LUPINUS SUBCARNOSUS — Texas Blue Bennet. 
(B) 12” annual. Silky foliage beneath large, deep 
blue blossoms in the Summer. Wants sun. 
MACHAERANTHERA TANACETIFOLIA—Tahoka 
Daisy. (B) 12-24” annual that blooms for months 
onend. Ferny foliage. Violet-purple daisies that cut 
well. Yellow centers. Sunny, dry places. 
MAMILLARIA SIMILIS—Ball Cactus. (B) 3” spiny 
balls with large, red flowers in June. Dry soil in sun. 
MARTYNIA FRAGRANS—Unicorn-plant. (C-easy) 
Annual. Trailing 24” stems of this species bear 
fragrant, reddish or violet-purple “trumpets” in 
Summer, followed by odd, large, clawed seed pods 
pee for dried arrangements. Prefers sunny, dry 
soil. 
MERTENSIA VIRGINICA—Virginia Bluebells. (B) 
12-24” beautiful wildling. Pink buds open to lavender- 
blue corollas in Spring. Sun or light shade. Likes 
moisture. AM 
MIKANIA SCANDENS — Climbing Boneset. (B) 
Unusual composite-flowered vine with an abundance 
of clusters of pinkish white flowers in late Summer. 
As the flowers go to seed in Fall, the trees and shrubs 
in the thickets and along the streams appear to be 
draped with a mantle of gossamer. 
MIMULUS RINGENS—Blue Monkey-flower. (C) 12- 
36” stems bear oddly shaped blue-violet flowers in 
Summer. Moist meadows and along streams. Blooms 
first year if sown early. 
MIRABILIS WRIGHTIANA— White Four O’clock. 
(C-easy) 30” annual from the southwestern valleys 
that bears clusters of sweetly scented white trumpets. 
MONARDA FISTULOSA—Wild Bergamot. (C-easy) 
48”, Summer. Clusters of fragrant 1” lavender 
flowers. Sun or light shade in dry soil. Forms large 
clumps. 
MONARDA PUNCTATA—Spotted Wild Bergamot. 
(C-easy) Trailing foliage that sends up 30” flowering 
stems in late Summer. Whorls of purple-spotted, 
yellow flowers are offset by large, showy, pink bracts. 
Sun or light shade in sandy soil. 
MORONGIA UNCINATA — Sensitive Rose. (B) 
Trailer with fragrant 1” pink flower heads. Pinnate 
foliage folds up when touched. Summer in dry soil. 
Also large packets at 50¢. 
MYRICA CAROLINENSIS — Bayberry. (A) 84” 
shrub bearing clusters of waxy,  bluish-white, 
aromatic berries in late July, persisting over Winter. 
Likes poor soil. Our early settlers used these berries 
to make their candle wax. 
NARTHECIUM AMERICAN UM—American Bog-as- 
phodel. 12-18” bog garden gem. A rarity found only 
in the heart of New Jerscy “Pine Barren” bogs. Makes 
large clumps of short, stiff, “Iris” foliage bearing 
yellow fowered spikes in Summer. In Autumn the 
ycilow is replaced by the rich, reddish brown seed 
capsules. Not difficult to maintain in moist, acid soil. 
I would like to see this naturalized elsewhere te 
prevent any possible extinction. My seed is stored 
at a very cool temperature. When received, sow in- 
doors or out, in sand and peat. Also larger packages 
at 50¢. 
