE TRIBE

MULLEIN (Verbascum nigrum). The handsome spikes

(V. Thapsus) everywhere.

(V. Blattaria).-Formerly in hedge of cottage at Silkstede.

GROMWELL (Lithospermum officinale).-Beside Winchester Road on way to Twyford.

FORGET-ME-NOT (Myosotis palustris).-Itchen meadows.

MOUSE-EAR, SCORPION GRASS (M. versicolor).- Stubblefields.

(M. sylvatica).-Ampfield.

(M. arvensis).-Everywhere.

COMFREY (Symphytum officinale).-Itchen banks.

HOUND'S TONGUE (Cynoglossum officinale).-Merdon Hill, but it has disappeared from Otterbourne.

PRIMROSE (Primula vulgaris).-Has any one observed the tiny blossoms of seedlings of the first year? Now and then there are stalked heads like oxlips, white or red varieties.

COWSLIP (P. veris).-Covering some few fields, and delightful for cowslip balls. Sweetest of scents.

YELLOW LOOSESTRIFE (Lysimachia vulgaris).-A beautiful shrub by the water-side.

MONEYWORT (L. Nummularia).-The Creeping-Jenny of rock-work, etc.

YELLOW PIMPERNEL (L. nemorum).-Covering the ground in woods with its delicate pentagon stars.

PIMPERNEL (Anagallis arvensis).-A beautiful blue variety once came up in the kitchen-garden at Otterbourne House, and prevailed for several years.

(A. tenella).-In the bogs towards Cuckoo Bushes.