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MODIOLA MULGEDIUM. 



Modiola geranioides (Geranium-like 

 M.} A hardy, tuberous-rooted, trail- 

 ing Malvaceous plant, 4 or 5 in. 

 high. Flowers, late in summer ; rich 

 rosy - purple, marked with a dark 

 line in the centre, solitary, 1 ID. or 

 more across, supported on very long 

 and slender flower-stalks, springing 

 from the axils of the leaves. Leaves, 

 cut into three very deep lobes, which 

 are again deeply cut, on stalks about 

 1 in. long, distant from each other. 



North America. The rock-garden, 



and easily grown in the margins of 

 borders in well-drained sandy soil. 

 Division. 



Moehringia muscosa (Mossy M.) 

 A very dwarf evergreen herb, 2 or 3 in. 

 high, with prostrate, thread-like stems, 

 clothed with very narrow leaves, like 

 those of an Arenaria. Flowers, in 

 early summer ; white, small, axillary, 

 solitary ; divisions of calyx flat, lance- 

 shaped, acute. Leaves, linear, connate. 

 Europe, on the margins of woods, in 



humid parts of mountains. The 



rock-garden and borders, in fine, very 

 sandy loam. Division and seed. 



Molopospermum cicutarinm (Cicuta- 

 like M.} A large and handsome Fern- 

 like plant, with dark-green shining 

 leaves ; 3 to 4 ft. high. Flowers, in 

 summer ; yellowish- white, in umbels ; 

 terminal ones large, fertile ; side ones 

 small, sterile. Leaves, large, of a lively 

 green, ternately decompound ; leaflets 

 lance-shaped, lengthened, deeply cut 

 into acute points ; stems large, hollow. 

 There is a form with leaves variegated 

 with yellowish - white and green. 



S. Europe. In groups of fine-leaved 



hardy plants, isolated in the grass, in 

 the picturesque garden, in borders, or 

 naturalized in half -wild places. Where 

 used in groups, or isolated in the kept 

 portion of the ground, it will be better 

 to pinch off the flowering, stems as 

 they appear. In good and deep soil. 

 Seed sown when ripe, and division. 



Monarda didyma (Bee Balm}. A 

 fine strong perennial, with smooth, 

 acutely 4- angled stems ; 2 to 3 ft. 

 high. Flowers, in summer ; bright 

 scarlet, in distinct whorls, either soli- 

 tary or in pairs ; corolla widened, quite 

 smooth ; lips nearly equal, upper one 

 erect, entire, or notched ; lower one 

 spreading, mostly with three short 

 teeth at the apex ; calyx tubular, 5- 

 toothed, incurved, striped, scarlet, 

 throat almost naked ; bracts coloured. 

 Leaves, smooth, 2 to 4 in. long, broadly 

 lance-shaped, deeply serrate. North 

 America. Borders and naturaliza- 

 tion in copses, or anywhere in the 

 spaces among low shrubs, etc. Division. 



Monarda fistulosa (Wild Bergamot}. 

 Allied to M. didyma, but with 

 hairy, obtuse-angled stems ; 2 to 4 ft. 

 high. Flowers, in summer ; pale red 

 or purple, mostly in solitary whorls ; 

 corolla villous ; calyces rather in- 

 curved, scarcely coloured ; throat his- 

 pid inside; bracts slightly coloured. 

 Leaves, oblong-lance-shaped, serrate, 

 flat, villous, green or greyish, on long 

 ciliated stalks. Common in hedges 

 and woods from Canada to Carolina. 



The same positions and treatment 



as for M. didyma. 



Morina longifolia (Whorl Flower}. 

 Singular in aspect and ornamental 

 both in leaf and flower ; 2 to 3 ft. high. 

 Flowers, in summer; white in the 

 bud and when first opening, after- 

 wards changing to a handsome rose- 

 colour, which passes into a lively car- 

 mine, in crowded whorls in the axils 

 of the upper leaves ; corolla long, 

 tubular, spreading. Leaves, about a 

 foot long, 1 in. wide, pinnatifid, with 

 wavy margins, somewhat spiny-cili- 

 ated; stem tapering, not furrowed. 



Nepaul. Borders, and in groups or 



beds of the finer perennials, in good 

 deep soil. Seed. 



Mulgedium alpinum (Blue Sow-this- 

 tle}. A tall blue composite plant, 3 to 



