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changing to orange and pale yellow as they advance. Ten- 

 der annual ; fifteen feet high. 

 Mina lobata 25 



MOLUCELLA. 



Molucca balm, or shell flower, is a very curious plant. 

 Within the calyx a button shaped bud appears, which 

 unfolds into a shell shaped flower of a white and purple 

 color. It is a hardy annual, growing two or three feet in 

 height with few leaves, but such numerous branches that its 

 width is often as great as its height. 

 Molucella laevis 10 



MOMOEDICA. 



A curious annual climber, with yellow blossoms and foli- 

 age similar to the canary bird flower. The fruit, the chief 

 curiosity, is egg and pear shaped, and covered with warty 



MoMORDICA. 



excrescences, and when ripe bursts suddenly open, scattering 

 its seed and showing a brilliant carmine interior. _ Fine for 

 trellises, fences, stumps, etc. 



Momordica balsamina (Balsam Apple) 5 



" charantia (Balsam Pear) 5 



MORNING GLOKY-(Convolvulus'Major). 

 Handsome, showy climber of easy culture, and suitable for 

 covering arbors, windows, trellises, old stumps, etc. It is so 

 perfectly hardy as to grow in almost any soil. Hardy 

 annual; ten feet high. 



Convolvulus Major, striped 5 



" blue 5 



" " crimson 5 



" " white '. . 5 



" " purple 5 



" " mixed 5 



(-See also Convolvulus.) 



MONKEY FLOWER.-(See Mimulus.) 



MOON FLOWER. 



The true Moon Flower is the most vigorous of all summer 

 climbers; a single plant can easily be made to cover, by 

 August 15th, a trellis thirty to fifty feet high and six feet 

 broad, with a dense mass of leaves, studded every night or 

 cloudy day with hundreds of beautifully white and wax like 

 flowers four to six inches in diameter. Tender annual. 

 Moon Flower, Calonyetion grandifiora 25 



Scabiosa Atropurpurea. 



MOURNING BRIDE— (Scabious). 



Sometimes called Sweet Scabious. Very useful for bou- 

 quets, as their long stems work easily, and their striking 

 colors, as well as fragrance, are desirable. Hardy annual; 

 one to two feet high. 



Scabiosa atropurpurea, deep purple 5 



" candidissima, pure white 5 



" mixed, many colors 5 



MUSK PLANT.— (See Mimulus.) 



MYOSOTIS.— (See Forget-Me-Not.) 



NASTURTIUM, TALL- (Tropaeolum Lobbianum). 



The Lobbianum differs materially from the common run- 

 ning nasturtium, and is admirably adapted for green-house 

 or conservatory decoration in winter. Colors brilliant and 

 of many shades, from scarlet to black. Fine for covering 

 arbors, trellises and rustic work. Hardy annual; ten to 

 twenty feet high. 



Tropaeolum Lobbianum, Geant des Batailles, car- 

 mine 15 



" Lobbianum, Roi des Noirs, black 15 



" " Lucifer, very dark scarlet 15 



" " mixed 10 



" tall mixed, the common tall varieties 5 



NASTURTIUM DWARF— (Tropteoluin Minor). 



A bed of Dwarf Nasturtiums in the yard is very brilliant 

 and attractive and blooms all the season. Hardy annual; 

 one foot high. 

 Nasturtium, Dwarf, Crystal Palace Gem, sulphur, 



spotted maroon 5 



" Dwarf, scarlet 5 



" " King Theodore, very dark 5 



" " Beauty, orange and vermilion 5 



" " yellow 5 



" " Pearl, white 5 



" " Rose 5 



" " King of Tom Thumbs 5 



" " Golden King of Tom Thumbs, brilliant 



gold color 5 



Nasturtium, Dwarf. 



Nasturtium, Dwarf, Spotted King, yellow, spotted 



chocolate 5 



" Dwarf, Empress of India, a very dwarf plant with 

 dark tinted foliage. Producing flowers of the most 

 brilliant crimson color in great abundance 5 



" DAvarf, mixed 5 



NEMOPHILA — (See Love Grove.) 



NIEREMBERGIA. 



Charming little plants, well adapted for edgings, baskets, 

 etc. One-half hardy annual. 

 Nierembergia gracilis, a fine bedding plant; white with 



purple eye; slender and graceful. One foot 10' 



NIGELLA.— (See Love-in-a-Mist.) 



NOLANA. 



Beautiful, trailing plants, with prostrate stems, much 

 branched; almost equal to the portulaca for growing in 

 masses, and unsurpassed for rock work, pots, baskets or 

 vases, as the branches hang pendulous over the edge of vase 

 or basket. The blossoms are convolvulus shaped, brilliant, 

 freely produced, and of various colors. Hardy, trailing 

 annual ; six inches high. 

 Nolana, mixed 5 



NYCTERINIA. 



Charming little plants well adapted for rockeries and bas- 

 kets. The flowers are borne on large heads, are of various 



