18 FLOWERS FOR AMERICAN GARDENS 



MEXICAN FIRE PLANT 



or Summer Cypress. {Kochia Tricophylla.) 

 A popular annual, sometimes known as Belvidere, Mock Cypress,, 

 etc. It is easily grown from seed, forming oval bushes 2 to 2 K 

 feet high, densely clothed with small, feathery light-green foliage, 

 deepening in color until the whole plant assumes a fiery crimson hue. 

 Placed at intervals in beds of white Sweet Alyssum, or among "Dusty 

 Millers," the effect is very fine. 



Sow in shallow boxes of light soil in the greenhouse, hotbed or 

 light window, in a temperature of from 60 to 70 deg., covering the 

 seeds to a depth of only four times their size, press down with a 

 board firmly, water with a fine spray, and do not allow the seedlings 

 to dry out. Transplant 1 inch apart into similar boxes or 2-inch 

 pots, when the seedlings have formed 2 or 3 leaves. Plant outin the 

 garden after danger from frost; the seed can also be sown in the 

 open ground after danger is over from frost. 



MIGNONETTE. 



An easily grown annual, esteemed for the fragrance of its spikes 

 of flowers. It produces the finest and largest spikes of bloom during 

 the cool, moist weather of the spring and fall months and can be 

 grown easily in a cool room in winter if seed is sown in pots early in 

 the fall. The flowers are richer in fragrance when grown in light, 

 sandy soils, but the plants do not grow so vigorously nor are the 

 spikes of bloom so large as in rich, heav3'' soils. If it is desired to 

 transplant the young seedlings, it should be done when they are 

 quite small, the weather cool and cloudy, and soil quite moist. 



MIMULUS. 



Dwarf, bushy plants; 1 foot high, with large Gloxinia-like flowers 

 Spotted and mottled. Also M. Moschatus (Musk Plant) K foot; 

 fragrant foliage; yellow flowers. 



Culture same as Mexican Fire Plant on this page. 



MORNING GLORY. 



The robust vines attain a height of from 15 to 50 feet according to 

 variety. The foliage is luxuriant, distinct and varied, mostly green, 

 but many leaves are mottled light and dark green,' white and gray. 

 The varieties are "Baby Blue," "Brazilian," 'Japanese," and 

 "Double Flowering." Culture same as preceding. 



MYOSOTIS orForget-Me-Nots. 



Popular perennials, flowering the first season from* early spring- 

 sown seed, or they may be sown in summer or early fall; and if 

 bedded out and given protection like pansies they will winter over 

 and commence flowering in early spring; particularly effective as 

 an undergrowth for bulb beds. 



For early flowering sow in the fall in a bed of fine, well pulverized 

 soil, cover the seeds not deeper than four times their size, and press 

 down firmly with a board. Transplant when 2 or 3 leaves have 

 developed, about two inches apart, into a coldframe; cover with 

 mats during very cold weather. Sow also in the spring in shallow 

 boxes, in a temperature of about 60 deg., and transplant 1 inch 

 apart into similar boxes when 2 or 3 leaves have developed; plant 

 out as soon as the frost is out of the ground. They succeed best in 

 a moist, loamy soil, partially protected from the hot sun. 



THE NEW GIANT WHITE MOONFLOWER. 



The vine will attain a height of from 60 to 75 feet during the sum- 

 mer season, and wUl be studded from July until frost with immense 

 saucer-shaped flowers from 7 to 8 inches across and as glistening 

 white as disks of white satin. The effect, particularly on moonlit 

 nights, is entrancingly beautiful. 



Culture same as Marigold on page 17. 



