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MOTHS, of most kinds, are the pa- roots of a plant are injured, and the 

 rents of caterpillars preying upon some moister thev are kept during its re- 

 plant under the gardener's care, and nioval, the less does it sutfcr by the 

 should be destroyed whenever disco- transplanting. The best of all muds 

 vered. 



MOULDLXESS is the common term 

 applied to that crop of fungi whicli 

 appears on moist putrescent vegetable 

 matters. These fungi are Mucorcs, 



for the purpose is formed of three 

 pounds of garden soil, one ounce of 

 salt, eiglit ounces of soot, and one 

 gallon of water. 



MILBKRRY. Morus nigra. The 



and are effectually destroyed whenever Black, or Garden Mulberry. 



common salt or lime can be applied. 



MOUNTAIN ASH. Pyrus Aucupa- 

 ria. 



MOUSE TAIL. Dendrobium Myo- 

 surus. 



MOUSE THORN. Centaurea Mya- 

 cantha. 



JIOVING PLANT. Desmodium gy- 

 7-ans. I 



MOWING is, next to digging, the 

 most laborious of the gardener's em- 



Soiland Site. — The soil most suitable 

 for the mulberry is a rich, deep, and 

 rather light loam, not cold nor wet, 

 but well drained. It succeeds best as 

 a standard, in a well-sheltered situa- 

 tion, open to the south. It may be 

 trained also against a south wall with 

 advantage in a cold climate, but re- 

 quires much space. — Card. Chron. 



Propagation — by Seed — is rarely 

 practised, the seedlings varying in 



ployments ; and requires much practice, quality, and being long before they 



as well as an extremely sharp scythe, bear fruit. Sow in a warm border, 



before he can attain to the art of shav- during March, in drills half an inch 



ing the lawn or grass plot smoothly deep. Give moderate waterings in dry 



and equally. A mowing machine has 

 been invented by Mr. Budding and 

 others, and is represented in this out- 

 Fig. 101. 



weather to the seedlings, and shelter 

 by mats during cold nights. They re- 

 quire remaining two years in the seed 

 bed, and then four in the nursery, be- 

 fore they are fit for final planting. 



By Layers. — To obtain these in large 

 quantities, some mulberry trees should 

 be headed down near to the ground, to 

 induce lateral shoots for layering. — 

 Where only a few are wanted, pots of 

 earth may be raised to the branches. 

 See Layering and Circumposition. 



Grafting and Budding — may be 

 practised, taking any species of the 

 genus Morua for the stock. Grafting 

 is more difficult of success than bud- 

 line. It cuts, collects, and rolls the ding, and Mr. Knight recommends 



grass at the same time. 



rafting by approach as the only cer- 



Mowing is most easily performed tain mode, 

 whilst the blades of grass are wet, as By Cuttings. — Mr. Knight recom- 

 thcy then cling to the scythe, and are mends cuttings five inches in length, 

 consequently erect against its cutting having two-thirds of their length two- 

 edge. The operation, therefore, should year old wood, and one-third yearling 

 be performed early in the morning, be- wood, to be planted in November, be- 

 fore the dew has evaporated, or whilst neath a south wall. In March, move 

 the grass is wet from rain or artificial them into pots, leaving only one bud 



watering. See Scythe. 



uncovered, and plunge in a moderate 



MUDDING or Puddling, is dipping hot-bed. Shade during bright weather, 

 the roots of trees, shrubs, and seedlings and success is almost unfailing. A 

 in a thin mud or puddle, and retaining more simple and expeditious mode is 

 them there until again planted, when- the following, but whether it is gene- 

 ever they are removed. It is one of rally successful I am unable to state : — 

 the best aids to success, and should be | " Lop off a straight branch, at least 

 universally adopted, lor it is a rule eight feet long, from a large tree, in 

 without exception, that the less the March, the nearer the trunk the better; 



