Boggy places were full of blue iris (the common Iris versicolor of New England, but of ranker growth), and here and there a pool was yellow with bladderwort.

" "On the marshy ground thrive the Iris versicolor, Asclepias incarnata, the Primrose-tree, Liver-wort, the tall Physostegia Virginiana, with rosy-red blossoms, and the Helenium autumnale, in which the yellow color predominates.

Trichoglossus versicolor, Vig.

Ptilotis versicolor, Gould.

Tall Scotch ditto c.m. 345 v. versicolor Marbled Scotch ditto c.m. 346 carolina Single Burnet-leaved ditto c.m.

c.m. 383 v. Shell ditto c.m. 384 parvifolia Burgundy Rose b.m. 385 gallica Red officinal Rose c.m. 386 v. versicolor Rosa mundi c.m. 387 v. marmorea Marbled Rose c.m. 388 v. Royal Virgin ditto c.m. 389 v.

major Giant ditto c.m. 390 damascena Red Damask ditto c.m. 391 v. rubicans Blush Damask ditto c.m. 392 v. versicolor York and Lancaster ditto c.m. 393 v. menstrualis Red Monthly ditto c.m. 394 v. menstrualis

45 dalmatica Dalmatian ditto c.m. 46 variegata Variegated-flowered ditto c.m. 47 biflora Two-flowered ditto l.b. 48 pumila Dwarf ditto c.m. 49 sibirica Siberian ditto c.m. 50 squalens Brown-flowered ditto c.m. 51 versicolor Various coloured ditto c.m.

For example, one of our common little English forget-me-nots, Myosotis versicolor, is pale yellow when it first opens; but as it grows older, it becomes faintly pinkish, and ends by being blue, like the others of its race.