ALPHABETICAL LIST OF PLANTS 307 



leaves. On each stem is borne one to three terminal droop- 

 ing clusters of pale blue flowers, in spring. A rare and beautiful 

 plant. 



M. dahurica {syn. Pulmonaria dahufica.) — It should be planted 

 in a mixture of peat and loam, and in a sheltered nook, to save its 

 leaves from being broken by the wind. It grows from 8 to 12 

 inches high. The bright azure-blue flowers are borne in panicles 

 on erect, branching stems. It blooms in June. Quite hardy, and 

 of easy culture. It is a choice plant for the rock garden, and 

 propagated by seed and division. 



M. echioides. — Requires peat and leaf-mould soil, in a cool spot. 

 Grows about 12 inches high. The flowers, which are produced in 

 spring and autumn, are of a lovely rich blue colour. 



M. elongata. — Cool, peaty loam. Grows about 9 inches high. 

 Narrow, blue-grey leaves. Buds rosy-red, opening to pale blue. It 

 blooms in the spring. It is not difficult to grow, and can be raised 

 easily from seed. About the best of this lovely genus. 



M. lanceolata {see M . alpind). 



M. maritinia. — Requires a light, very sandy soil of good depth. 

 It forms long trailing stems, and has bluish, glaucous leaves. 

 Flowers are of a lovely turquoise-blue colour. Quite easy to grow, 

 and tufts should increase from year to year. Slugs have a great 

 love for this plant. It blooms in the summer. It can be increased 

 by seed or division. 



M. oblongifolia. — Cool spot, in peat and leaf-soil. Grows only 

 3 to 4 inches high. Fleshy, dark green leaves, and clustered heads 

 of pale blue flowers. 



M. primuloides . — Cool, light peaty loam. Heads of lovely 

 flowers, changing from ruby to a deep blue colour as they open. It 

 grows from 6 to 9 inches high. It is of easy culture, and a very 

 choice and lovely plant. 



M. sibirica. — Light loam, in a cool spot. Grows 12 to 18 inches 

 high. Small, bell-shaped flowers, in loose, drooping terminal 

 clusters. They vary in colour from the rosy-pink of the half-opened 

 bud to the purple-blue of the fully expanded flower. It is in bloom 

 from May to June. Of easy culture, and may be increased by 

 division. There is also a white form. 



M. virginica.'—ls^^s rather a moist soil of rich, light loam. It 

 should be planted in some sheltered spot where the wind cannot 

 affect its lovely glaucous leaves. The trumpet-shaped flowers, 

 nearly an inch long, and of a lovely purple-blue colour, are disposed 

 in drooping terminal clusters from stems 12 to 18 inches high. It 

 is of easiest culture in any but stiff or dry soils, and can be 

 increased by division. A most lovely and attractive plant, bloom- 

 ing in April. 



