
Lythrum ne The Beacon (See page 54) 
MITELLA - Bishop’s Cap 
Low-growing, slender perennials with racemes of small white flowers. 
Tiere are four species, Diphylla, offered, is bect. 
Culture. Loves a woods soil and a shady place in the rockery or open 
woods. Plant in fall or spring, 2 to 4 inches apart, in groups of twelve 
or more. 
Diphylla Three $0.95, Doz. $3.00, 100 $18.00 
A gem for the shady position. Feathery spikes of creamy white flowers. 
12 to 18 inches, in May and June. 

MONARDA- Bee-balm; Bergamot 
The flowers are borne in close heads or whorls on stems about 2 to 3 
feet high, surrounded by colored bracts, and the leaves are more or less 
fragrant. Attractive plants for the semi-shady or sunny border, the 
wild garden, or for the city gardens. 
Culture. Grow in ordinary soil in sunny borders or in light shade. 
All may be naturalized in the wild garden. Plant in bold groups in 
autumn or spring, 10 inches apart. Divide and replant every third year. 
Didyma alba Three $1.40, Doz. $4.00, 100 $25.00 
The white Monarda is similar in habit of growth to Cambridge Scarlet. 
Excellent in light shade or full sun. 
Didyma, Cambridge Scarlet Three $0.95, Doz. $3.00, 100 $18.00 
Brilliant crimson-scarlet flowers are produced freely from June until 
August. A good plant for wild garden as well as border or garden in 
the city where other flowers don’t grow well. 
Didyma, Salmon Queen Three $1.40, Doz. $4.00, 100 $25.00 
Most attractive salmon-pink flowers of fine clear color; foliage is de- 
lightfully fragrant, and can be smelled about the garden. 
Didyma, Perry’s Variety Three $1.40, Doz. $4.00, 100 $25.00 
Deep amaranth-red flowers of great brilliancy; really fine plant for the 
border. 
MONTBRETIA (See page 152). 
MYOSOTIS - Forget-me-not 
Their dainty blue or pink flowers are produced freely and are always 
pleasing to the eye, whether massed in beds or on the margins of borders 
or ponds. 
Culture. Most at home in damp positions, as the margins of water, but 
will thrive in moist, shady borders. Plant in autumn or spring about 6 
inches apart. 
Three $0.95, Doz. $3.00, 100 $18.00 
*Palustris semperflorens 
Large, rich blue flowers with yellow eye; a charming plant for damp 
places and a more profuse bloomer than the alpestris, which also is in- 
clined to be biennial in habit. 
NEPETA - Ground Ivy; Catmint 
Really only 3 varieties are worthy of culture, and are suited for massing 
in the garden. The foliage is aromatic and silvery gray, the small flow- 
ers are lavender-blue. 
Culture. Ordinary soil, well-drained, and a sunny position will suit the 
Nepetas. Plant in autumn or spring, 8 inches apart. Best in masses. 
*Mussini Three $1.10, Doz. $3.30, 100 $20.00 
Of dwarf, compact habit, producing masses of bloom of a beautiful 
shade of lavender all spring and intermittently during the summer. 
Six Hills Giant Three $1.50, doz. $4.50, 100 $30.00 
Six Hills Giant has a larger and finer flower than is produced by Mus- 
sini. Its habit of growth is neat and altogether an improvement over 
the old variety Mussini. The flowers are excellent for picking and make 
a fine show in the border. It is exceptionally well adapted as an edging 
plant to walks in a dry, sunny place. 
Souvenir de Andre Chaudron Three $1.40, Doz. $4.00, 100 $25.00 
This is a very fine grayed-leaved plant of upright growth. The flowers 
are pale blue and produced throughout the entire summer. Do not 
confuse this variety with Nepeta Mussini, the prostrate variety used in 
rock gardens. Souvenir de Andre Chaudron is a splendid plant for the 
border and it does exceedingly well in hot, dry places. It is not only 
a satisfactory new border plant, but an exceptionally good item for 
cutting. 
Mazus Reptans (See page 55) 




