* MALOPE TRIFIDA—ex (3-4) 36. Easy, showy Annual with 
saucer-shaped flowers of rosy red. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 25c. 
* MALVA MAURITIANA—eck (3-5)60. Showy all-summer 
bloom. Attractive flowers of rich rose, striped crimson. 
Pkt. 15¢e; 146 oz. 25c. 
1 MALVA MOSCHATA PINK—*ecbx(3)30. Sheafs of big, 
soft pink flowers. ‘Blooms first year, sown early. Pkt. 10c; 
% oz. 85c. MOSCHATA PURE WHITE, same price. 
1 MALVASTRUM COCCINEUM—rbdk(3)10. Attractive per- 
ennial for a hot, dry position. Silvery foliage and coppery 
red flowers. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c. 
* MATRICARIA (FEVERFEW) —eirbk(8)10. Valued for 
edgings, pot plants, or for cutting. Intensely double little 
flowers. Profuse in long bloom. GOLDEN BALL—Rich yel- 
low. Pkt. 10c. LEMON BALL—Soft lemon. Pkt. 10c. SNOW- 
BALL—Purest white. Pkt. 15c; 146 oz. 35c. 
* MATTHIOLA BICORNIS—eox(3)15. Night-scented Stock. 
Loose spikes of little purple flowers that are delightfully fra- 
grant in evening, early morning, or after shower. Pkt. 10c. 
* MAURANDIA ERUBESCENS—ex. Tender perennial vine, 
flowering quickly from seed, and often grown as an Annual. 
Trumpet-shaped flowers of rosy pink. Pkt. 15c. 
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 
yellow and white. Rock garden. 
Plants, each 45c; 3 for $1.25; 10 
for $3.60. 
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; 14,6 oz. 30c. Also 
variety SNOWBELL, flowers pure 
white. Pkt. 30c. 
1 MERTENSIA OBLONGIFOLIA— 
kt(1)6. Exquisite alpine. 
Pkt. 25c. 
6 MELIANTHUS MAJOR—w. Honey Flower. Fine large 
pot plant with decorative evergreen foliage and racemes of 
honey-filled red-brown flowers. South, may be grown outside, 
becoming there shrubby. Pkt. 20c. 
1 MENTHA ROTUNDIFOLIA—Apple-Mint. A pleasant herb 
with variegated white and green leaves. Plants, each 40c. 
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. 
2 MESEMBRYANTHEMUM ELEGANS—A pretty and grace- 
ful pot plant with slender, succulent dark green leaves and 
multitudes of little flowers in rosy purple. Also good summer 
bedder or rock garden plant for full sun. Plants, each 40c; 
3 for $1.10; 10 for $3.25. 
* MIGNONETTE—ecobx (2-3)12. Desired for 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. 
es MIMOSA PUDICA —k. Sensitive plant. Pretty, fluffy, 
mauve-pink flowers. Pinnate foliage that folds tightly when 
touched. Garden or pot plant. Pkt. 15c; 3 pkts. for 40c. 
1 MECONOPSIS (Blue Poppy) 
Meconopsis is not always blue, but always it is beautiful. 
Not easy, needing cool soil and moist air. “kt’’ culture. 
MECONOPSIS BETONICIFOLIA—(M. Baileyi) Great Blue 
Poppy. No other Meconopsis can be more beautiful than this. 
Loosely clustered blossoms of lovely sky blue, with bunched 
golden anthers. Where happy, it may reach five feet. Pkt. 
20c; 144 oz. 40c. 
OTHER MECONOPSIS SPECIES—Here are four good ones. 
SIMPLICIFOLIA—25 inches. Nodding flowers in range of 
shades and tones from blue to purple. Pkt. 20c. CAMBRICA— 
20 inches. The Welsh Poppy, perhaps easiest species for 
usual garden culture. Flowers range from pale yellow to 
deep orange. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c. WALLICHI (Napaul- 
ensis)—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. OFFER 139A8—One pkt. each 
of the five above, for 85c. 

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1 MENTHA REQUIEMI—The exquisite little Jewel Mint of 
Corsica. A filmy, emerald laciness of tiny, overlapping leaves, 
with violet flowers of fairy size. Aromatic pungence. Rock 
garden, terrarium. Plants, each 50c. 
1 MUEHLENBECKIA AXIL- 
LARIS — ergx(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 op- 
posite. Fully hardy at Old 
Orchard, and right for the rock 
garden. Also makes an interest- 
ing window pot or even hanging 
basket plant. Pkt. 35c. Plants, 
each 50c; 3 for $1.40. 
* 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’ ae 
ruffled second “flower” of the same vivid rose. Pkt. 15c; 
Y, oz. 35c. LONGIFLORA—Clusters of slender-tubed flow- 
ers, pure white or rose tinted, intensely fragrant at twilight. 
Pkt. 15e; % oz. 25e. JALAPA MIXED—24 inches. An old 
favorite with profuse, showy flowers in white, yellow, rose, 
red, pink, lilac or tri-colored. Makes a pretty annual hedge 
to enclose a garden. Pkt. 10c; %4 oz. 25c; 1 oz. T5c. 
2 MONOCHAETUM VULCANICUM—w (2) 30. It makes an 
exceedingly showy large pot plant. For a long spring season 
the branching plants are loaded with hundreds of pure pink 
4-petal flowers. Attractive foliage. Rare. Pkt. 35c. 
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, 
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 may be 
readily treated as annuals. 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. 
15¢e; 46 oz. 30c. Plants, each 40c; 3 for $1.10. © 
1 MONARDA or BERGAMOT 
FISTULOSA—Lavender Balm. Blossoms of mauve to laven- 
der in effects of full, fluffy doubleness. To five feet. Pkt. 15c; 
Vg oz. 85c. Plants, each 40c; 3 for $1.10. 
AVALON HYBRIDS—45 inches. Well-filled flowerheads 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 scarlet-toned crimson 
for months. Showy. Plants, each 40c; 3 for $1.10; 10 for $3.30. 
OLD ORCHARD PINK—Bright salmon pink are the blos- 
soms, a pure and lustrous tone. Plants only, each 50c; 3 for 
$1.40; 10 for $4.20. 
ROSE VIOLET—Flowers in a richly vivid, glowing tone that 
is both far-visible and attractive. Plants, each 45c. 
OFFER 141ANS—One plant each of the four for $1.60. 
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 50¢; 10 
for 85c; 25 for $2.00; 100 for $7.50. 

