ALPHABETICAL LIST OF PLANTS 311 



the year, its flowers appearing in January or February. Easily in- 

 creased by division, and of easy culture. A good plant on account 

 of its early flowering proclivities. 



M.palustris. — Grows freely in any wet spot, but so freely does 

 it grow, that it should only be planted where it can have plenty of 

 room to spread v/ithout damaging other and choicer plants. 

 " The Czar " is a good free-flowering variety of this. 



M. sylvatica. — Is of easy culture in almost any soil or position, 

 so long as it does not suffer from drought. It should be treated as 

 a biennial and a stock raised annually from seed. A very pretty 

 plant for massing in waste spots. 



M. Reichsteineri. — A tiny creeping species, which will grow in 

 any fairly damp soil. It makes a little matted carpet of smooth, 

 bright green leaves, and in early summer spikes of small turquoise- 

 blue flowers are borne on stems, rising barely 2 inches from the 

 ground. Increased by division. A little top-dressing of sandy leaf- 

 soil should occasionally be applied. A most delightful and choice 

 little plant, and one of the best for making a carpet for bulbous 

 plants. It is a variety of M. caespitosa^ which is almost identical 

 with M. palustris. 



Narcissus (Amaryllideae) 



Well-known, spring-flowering bulbous plants, of which there are 

 so many new and lovely varieties that it is impossible to keep pace 

 with all the later hybrids, unless one were a specialist in that branch. 

 Many, however, of the commoner kinds should be planted in and 

 about the rock garden, to give colour to it in early spring. In no 

 position do they look better than in grass or coming through a 

 carpet of some creeping rock plant. 



Narthecium ossifragum (Liliaceae), Bog Asphodel 



A native plant for the bog or marsh garden. Somewhat like an 

 Iris in growth, with spikes of yellow flowers. Pretty plant of easy 

 culture in any wet spot. 



Nepeta Mussini (Labiatae), Catmint 



A very old garden plant. It forms a dense, prostrate tuft about 

 10 inches high, with greyish, fragrant leaves, and a great profusion 

 of lavender-blue flowers during the summer. It is a rapid grower 

 in any light soil in full sun. A most valuable and attractive plant 

 both on account of its foliage and flowers, and should be freely 

 used. It can readily be struck from cuttings. 



