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almost blue, and its racemes of drooping flowers are 
of varied shades of colour from pink to lavender 
and almost sky blue. There are several other 
good Mertensias, some tall enough for the general 
border, others dwarf and adapted for shady nooks 
in the rockery. 
Michauxia. — It is often amusing to watch the 
expression on the face of some non-gardening friend 
when he is told that the plant he is admiring is 
Michauxia Tchihatcheffi, but however mysterious 
and unpronounceable he may consider the name, he 
is sure to be enraptured with the plant, provided 
it is well grown and full of bloom. Growing to a 
height of five or six feet, the branching stems are 
well covered with white flowers of somewhat Lily- 
like character. The foliage is large, grey-green in 
colour, giving the plant a strikingly handsome 
appearance. M. campanuloides is another equally 
fine plant with a purple shading on its white flowers. 
Raise from seed, and plant out in a fairly light, rich 
soil. Stake neatly and give plenty of water when 
flower stems rise. 
Mimulus. — There are many gorgeously beautiful 
Mimulus which, given a position where moisture is 
abundant in Summer, but drainage good in Winter, 
will thrive and prove perfectly hardy. M. luteus, 
the common yellow species, is a capital plant for 
the margins of pools or streams. M. cardinalis with 
bright red flowers, and the large-flowered, gaudily- 
spotted and blotched hybrids of M. maculosis will 
