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is disagreeably increased. If the top 

 only is cut off, the plants will in ge- 

 neral shoot again, though this second 

 produce is always scanty, and not so 

 mild or tender. 



To obtain Seed. — For the production 

 of seed sow thin. When the seedlings 

 have attained four leaves they should 

 be hoed, and again after the lapse of 

 a month, during dry weather, being set 

 eight or nine inches apart. Throughout 

 their growth they must be kept free from 

 weeds; and if dry weather occurs at the 

 time of flowering, water may be applied 

 ■with great advantage to their roots. 



The plants flower in June, and are 

 fit for cutting when their pods have be- 

 come devoid of verdure. They must 

 be thoroughly dried before threshing 

 and storing. 



Forcing — For forcing, the .seed is 

 most conveniently sown in boxes or 

 pans, even if a hot-bed is appropriated 

 to the purpose. Pans of rotten tan are 

 to be preferred to pots or boxes of 

 mould ; but whichever is employed the 

 seed must be sown thick, and other 

 restrictions attended to, as for the open- 

 ground crops. The hot-bed need only 

 be moderate. Air may be admitted as 

 abundantly as circumstances will allow. 



MUTISIA. Three species. Stove 

 or green-house evergreen climbers. 

 Cuttings. Peat and loam. 



MYAGRUM perfoliatum. Hardy 

 annuals. Seeds. Common soil. 



MYANTHUS. Fly-wort. Four spe- 

 cies. Stove epiphytes. Division. Wood. 



MYGINDA. Five species. Stove 

 evergreen shrubs, except M. myrti- 

 folia, which is hardy. Ripe cuttings. 

 Loam and peat. 



MYLOCARYUM ligusirinvm. 

 Half-hardy evergreen shrub. Cuttings. 

 Loam and peat. 



MYOPORUM. Twelve species. 

 Green-house evergreen shrubs. Cut- 

 tings. Loam and peat. 



MYOSOTIS. Eleven species. Har- 

 dy annuals and aquatic and herbaceous 

 perennials. M. intermedials a decidu- 

 ous trailer; M. palustris is the well- 

 known Forget-me-not. The perennials 

 require a moist soil, and may be in- 

 creased by division or seed; the an- 

 nuals by seed, in a dry sandy soil. 



MYliCIA. Three species. Stove 

 evergreen shrubs. Young cuttings. 

 Loam, peat, and sand. 



MYRTADENUS tetraphyllus. Stove 

 biennial. Seeds. Common soil. 



MYRICA. Eleven species. Green- 

 house evergreen and hardy deciduous 

 shrubs. The green-house kinds are 

 increased by cuttings; the hardy by 

 seeds or layers. Peaty soil. 



MYRICARIA. Two species. Hardy 

 evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. Com- 

 mon soil. 



MYRISTICA. Nutmeg. Three 

 species. Stove evergreen trees. Ripe 

 cuttings. Sandy loam. 



MYROBALAN PLUM. Prunus do- 

 mestica myrobalana. 



MYRSIPHYLLUM. Two species. 

 Green-house deciduous twiners. Di- 

 vision. Sandy loam and peat. 



MYRTLE. Myrtus. 



MYRTLE-BILBERRY. Vaccinium 

 myrtillus. 



MYRTUS, The Myrtle. Eleven 

 species, and many varieties. Green- 

 house or stove evergreen shrubs. Half- 

 ripened cuttings. Sandy loam and peat. 

 Water freely whilst they are growing 

 in spring and summer. The common 

 myrtle is M. communis, of which there 

 are several varieties, chiefly character- 

 ized by the breadth and size of the 

 leaves or doubleness of the flowers. 



Propagation. — By Slips and Cut- 

 tings. — The young shoots, either of 

 the same or former year's growth, of 

 from about two or three to five or six 

 inches long, either slipped or cut off, 

 are the proper parts for planting, and 

 may be struck either with or without 

 artificial heat. By either method June 

 or July is the best season, especially 

 when intended to use the shoots of the 

 year. The previous year's shoots will 

 also strike tolerably, especially if plant- 

 ed in spring, or, by aid of hot-beds, may 

 be made to strike root readily at 

 any time in the spring or summer. 

 By aid of a hot-bed both one and two 

 year shoots may be greatly facilitated 

 in rooting. A dung hot-bed, under 

 common frames and lights, will do, 

 though a bark hot-bed of a stove, 

 &c., is the most eligible and effectual. 

 Plants thus struck in spring, or early 

 in summer, from plants of the same 

 year, will be fit to pot off separately 

 early in autumn. Choose straight clean 

 shoots, and as robust as possible, which 

 divest of the lower leaves two-thirds of 

 their length; they are then ready for 

 planting. Fill the pots or pans with 



