12 UsE Sts OgN GARDENS 

LYCHNIS montana, Miniature Jack-o-lantern. Flower and seed pod 
attractively zebra-striped. Alpine, easy to grow. 
MALVASTRUM (Sphaeralcea) coccineum, Cowboy’s Delight. Flowers of 
brilliant orange-red silky sheen, well set off by incised gray felt 
foliage. Sunny, dry banks; 6 inches. Sow in permanent place. 
MELAMPODIUM ecinereum, Colorado Rock Daisy. Clear white helianthe- 
mum-like flowers. Small neat plants with aspirations toward 
shrubbiness. A really valuable find for the sunny rock garden; 
continuous bloom. ‘They have been in bloom for two months or 
more from seeds which were sown in late March.” 6 inches. (p. 17.) 
MARIPOSA LILY, see Calochortus. 
MENTZELIA, Evening Star. Dry sunny banks. 
multiflora. Bright yellow pointed petals, decorative stamens. 
nuda. Creamy white; also well branched white stems. Both species 
open late afternoon. 1 to 2 ft. 
MERTENSIA, Chiming Bells. Moist shade. 
bakeri. Brilliant sky-blue flowers in clusters on six-inch erect stems ; 
alpine. 
ciliata, Languid Lady. Tall, graceful gray-green foliage remains 
attractive after light blue flowers have fallen. 1 to 2 ft. 
coriacea (alpina). Pikes Peak Forget-me-not. Bluest blue, intriguing- 
ly neat. A glorious splash of Colorado sky in the rock garden. 
4 inches. 
lanceolata. A small, narrow-leaved M. ciliata from open hillsides; 
early, but shyly hangs its head. 10 inches. 
MIMULUS, Monkey Flower. 
langsdorfii. Two-lipped yellow flowers freakishly spotted with dark 
red; bright green foliage. 1 ft. At home along stream banks. 
Plants only; seed sometimes available. 
MIRABILIS, Wild Four-o’clock. 
multiflora. Magenta flowers, well-clothed stems, widely branched. 
2 ft. Not so mirabilis. 
MONARDA, Horsemint, 
fistulaso (menthaefolia). Lavender-purple, fragrant; good for natural- 
izing; 1% ft. Plants only. 
MONESES uniflora, Star Flowered Pyrola. A pert white star tipped on 
edge. Demands dense shade and is happy only on a rotted log. 
4 inches. Plants only. 
NYMPHAEA polysephala, Water Lily. Clear lemon yellow flowers, 2 to 
3 inches broad; on alpine lakes. Plants only, $1.00 each. 
OENOTHERA caespitosa (Pachylophus), Fragrant Primrose. Large, 
silky white flowers changing to pink, good clean foliage. The 
flattest of the family; an excellent covering for sunny, gravel slopes. 
OREOXIS (Cymopteris). 
alpina, Alpine Parsley. Cymes of buttery yellow and burnt orange 
flowers, dwarf. 
OXYRIA digyna, Alpine Sorrel. Ruddy racemes, of sepals and seed 
pods, rising from small round leaves. A good little plant for 
moist shade. 
PARNASSIA, Grass of Parnassus. Moist meadows. 
parviflora. Small starry white flowers on slender stems, basal round- 
ish leaves. 6 inches. Seed only. 
PEDICULARIS groenlandica (Elephantella). Staffs adorned with tiny 
reddish pure elephant heads; fern-like foliage. Bog plants, hard 
to establish. 
Pentstemons demand a dry, gravelly sunny place. 
