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*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; Wg oz. 35e. 
* 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. 20c. 
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; Wg oz. 30c; % oz. 
50c. Also variety SNOWBELL, 
seeds saved only from plants with 
pure white flowers, but seedlings 
may vary. Pkt. 50c. 
1 MERTENSIA OBLONGIFOLIA—kt(1)6. Exquisite alpine. 
Clusters of pale blue trumpets. Pkt. 25c. 
2 MELASTOMACAE COLOMBIAN BLEND—w. A family 
of herbaceous plants, mostly tropical, that includes a large 
number of genera suitable for growing under glass, many 
of them much desired ornamentals. We offer seeds collected 
in Colombia, in mixture of many species of several genera. 
Bl a Oe a greenhouse, sow this for delight and surprise. 
ts Cc. 
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 
rock garden plant. Full sun. Plaats, each 40c; 3 for $1.10. 
* 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. 
* MONARDELLA LANCEOLATA—erbx(3)16. A pretty an- 
nual flower of easy handling. The branching plants are set 
with purple flower-heads. Aromatic fragrance. Pkt. 15c. 
1 MONARDELLA VILLOSA—erx(3)18. Heads of pretty, 
Monarda-like flowers, pink to purple. Pkt. 15c. 


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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. 
25ce; Yq oz. 40c; We oz. 5c. 
OTHER MECONOPSIS SPECIES—Here are seven. good ones. 
CAMBRICA—20 inches. The Welsh Poppy, perhaps easiest 
species for usual garden eulture. Flowers range from pale 
yellow to deep orange. Pkt. 20c; 3 pkts. for 50c. HYBRIDIUM 
ALICEAE—50 inches. Red buds open to yellow flowers that 
still, at first, show a faint flush of rose. Pkt. 25c. INTEGRI- 
FOLIA—%6 inches. Chinese species with big yellow flowers 
that sométimes are more than six inches across. Pkt. 25c. 
SIMPLICIFOLIA—25 inches. Nodding flowers in range of shade 
and tone, from blue to purple. Pkt. 25e. PANICULATA— 
55 inches. In August, towering spires of pendulous yellow 
blossoms. Pkt. 25c. WALLICHI (Napaulensis)—Satin Poppy. 
Delightful blossoms of soft dawn-blue over portly rosettes 
of tawny featherings. 40 inches. Pkt. 25c. WALLICHI 
WHITE—Like last, but with petals of snowy white, silken 
sheen. Pkt. 25c. OFFER 139A9—One pkt. each of the seven 
for $1.15. 
MECONOPSIS BLEND—Inclusive mixture of colorings and 
forms. Pkt. 25c; 3 pkts. for 70c; 10 pkts. for $2.00. 



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* MiMOSA PUDICA—tk. Sensitive plant. Pretty, fluffy, 
mauve-pink flowers. Pinnate foliage that folds tightly when 
touched. A plant that is both interesting, and attractive. 
Does very well in the summer garden, or sometimes it is 
grown as a pot plant. Pkt. 15bc; 46 oz. 25c. 
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. Water in 
drought. The Mimuluses are, most of them, perennials, but 
they may be readily treated as annuals. Pkt. 15c. 
1 MIMULUS RINGENS—*ebmtx(3)50. Orchid-like flowers of 
blue-violet with yellow lip. Showy, hardy perennial. Pkt. 
15c. Plants, each 465c. 
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. Spring delivery, bulbs, 5 for 50c; 10 
for 85c; 25 for $2.00; 100 for $7.50. 
BOOK OF SHRUBS—Hottes. 
Very good, indeed. De- 
seriptions, care, pruning, propagation. Illustrated. $4.00. 

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 
ruffied second ‘‘flower’’ of the same vivid rose. 

Pkt. 15c; 
% oz. 85c. LONGIFLORA—Clusters of slender-tubed flow- 
ers, pure white or rose tinted, intensely fragrant at twilight. 
Pkt. 15c; 3 pkts. for 40c. JALAPA SPECIAL MIXED—24 
inches. Marvel of Peru or Four o’Clock. An old favorite 
with profuse, showy flowers in white, yellow, rose, red, pink, 
lilac or tricolored. In this strain the foliage is often varie- 
gated. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 25c; 1 oz. T5c. 
1 MONARDA or BERGAMOT 
FISTULOSA—Lavender Balm. Blossoms of mauve to laven- 
der in effects, of full fluffy doubleness. To five feet. Pkt. 15c; 
Yg oz. 35c. 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; 8 pkts. for 50c. 
CAMBRIDGE SCARLET—Flowers of scarlet-toned crimson 
for months. Showy. Plants, each 45c; 3 for $1.10. 
OLD ORCHARD PINK—Bright salmon pink are the blos- 
soms, a pure and lustrous tone. Plants only, each 50c; 8 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 50c. 
OFFER 141AN9—One plant each of the four for $1.70. 
