MALVASTRUM—See Sphaeralcea. 
♦MARIGOLD SWISS BEAUTY—ecbx(3-4)30. An excellent 
selection of the tall French Marigold. It runs strongly to 
rich velvet brown, striped with golden orange, but there 
are other pleasing color applications. As spectacular as a 
Marigold may well be. Pkt. 10c. 
21 MARRUBIUM VULGARE—Herb hoarhound. Pkt. 10c. 
♦MAURANDIA ERUBESCENS—erk(w) (8)6. Delightfully 
dainty rock garden trailer, treated there as annual; or 
pot-plant for culture under glass, where it behaves as a 
perennial. Graceful foliage. Big rose-colored flowers that 
remind one a bit of snapdragon. Pkt. 15c. 
♦MAZUS RUGOSUS—ernx(2-3)4. Pretty annual miniature 
for pavements, rock crevices and the like, where it will 
self-sow. Flowers of lilac lavender. Pkt. 20c. 
21 MEDEOLA VIRGINICA — qjsty(2)25. Purple berries. 
Cucumber-flavored roots nibbled as relish. Pkt. 15c. 
22 MEDICAGO ARBOREA—bkt(3-4)75. Flowers of bright 
golden orange in loose axillary cluster. Ornamental. Pkt. 
15c. 
21 MELANDRIUM 
Enduring perennials of rich and varied values, brilliance 
for rock gardens and borders. The cream of Silene. 
21 MELANDRIUM DIOICUM—*erbx(8)20. A vast pro¬ 
fusion, a long-time mantling of bright blossoming. The 
flowers are an alluring silvery rose. In full bloom by late 
April, and then two months of color. Though after that 
the pace lessens, the plants are not free of flower until 
late autumn. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 25c; oz. 40c. (Plants, 
each 25c; 3 fo^ 65c; 10 for $1.90.) 
21 MELANDRIUM CALIFORNICA — *rstkt(3-4)10. Huge 
ragged flowers of quite startling velvet scarlet through 
late summer. A splendid species. Pkt. 15c. 
21 MELANDRIUM HOOKERI—*rkt(2-4)5. Lax leaves of 
a downy grayness. Then flowers, rather huge for the 
plant, in an almost unbelievable pink purity. This is super- 
ti*C3.sm*G Pkt/ 20c 
21 MELANDRIUM PENNSYLVANICA—erkt(2)8. In June 
it fairly explodes into bloom, so profuse the flowering that 
the plants become great cushions of pure pink blossoms. 
It is a charming species, altogether to be desired. Pkt. 
15c; A oz. 40c. (Plants, each 30c; 3 for 85c.) 
21 MELANDRIUM REGIA—ebkt(3)48. Panicles of glow¬ 
ing scarlet flowers. It’s a royal beauty, and thus is the 
nomenclature fulfilled. Pkt. 15c. 
21 MELANDRIUM VIRGINICA—See page 5. Pkt. 20c. 
OFFER 91A9—One pkt. each of above for 90c. 
21 FOUR FINE MELANDRIUMS—-Ingrami 25c; Lacinia- 
tum 20c; Rubrum 15c; Wherryi 20c. 
21 MELANDRIUM BLEND—Above in mixture. Pkt. 15c. 
45 MESAMBRYANTHEMUM 
Here are Mesambryanthemums that will add interest and 
beauty to any collection of flowering succulents. As vari¬ 
able and as beautiful as the Cacti, with same thick succu¬ 
lence of stem or leaf, but without the spines. Foliage may 
be thick triangular, deltoid, cylindrical, or tongue-shaped; 
glossy, or sprinkled with sparkling points. A few may 
simulate stones, or the effect may be of thick, undulate 
leaves, gleaming with crystals. All have showy flowers, 
yellow, orange, scarlet, crimson or rose. We offer here a 
blend of very many kinds. Pkt. 20c. 
45 MESAMBRYANTHEMUMS — Succulents with showy 
flowers. Aureum, orange ; Lacerum, pink ; Spectabile, rose ; 
Zeyheri, purple. Any one at 8 seeds for 25c or the four, 
together with a pkt. of the Mixed, order as OFFER 92A9, 
for $1.00. 
35 MELASPHAERULEA GRAMINEA—w(7)8. Pretty pur¬ 
ple-striped white flowers. A half-trailer, Pkt. 15c. 
72 MELIA AZEDERACH—qkt. China Berry or Pride of 
India. Densely foliaged umbrella-trees ; lilac flowers, trans¬ 
lucent yellow berries. Safe as a tree to about Philadelphia. 
Above, used for quick handsome screen, being root-hardy 
north, and growing to ten feet in a summer. Pkt, 10c; 
1 oz. 50c. 
21 MENYANTHES TRIFOLIATA — nmtyt(3)20. Pretty 
creamy fringed stars. Bog garden or shallow water. Pkt. 
15c. 
21 MERTENSIA PULCHELLA — rmstkt(l-2)9. Crinkly 
blossoms of delicate opaline blue, over silver-glaucous fo- 
liage. It is a gem of purest ray, though it credits to 
western mountains rather than to unfathomed caves of 
ocean. There is no lovelier flower. Pkt. 25c, 
21 MERTENSIA VIRGINICA — rbmstkt(2)24. Virginia 
Bluebell. Changeable silken colorings, pink in bud, but 
sapphire and violet as flowers age. It is a beauty, and 
a bit easier to handle than the last. Illustrated, page 16. 
Pkt. 15c; A oz. 35c. (Dormant tuberous roots, fall de¬ 
livery only, 2 for 35c; 5 for 75c; 10 for $1.35.) 
51 MESPILUS GERMANICA—jqy. Medlar Apple. Pictur¬ 
esque rugged tree-shrubs, with pink-flushed flowers, and 
well-flavored fruits that must be stored to ripen. Hardy, 
but decidely slow germinating. Pkt. 15c. 
21 MICHAUXIA CAMPANULOIDES—eblkt(3)60. Magnif¬ 
icent plants, rather easy from seed, though not long-lived. 
Big leaves in a lax rosette, from which springs a great 
branching campanile, hung with bells of pink-tinted snow¬ 
iness, like lovely white Martagon Lilies blushing for some 
indiscretion. Pkt. 20c. 
72 MICHELIA COMPRESSA—y 40 ft. Called Yellow Mag¬ 
nolia, and it is indeed close to true Magnolia. Yellow 
flower-cups, inch-wide, fragrant. Handsome foliage. From 
northern Japan, so should be hardy. Pkt. 15c. 
61 MIKANIA SCANDENS—kt(3-4)75. Climbing Eupator- 
ium. Hardy vine with fluffy flower sprays of silvery gray, 
sometimes with hint of rose. Pkt. 10c. 
33 MILLA BIFLORA—See page 4. Pkt. 20c. 
52 MILLETIA RETICULATA —y 6 ft. Showy purple 
Wistaria-flowers in upright panicles. It’s half a shrub, 
half a vine, and altogether a rarity. Large seeds that 
take many months to germinate. 6 seeds for 15c. 
21 MIMOSA ILLOENSIS (Desmanthus)—*ebdkt(3)36. A 
graceful, decorative and highly interesting hardy perennial. 
Feathery foliage of softest green. The flowers are creamy 
cluster-puffs, pretty, but not by any means as showy as 
the curved and close-packed seed-clusters that follow them. 
These simulate in amazing closeness an opening rose, a 
rose with petals of rich and burnished bronze. The bronze 
roses hold their beauty until early winter. Pkt. 15c. 
'BRILLIANT MIMULUS 
For easy color and long beauty, use Mimulus freely. One 
may think of it as an annual, for it flowers with surpris¬ 
ing quickness the season that the seed is sown. It is though, 
quite truly perennial in graduated degrees of hardiness, 
most of the species winter-safe at Philadelphia, Cardinalis 
carrying through well above, and Ringens a good enduring 
perennial even in prairie Canada. All of them will fit 
the hardy border, all save perhaps Ringens, will do likewise 
for the rock garden; or one may simply grow them as 
annuals, with other annual flowers. The blend we offer 
here will show flowers that range from soft yellow and 
lemon, to glossy golden hues, and there will be pink, rose, 
copper reds and pure reds, with crimson and yellow-throated 
royal purple. “X” culture. Pkt. 15c. 
MIMULUS SPECIES—Bartonianus Hybrids 20c; Cardinalis 
15c; Dwarf Violet-scented Yellow 20c; Langsdorffi 15c; 
Lewis! 15c; Luteus 15c; Ringens 10c. 
FOR KEY LETTER EXPLANATIONS see first page 
of catalog. The key letters and numerals after, or 
before, each varietal name are intended to indicate 
classification, needs, uses, blooming season and 
height, s 
♦MIRABILIS VISCOSA —ebx(8)36. Ten-o’clock Flower. 
Daybreak finds the plants filled with flowers, not large, 
but with coloring brilliant to excess of rose purple in¬ 
tensity. Along with the true flowers are innumerable open 
calyces of brown-buff, crinkly and silken, bloom-simulates 
so true in appearance that effect is of plants loaded with 
two kinds of flowers at one time. Recommended. Pkt. 20c. 
MISTLETOE—Grows into great clusters of evergreen leaves 
and twigs, living on the involuntary bounty of the Oak, 
Birch, Apple or other trees on whose branches it grows. 
To start, simply soak the dried berries, and smear on bark 
of host plant. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 50c. 
21 MITCHELLA REPENS — rsatnmy3. Emerald-leafed 
trailer for rich shade, with pretty cherry-scented blossoms; 
then berries of brilliant ruby. Pkt. 15c. 
♦MOLUCELLA LAEVIS—€bx(8)30 — The blossom-calyces, 
shell-formed, translucent and reticulate, are carried in close 
verticillate whorls, piled high to form long “hyacinth” 
spikes of delicate pearly greenness, sun through sea-water. 
A conchological-floral oddity, altogether unique, and decid¬ 
edly attractive. Pkt. 16c. 
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