* MATRICARIA (FEVERFEW—ceirbk(8)10. Valued for edg- 
ings, pot plants, or for cutting. Intensely double little flowers. 
Profuse in long bloom. GOLDEN BALL—Rich yellow. Pkt. 
10c. LEMON BALL—Soft lemon. Pkt. 10c. SNOWBALL— 
Purest white. Pkt. 15c; Ye oz. 35e. MULTIFLORA—A bit 
taller, the individual double flowers rather smaller, but 
carried in many-flowered clusters. Rich yellow. Pkt. 15c. 
GRANDIFLORA—18 inches. Many, fluffy, golden balls. Pkt. 
ibe. OFFER 125A7—One pkt. each of the five for 60c. 
*MATTHIOLA BICORNIS—eox(3)15. Night-scented Stock. 
Loose spikes of little purple flowers that are Gelightfully fra- 
grant in evening, early morning, or after shower. Pkt. 10c. 
1 MAZUS REPTANS—Pretty little perennial mat-former 
from the Himalayas, the whole plant not over 2 inches of 
height. Over the mat are carried the fairly large, “Lobelia’”’ 
flowers of blue-purple, the lip marked with vellow and white. 
Rock garden. Plants, each 45c. 
1 MERTENSIA VIRGINICA—stkt- 
(2)24. The lovely Virginia Bluebell 
in changeable opaline colorings, 
pink in bud, but lucent blue-sap- 
phire when the arching blossom 
sprays are open. Illustrated oppo- 
site. Pkt. 20c; Wg oz. 30c. Also 
variety SNOWBELL, flowers pure 4 \ \ Py ys 
white, or with faint azure sufftusion. 4 ong 
Pkt. 30c. We y 
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MERTEN SLA VIRGINICA 
1 MECONOPSIS (Blue Poppy) 
Meconopsis is not always blue, but always it is beautiful. 
Not particularly easy to grow, needing cool soil and moist 
air. “kt?? culture. BETONICIFOLIA BAILEYI—Great Blue 
Poppy. Loosely clustered big flowers of sky blue, with 
bunched golden anthers. It may reach five feet. Pkt. 20c; 3 
pkts. for 50c. SUPERBA—Great white flowers, to 54% inch 
diameters. Shade-loving species from Tibet. Pkt. 30c. REGIA 
—Decorative foliage rosettes. Bright yellow flowers on 2-foot 
stems. Himalayas. Pkt. 25c. WALLICHI (Napaulensis)— 
Satin Poppy. Delightful blossoms of soft dawn-blue over 
portly rosettes of tawny featherings. 40 inches, Pkt. 20c. 
WALLICHI WHITE—Like last but with petals of snowy 
white silken sheen. Pkt. 20c. CAMBRICA—20 inches. The 
Welsh Poppy, perhaps easiest Meconopsis species in the 
garden. Flowers range from pale yellow to deep orange. Pkt. 
20c. SIMPLICIFOLIA—25 inches. Nodding flowers in range 
of shades and tones from blue to purple. Pkt. 20c. DHOWJI 
—Shade-loving species from Nepal with many bright yellow 
flowers carried on axillary branches. Good. Pkt. 20c. OFFER 
127A7—One pkt. each of the above for $1.50. 
1 JEWEL-MINT of CORSICA 
It is MENTHA REQUIEMI, the equisite. miniature Mint 
of Corsica. A filmy emerald laciness of tiny, overlapping 
leaves, with violet flowers of fairy size. True Mint aromatic 
pungence. Rock garden or terrarium. Plants enly, each 50c. 
None so poor that he may not be rich in the only 
wealth that grows sweeter and dearer as years pile higher, 
the safely memoried wealth of friendly place and person, 
of piquant experience and a thousand savorable little 
adventurings. 

2 MESEMBRYANTHEMUM—w. As varied as are the Cacti, 
thick succulence and form oddities, but here never a spine. 
Foliage may be deltoid, pencil-like or tongue-shaped. Flowers 
‘usually bright and showy. Fine mixture, seeds per pkt. 25c. 
ELEGANS—Pretty, graceful pot plant with slender and suc- 
eulent triangular leaves and altogether attractive fluffy pink 
flowers. Plants, each 45c. LEHMANNI—A profusion of 
bright, golden flowers over odd, succulent, boat-shaped leaves. 
Nice house plant. Plants, each 40c. 
* MIGNONETTE—ecobx (2-3)12. Desired Yor its fragrance. 
Big fluffy flower, spikes, red, golden, coppery and white in 
mixture, long-blooming forms suitable for either garden or 
pot culture. Sow in position. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 25c. 
*MIMOSA PUDICA—k. Sensitive plant. Pretty, fluffy, 
mauve-pink flowers. Pinnate foliage that folds tightly when 
touched. Garden or pot plant. Pkt. 15c; Ye oz. 25¢. 
2 MONOCHAETUM VULCANICUM—w. Easy, large pot 
plant, a free, long bloomer. Blossoms pure pink to rose. 
Pkt. 30c. 

* MIRABILIS or WONDER-FLOWER—Annuals of much 
showiness and easy growing. UNIFLORA—30 inches. Bright 
rose flowers in trumpet-in-trumpet form, each long-tubed 
blossom. rising from a much ruffled second ‘“‘flower’’ of the 
same vivid rose. Pkt. 15c. VISCOSA—Ten-o’Clock Flower. 
36 inches. Graceful sprays of blossoms in vivid rose-purple, 
over attractive foliage. Along with the true flowers are in- 
numerable blossom-simulates in crinkly, silky buff-tan. Pkt. 
20e. JALAPA—24 inches. Four o’Clock or Marvel of Peru. 
An oldtime favorite. Flowers in white, yellow, rose, red, pink, 
lilac or sometimes tri-colored. Pkt. 10c; 14 oz. 25c. 
* MONARDELLA LANCEOLATA—erbx(3)16. A pretty an- 
nual flower of easy handling. The branching plants are set 
with purple flower-heads in Monarda effect. Pleasing aromatic 
fragrance. Pkt. 15¢c; 3 pkts. for 40c. 
2 MONSONIA SPECIOSA —w. A handsome Pelargonium 
cousin, with showy white or soft pink flowers, always veined 
with deeper pink. Fairly large leaves with bipinnatifid lobes. 
5 seeds for 25c. 
1 MORONGIA UNCINAT A—“*erkt(3-4)8. The Sensitive Rose. 
Fluffy. Hyacinth-scented balls of pure pink, thrust with 
golden anthers. Trailing stems with sensitive, pinnate leaves. 
Schrankia. Pkt. 20c. 
1 MUEHLENBECKIA AXILLARIS — erex(4)5. Delightful 
tangles of slender red stems set with tiny. leaves of deep 
emerald. Wee flowers are followed by black seeds, each in its 
own cup of succulent, glistening white, almost of ice-cream 
appearance and consistency. Illustrated back cover. From 
New Zealand, and of full winter hardiness at Old Orchard. 
Though usually used in rock garden, or for carpeting or 
cover, it also makes an interesting window pot or hanging 
basket plant. Pkt. 25c. Plants, each 50c; 3 for $1.40. 
3 WHITE STAR LILY 
It is MILLA BIFLORA, pleasant bulb-flower for the sum- 
mer garden, illustrated page 27. Fragrant blossoms with 
petals of snowy white waxy crispness. It cuts. Garden and 
‘storage handling of Gladiolus. 24 inches. Pkt. 25c. Bulbs, 
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spring delivery, each 25c; 3 for 70c; 10 for $2.00. 
* MIMULUS, RICHLY TINTED 1 
Blossoms as oddly formed as many an Orchid, come in col- 
orings as exotic; cardinal, coppery crimson, blue lavender, 
pink, rose and yellow this sometimes red-splashed. Sow early 
and with care any fine seed needs. Water in drought. The 
Mimuluses are, most of them, perennials, but they blossom 
so quickly first year that they may be readily treated as an- 
nuals. Pkt. 15c; 3 pkts. for 40c. 
1 MIMULUS RINGENS—‘*ebmtx(3)50. Orchid-like flowers of 
blue-violet with yellow lip. Showy, hardy perennial. Pkt. 
15c. Plants, each 40c; 8 for $1.10. 
1 MONARDA or BERGAMOT 
Pleasant, aromatic, shade-tolerant perennials. ecbstx (3). 
FISTULOSA—Lavendtr Balm. Blossoms of mauve to laven- 
der in effects of full, fluffy doubleness. To five feet. Pkt. 15c; 
4g oz. 35c. Plants, each 40c; 3 plants for $1.10. 
PUNCTATA—25 inches. The flowers, of purple-dotted buff- 
tan, are set over showy floral leaves of white with rosy shad- 
ings. Thrives even in dry, sandy soils. Pkt. 15c. 
AVALON HYBRIDS—45 inches, Well-filled fluwerheads give 
effects of full doubleness, and the color variations are rather 
amazing, silvery white, blush, pink, rose, mauve, violet 
crimsons. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c. 
CAMBRIDGE SCARLET—Flowers of searlet-toned crimson 
for months. Plants only, each 45c; 3 for $1.20. 
OLD ORCHARD PINK—Bright salmon pink are the blos- 
soms, a pure and lustrous tone. Plants only, each 55c; 3 
for $1.50. 
ROSE VIOLET—Flowers in a richly vivid, glowing tone 
that is both far-visible and most attractive. Plants, each 50c. 
OFFER 129AN7—One plant each of the four so offered, for 
$1.75. 
3 MONTBRETIA 
For flaming, long summer color, Montbretia excels all other 
garden bulbs. It gives unceasing showing from June into 
late autumn, glowing orange, fire scarlet, yellows, apricots, 
salmons in many a varied tone. Safest when bulbs are dug in 
late autumn and stored over winter in dampish sand in a 
frost-proof place. Plant upon arrival, or place in damp sand 
until you can, for otherwise they become hard. This is a 
really splendid mixture, containing a liberal proportion of the 
larger Earlham Hybrids. Spring delivery, bulbs, 5 for 50c; 10 
for 90c; 25 for $2.10. 
