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the chief curiosity, is egg and pear shaped, and covered 
with warty excresences, and when ripe, bursts suddenly 
open, scattering its seed, and showing a brilliant car¬ 
mine interior. Fine for trellises, fences, stumps, &c. 
Momordica, balsamina (Balsam Apple),. 5 
“ charantia (Balsam Pear),. = 
MORNING GLORY—(Convolvulus 
Major). 
Morning Glory 
from white to dark blue, red, and striped, 
nual; ten feet high. 
Convolvulus Major 
Handsome, 
showy climber of 
easy culture, and 
suitable for cov¬ 
ering arbors,win¬ 
dows, trellises.old 
stumps, &c. It is 
so perfectly har¬ 
dy as to grow in 
almost any soil. 
Without care, will 
soon cover any 
unsightly place if 
support be given 
for the vines. 
The flowers are 
most brilliant in 
the morning, and 
run through 
many shades, 
Hardy an- 
striped. 5 
“ blue. 5 
44 crimson. . 5 
44 white.5 
44 purple. 5 
44 mixed. 5 
(See also\Convolvulus.') 
MONKEY FEOWER-(Sce Mimulus). 
MOURNING BRIDE—(Scabious.) 
Handsome flow¬ 
ers in hemispheri¬ 
cal heads on long 
stems; of exceed¬ 
ing sweetness, and 
sometimes called 
Sweet Scabious. 
The colors arc 
deep and light pur¬ 
ple, scarlet, white, 
and dark mulberry 
red; some of the 
dark shades are 
tipped with white. 
With proper pro¬ 
tection of the roots 
they will bloom 
two or three years. 
Very useful for 
Mourning Bride. bouquets, as their 
long stems work easily, and their striking colors, as well 
as fragrance, are desirable. Plant in hot-bed, and trans¬ 
plant one and a half feet apart. Tender perennial ; one 
to two feet high. 
Scabiosa, atropurpurea, deep purple. 5 
4 candidissima, pure white. 5 
4 * mixed. 5 
M VOS OTIS— (See Forget-Me-Not). 
MUSK 1*1^A 1ST— (See Mimulus) 
NASTURTIUM, TAEL. 
(Tropiuoluin Lohbiaiiunii, 
The Lobbianum differs materially from the common 
running Nasturtium,and is admirably adapted for green¬ 
house or conservatory decoration in winter. It is a very 
, rapid grower and strikes freely from cuttings, but seeds 
I sparingly. The colors are very brilliant, and of many 
shades, from scarlet to black. Fine for covering arbors, 
trellis, and rustic work. Hardy annual ; ten to twenty 
feet high. 
I Tropaeolum Lobbianum, Coleur de Bismarck, 
brown.. . 15 
44 Lobbianum, Geant des Batailles, carmine.. 15 
44 44 Roi des Noirs, black.15 
Von Moltke, bright, bluish rose. 15 
Lucifer, splendid, very dark 
scarlet.15 
44 Lobbianum, mixed.10 
44 tall mixed, the common tall varieties. 5 
NASTURTIUM, DWARF. 
(Tropaeolum Minor). 
A bed of Dwarf 
Nasturtiums in 
the yard is very 
brilliant and at- 
tractive, and 
they bloom all 
the season. The 
flowers are more 
brilliant if the 
soil be not over 
rich. Give each 
plant a foot of 
room. Hardy 
annual; one foot 
high. 
N a s t urtium, 
dwarf,Crys- 
t a 1 Palace 
Gem, sul¬ 
phur, spotted 
maroon.... 5 
Nasturtium, dwarf, 
Nasturtium, Dwarf. 
scarlet. 5 
King Theodore, very dark.. 5 
Beauty,orange and vermilion. 5 
yellow. s 
Pearl, white. 5 
rose . 5 
Ring of Tom Thumbs. 5 
Golden King of Tom 
Thumbs, brilliant gold 
color . .. 5 
Spotted King, yellow,spotted 
chocolate. 5 
mixed. .. .. 5 
NEMOPHILA — (See Love Grove). 
XIEREM BERG I A. 
Charming little plants, well adapted for edgings, bas- 
! kets, &c. The seed should be sown in green-house, or 
j in pans in the house, and set out in open ground, after 
j danger of frost is over. 
Nierembergia, gracilis, a fine bedding plant; white 
with purple eye ; slender and graceful. 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 
i of vase or basket. The blossoms are convolvulus shaped, 
