Forget Me Not in Longwood Gardens

These blue flowers are very small, about half inches in diameter. When we saw them in the Longwood Gardens on 23rd march 2008, "tiny and nice" came to our minds. They were labeled as "Forget Me Not", a very interesting name. Nickname for flower can be very creative. We are wondering who gave this name to these little blue flowers. What was in his/her mind when the name was created?

After looking over information over the web, here is what we learn. Forget Me Not is often worn by ladies to signify faithfulness and enduring love. There is an old legend about this flower. A knight and his lady were walking along the side of a river. The knight picked a posy of these flowers. But he fell into the river because of the heavy weight of his armor. Before he was drowned, he threw the posy of these blue little flowers to his lady and shouted "Forget Me Not".