436 FRITZ BAHR'S COMMERCIAL FLORICULTURE 



setting of dark green foliage 

 with the real Mint fragrance. 

 As with the common Horse 

 Mint, if you have a few clumps 

 established and have call for 

 the plants, you can take up 

 small divisions to fill your orders 

 with. The thing is to have some 

 on hand if you handle hardy 

 stock at all. For mass effect 

 in a perennial border they are 

 especially to be recommended. 



MONKEY FLOWER 



See Mimulus 



MONKSHOOD 



See Aconitum 



MONTBRETIA 



Montbretias, while not of 

 much value to the florist, are 

 showy plants when grouped in 

 masses among the perennials. 

 The bulbs can be planted in 

 Fall, or, what is safer, in Spring. 

 There are some very showy 

 sorts, mostly coming in yellow and orange shades and a few in 

 orange-scarlet. The most satisfactory way is to start the bulbs 

 in the greenhouse in gentle heat and have plants well ad- 

 vanced,. ready for bedding, in May the same as one would do with 

 Gannas or Caladiums. America is a fine deep orange red, California 

 is a pure yellow, and Ernest Davison a light orange, and all will 

 flower during Midsummer and grow about three feet high. While 

 the spikes can be used for decorating, they are not much used as 

 cut flowers. If bulbs are left in the open they will overwinter but 

 they need a good covering. 



MOONVINE 



See Ipomoea grandiflora 



MOUNTAIN CURRANT 



See Ribes 



MUSCARI BOTRYOIDES (GRAPE HYACINTHS) 



The little blue and white Grape Hyacinths are fine for natural- 

 izing and form good companions for the Virginia Blue Bells in that 

 respect. They come in blue, rose, yellow, and white and grow from 



Fig. 210. — Myosotis, to which the 

 florist who retails his crops should always 

 devote part of a bench in a cool house. 

 There is hardly a flower combination 

 sent out in a box that could not include 

 a few sprays 



