304 ROCK GARDENS 



Lysimachia Nummularia, Creeping Jenny 



A native plant of creeping habit and very rapid growth. It likes 

 a shady position in moist soil. Bright yellow flowers in the greatest 

 profusion all along its trailing stems. Too rampant a grower for 

 any but the wilder parts. There is a golden-leaved variety, aurea^ 

 which is well worth cultivating, and is not nearly so encroaching. 

 The other varieties of Lysimachia are too coarse-growing. 



Macrotomia echioides {see Arnebia echioides) 



Magnolia (Magnoliaceae) 



Of this genus, which gives us such gorgeous trees and shrubs, 

 there is only one kind which is suitable for growing in the rock 

 garden : this is M. stellata. It likes a sheltered position in good 

 loam. It is a deciduous shrub, growing 3 to 4 feet high, which is 

 covered in March, before the leaves appear, with waxy white, star- 

 shaped flowers, about 4 inches across. It is quite hardy, but 

 requires to be well established before flowering. 



Maianthemum bifolium (syn. Convallaria bifolia) 



It is very like, and closely allied to the Lily-of-the-valley. It 

 prefers rather a damp, shady spot. The flowers are small, and not 

 fragrant. It is of quite easy cultivation. 



Malvastrum (Malvaceae), False Mallow 



Prostrate, growing plants, with flowers very like the Mallows. 

 They all require a warm, well-drained position, in light sandy loam, 

 and are not very hardy. 



M. Munroana (syn. Sphaeralcea Munroand). — Flowers reddish- 

 pink, tinged with brown, in June. 



M. coccinium. — Has scarlet-coloured flowers. Grows 6 inches 



high. 



M. lateritium. — Has flowers of a brick-red colour. Prostrate 

 habit. A handsome plant. 



Margyricarpus setosus (Rosaceae), Pearl Fruit 



A pretty evergreen, creeping plant, which in winter is covered 

 with white berries, which look well against the dark green foliage. 

 It likes an open position in peat and loam. 



