CATALOGUE OF FLOWER SEEDS. 
109 
NAME. 
Hard. 
and 
Dur. 
H’g’t 
Feet. 
Color 
of 
Flower. 
Price 
per 
Or. Pkt. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Marguerite, see Chrysanthemum frutes- 
cens 
Marvel of Peru, see Mirabilis 
Mathiola bicomis (Evening Scented Stock) 
Matricaria (Double Feverfew) 
capensis. 
hhA 
hA 
« 
% 
white 
•25 
5 
5 
( The flowers are closed during the day. 
1 Sweet scented at night. 
exima (Golden Ball). 
'y. 
n 
yel. 
white 
tt 
• 4 U 
Continuous bloomers. Fine for bedding 
snowball. 
« 
> or pot culture. Golden ball is espe- 
grandiflora. 
tt 
1 
trai. 
1/ 
•/b 
b 
daily fine. 
Maurandya, see Climbers 
Mesembryanthemum crystallinum (Ice 
Plant). 
hhA 
u 
•O 
D 
5 
5 
Like a warm, sunny situation. They 
are all effective in beds, rockwork, 
baskets or vases. M crystallinum has 
peculiar glistening foliage. 
( The leaves of this plant close up if 
tricolor (Dew Plant). 
(< 
rose 
white 
mix’d 
pink 
mix’d 
—alba. 
tf 
/4 
it 
mixed. 
n 
Mignonette (Reseda odorata), see page 94 
Mimosa pudica (Sensitive Plant). 
*• 
.CO 
b 
5 
to 
Mimulus (Monkey Flower) 
cardinal is. 
thP 
/s 
iy, 
n 
2,00 
( touched or shaken. 
cupreus duplex (Hose in Hose). 
n 
spot. 
mix’d 
2.50 
10 
A genus of handsome, profuse flowering 
—hybridus. 
u 
n 
plants, with singularly shaped and 
moschatus compacta (Musk). 
n 
1/ 
yel. 
spot. 
mix’d 
2.00 
10 
10 
5 
5 
5 
5 
2 c 
brilliant colored flowers. 1 he seed 
tigrinus grandiflora. 
thhP 
/* 
I 
7 OO 
should be sown early indoors. 
Mirabilis (Marvel of Peru, or Four o’Clock) 
hybrid. 
n 
2 
• l S 
.1 c 
Seed should be sown early indoors, and 
the plants set out when the weather is 
► settled. If desired the roots may be 
kept over winter in the same way as 
J dahlias. 
( Of very curious form, easily grown and 
( worthy of attention. 
Showy plant with red salvia-like flowers. 
( Acanthus-like in growth, flowers like the 
longiflora alba. 
u 
tt 
white 
variegated leaved. 
u 
u 
mix’d 
.1 C 
collection, 8 varieties.30c. 
Molucella laevis (Shell Flower). 
Moon Flower, see (Ipomaea) Climbers 
Momordlca, see Climbers 
Monarda Didyma (Bee Balm). 
n 
hA 
hP 
u 
1 
2 
w. & p. 
red 
•* j 
•75 
Monk’s Hood, see Aconitum 
Mnrina elegans. 
u 
3 
1 
crim. 
‘j 
10 
5 
10 
Morning Glory, see Climbers 
Morning Glory, dwarf, see Convolvulus 
Mourning Bride, see Scabiosa 
Musk, see Mimulus moschatus 
Myosotis (Forget-Me-Not) 
alpestris, mixed. 
thP 
mix’d 
•75 
1.00 
l verbena. 
- 
Charming little plants, very popular, pro 
alba. 
<« 
u 
white 
ccerulea. 
u 
y 
blue 
1.00 
10 
ducing their beautiful star-like flowers 
in great profusion; invaluable for 
n 
(i 
rose 
•75 
5 
10 
— stricta alba. 
n 
n 
white 
rose 
spring garden decoration. 
stricta rosea. 
u 
1 
10 
The stricta is an entirely new class of 
— —coelestina. 
n 
u 
blue 
10 
y pillar-like form and very attractive. 
They with the Victoria are the best 
sorts for pot culture. M. palustris 
Tom Thumb is a miniature marsh For¬ 
get-me-not that flowers from May until 
— victoria. 
u 
u 
tt 
1.00 
10 
Azorica. 
n 
n 
d. blue 
2.00 
5.00 
2.50 
2.50 
10 
—alba. 
u 
a 
white 
10 
palustris. 
n 
Vo 
b. & w. 
10 
— semperflorens alba. 
u 
/ 9 
n 
white 
10 
frost. 
—Tom Thumb. 
u 
y. 
blue 
10 
Myrsiphyllum, see Seeds for Greenhouse 
Nasturtium, see Tropaeolum nanum 
Nasturtium, tall, see Climbers 
Nelumbium luteum (American Lotus).... 
speciostim (F.gyptian Lotus). 
hP 
u 
yel. 
pink 
20 
20 
| See Nymphsea for cultural directions. 
hA 
iy, 
var. 
10 
j Sow the seed in light soil in March or 
Nemophila , mixed..... 
n 
mix’d 
.20 
5 
5 
5 
5 
10 
\ April; requires gentle bottom heat. 
Beautiful and of easy culture. 
Nertera depressa, see Seeds for Green¬ 
house 
Nicotiana affinis... 
hhA 
2 
white 
.40 
alata. 
« 
O 
n 
pink 
crim. 
Species of Tobacco. The three sorts 
first named have deliciously fragrant 
j flowers. Colossea is a handsome orna- 
atropurpurea grandiflora. 
n 
4 
.40 
colossea. 
u 
6 
sanderae. 
hA 
2 
tt 
10 
mental green foliage plant. 
sanderae hybrids collection, 8 var. 35c 
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