racearum, on various flowers; Microsphera Berberidis, 
on Barberry leaves ; M. Grossularie, on Gooseberry bushes ; 
and Phyllactinia suffulta, on many trees and shrubs. 
Remedies. White Mildews, caused by Oidium, being 
the only kinds that directly concern horticulturists to any 
extent, the present remarks are restricted to these. 
As the parasites are external to the host-plants, they 
can be attacked directly, and can be eradicated without 
much injury to the latter. Sulphur has proved to 
be the most reliable means of destroying the fungus. 
Flowers of sulphur may be dusted over the leaves and 
other diseased parts ; or it may be applied with a syringe, 
if mixed in water. If applied to bunches of grapes, the 
sulphur must, of course, be washed off before they are 
sent to the table or the market. Another useful appli- 
cation is prepared by boiling IIb. of flowers of sulphur 
and IIb. of quicklime, in five pints of water, in an earthen 
pot, for ten minutes. It should be constantly stirred 
while it is boiling, then allowed to settle, and the clear 
liquid poured off for use. The plants should be syringed 
with a mixture of this preparation with 100 times its 
bulk of water. Washing the greenhouse flues with a 
mixture of Alb. each of flowers of sulphur and of quick- 
lime, in three gallons of water, is also recommended. 
The fames omitted under this treatment kill the fungus. 
The door of the house should be kept closed for about 
an hour, to retain the fumes, and then the place should be 
well aired. Ewing's Mildew Composition, much diluted 
(loz. to 1 — of pecan oF a ae Big gen, 
and is also very effective. Mildew is 21 to de most 
bed . ill-ventilated situations, and it may often 
be checked, or even prevented by meron ye ventilation, 
MILFOIL. Seo Achillea. 
io genus. The species is a hardy bulbous plant. It 
thrives well when sunny in the open 
by seeds, or by offsets. 
=  MILLETIA (named 
= ag of the eighteenth century). 
Orv. Leguminose. A genus comprising about forty 
t species of sometimes tall, climbing trees or shrubs, of 
parts of Asia or Africa, Flowers purple, pink, or 
itish; racemes terminal, 
paniculate ; standard ample, spreading or re- 
„ impari-pinnate ; leaflets often evergreen, 
_and reticulate veined, and, for the most part, 
The species described below is probably the 
d. stad * ai see Dolichos. 
woody a, dark with he habit 
M. biflora (two-tlo umbellate (in natural state soli- 
1 5 se ert . — . = 
x- 
at t. È at 
ee wai With tao ole oe scape. 
e R 1. 4. S ett : 
m. — A synonym a Brodiaa ‘aan i 
M. trioldes (Ixia-like. A synonym of Calliprora lues. 
after J. A. Millet, a W ! 
Syn. Benebera. 
which one inhabits Australia, and the rest the warmer 
or at the apices of * 
urple, in loose panicled — 
THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Millingtonia— continued. 
A monotypic genus, the species being a handsome stove 
evergreen tree, with deeply cracked and spongy bark. 
For culture, see Jacaranda. 
M. hortensis (garden). fl. 
numerous, large; corolla wit 
eee, N This group of Myria- 
poda is of greater importance to gardeners, and de- 
mands fuller consideration here, than their allies the 
Centipedes. Millipedes are usually nearly cylindrical 
Fie, 570. MILLIPEDE. 
(see Fig. 570), less often a good deal depressed 
and flattened, and the origins of the legs are usually 
brought very close to the middle line of the body 
below, instead of being rather widely separated. The 
legs are thus hidden from view below the body in the 
living animal; they are also short and individually weak, 
but are very numerous, though very far below the num- 
joined together two and two, while the limbs remain 
useful for movement, and fully formed. The last pair 
ath 
not enlarged or noticeable, as in the Centipedes. 
| As in the former group, so in the Millipedes, the only 
. are small, seldom, if ever, surpass- 
Ain. in length; but, among the species of warmer 
many kinds aré upwards of 6in. long, and are stout 
Pants & lk Gah, Almost all of this group 
may often be found under, or in, ee and they do 
damage, at times, to the potted plants, as well as to 
fleshy roots and tubers in the soil, and to fallen fruits, 
or to Strawberries. Occasionally’ they also injure ger- 
seeds of various cultivated plants, such as 
urnips, Ke. It may, at times, be found neces- 
to diminish their numbers where they are very 
— The most hurtful kinds are found to be Julus 
guttulatus, J. terrestris, and Polydesmus complanatus— 
= last-named being the flattened Millipede so abundant 
as Raa Those are seldom pressingly required. Deep 
trenching tends to lessen any superabundance. Traps 
may be used, in the form of pieces of carrot, or fallen 
fruits, laid on the soil. These should be frequently 
— and the Millipedes on them destroyed. 
ra. A synonym of Emmenanthe (which 
. ORD: iad A genus 
comprising | a score species of very beautiful, 
— —— ec with showy flowers. They are, 
