METROSIDEROS, MIMOSA, MIMULUS 



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consider carrying a few in a cool house and bringing them into a 

 52-deg. house five weeks or so before Easter if you want them in 

 bloom at that time. As to leftover plants, cut them back and handle 

 them almost like Azaleas. 



MICHAELMAS DAISY 



See Aster 



MIGNONETTE 



See Reseda 



MIMOSA PUDIGA (SENSITIVE PLANT) 

 Of the plants which always attract attention, the Sensitive 

 Plant is one. Almost every patron visiting your establishment is 

 usually interested when requested to touch the . leaves and see 

 them close up and droop. A good way to advertise is to give a few 

 of these plants away to children who happen to come in. No matter 

 where these plants land, they are bound to make people talk about 

 you and that is what you want. 



Sow seed in a warm house about March and you will have nice 

 plants in 2}4s during the bedding season. A few can be shifted 

 and carried all Summer in the show house. 



MIMULUS MOSGHATUS (MUSK PLANT) 



This makes a fine companion for Mimosa pudica (see above), 

 and a few plants should be carried during the Spring and Summer 

 months by the retail grower, if for no other reason than the delight- 

 ful odor or fragrance of their leaves. Aside from that, a plant in a 5-in. 

 pot will, if given a chance, cover the sides of the pot completely, 

 producing at the same time a lot of little single yellow blossoms. 

 If you are looking for something to attract attention, sow a package 

 of seed about February and grow the plants on in a 55-deg. house. 



MIMULUS TIGRINUS (MONKEY FLOWER) 

 This is a funny name for this flower and I don't see where 

 the resemblance comes in. The beautifully colored and spotted 

 flowers resemble far more closely miniature Gloxinias or Gesnerias 

 than monkeys. However, they are easily grown from seed sown in 

 February, the plants being carried in a 50-deg. house. I am sure if 

 you have a batch of them in fuU bloom in 4s by the end of May, 

 you wiU sell them all. They can also be planted out in shaded posi- 

 tions to flower all Summer, but they cannot be caUed ideal bedders. 



MOGK ORANGE 



See Philadelphus 



MONARDA DIDYMA (MINT) 

 Monarda didyma, or Cambridge Scarlet, has very showy, 

 brilliant, deep scarlet flower heads during Midsummer, agamst a 



