26O GARDEN FLOWERS. 



slender, free-growing creepers, often grown in a greenhouse* 

 or in sheltered places out doors in summer. The fruit is the 

 remarkable part of the plant ; and this, which is highly col- 

 ored orange, splits when ripe, and turns back like a Turk's- 

 cap lily, the deep red seeds attached to its inner surface 

 looking like crimson spots. Sow in a hot-bed in April, in 

 light rich soil, and treat like a cucumber. They are desira- 

 ble for rafters of a stove. The species referred to are M. 

 balsamina and charantia, both growing ten or twelve feet in 

 length, and covering a considerable surface. The flowers are 

 yellow, small, and inconspicuous. Both are natives of India. 



MONARDA. [Lamiaceae.] Handsome hardy herbaceous 

 perennials, the plants having an odor compared to Berga- 

 mot. They are increased by division of the root, and flour- 

 ish in the ordinary soil of gardens, preferring a cool and 

 rather moist situation. 



M. didyma (Oswego tea) ; hardy perennial ; 3 feet ; flowers 

 scarlet, in June ; North America ; 1752. M. fistulosa (hollow) ; 

 hardy perennial ; 4 feet ; flowers purple or red, in June ; North 

 America; 1656. M. Kalmiana (Kalm's) ; hardy perennial; 4 

 feet ; flowers purple, in June ; North America ; 1813. M. punc- 

 tata (dotted); hardy perennial; 18 inches; flowers yellowish, 

 dotted with brown, in June; Virginia; 1714. M. purpurea 

 (purple) ; hardy perennial ; 3 feet ; flowers purple, in June ; 

 North America; 1789. 



MONEYWORT. See LYSIMACHIA. 



MONKEY-FLOWER. See MIMULUS. 



MONKSHOOD. See ACONITUM. 



MONOLOPIA. [Compositae.] Pretty hardy annuals. Good 

 garden soil. Increased by seeds. 



M. major (greater) ; hardy annual ; 3 feet ; flowers yellow, in 

 July; California; 1834. 



This plant was formerly called Helenium Douglasii. 



