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GENERAL INDEX. 



Memecylon, octan. monog. and santalaceae, a S. tr. 

 E. Ind. which grows in sandy loam and peat, and 

 young cuttings in sand under a hand-glass root 

 freely. 



Menabilly, a seat in Cornwall, 7601. 



Menageries of the Paris garden, 7333. 



Meniscium, cryptog. Alices and filicea?, a S. peren. 

 Martinico, a fern of common culture. 



Menispermum, moon-seed, moncec. dodec. and 

 menispermeaa, a H. tr. N. Amer. which thrives 

 in loam and peat, and cuttings root readily.under 

 a hand-glass. 



Mentha, mint, didyn. gymnos. and labiatea?, a S. 

 peren. and H. peren. Eur. and Asia, of the easiest 

 culture. 



Mentha piperita, the peppermint, M. viridis, the 

 spearmint, and M. pulegium, the penny-royal, 

 4149. 



Mentzelia, polyan. monog. and loaseaa, a S. an. and 

 G. peren. Amer. which grow readily in loam and 

 peat, and cuttings root in sand under a hand- 

 glass. 



Menyanthes, buckbean, pentan. monog. and gen- 

 tianeaa, a H. peren. Brit, a marsh plant. 



Menziesia, octandr. digyn. and rhodoraceae, H. tr. 

 Eur. and Amer. which thrive in peat soil, and 

 are propagated by layers. 



Mercurialis, dicec. ennean. and euphorbiacese, H. 

 peren. and an. Eur. of the easiest culture. 



Mercury, — see Mercurialis. 



Mcrevale, a seat in Warwickshire, lot 1. 



Merionethshire, gardens and residences of, 7612. 



Merlet, Jean, a French author on gardening, page 

 1116. A. D. 1675. 



Merulius destruens, a fungus commonly called the 

 dry rot, — to guard against in timber, 6956. 



Merville, a seat near Dublin, 7653. 



Mesembryanthemuin, fig-marigold, icos. di-pentag. 

 and ficoidese, G. tr. peren. and an. C. B. S. and 

 Austral, succulents of easy culture in loam and 

 lime-rubbish, and the annual species in rather 

 richer soil, 6657. 



Mespilus, icos. di-pentag. and rosaceae, G. and H. 

 tr. Amer. and Eur. which grow in any common 

 soil, and are increased by seeds or by budding on 

 the common thorn, M. oxyacantha. 



Mespilus oxyacantha, the hawthorn, 7120. 



Mespilus germanica, the medlar, 4465. 



Mespilus japonica, the loquat-apple, 5994. 



Metrosideros, icos. monog. and myrteacese, G. tr. 

 which grow in loam and peat, and ripened cut- 

 tings may be rooted, but not without difficulty, 

 in sand under a bell-glass. 



Meum, bawd-money, pentan. dig. and umbellifereas, 

 H. peren. and bien. Eur. of common culture. 



Meursius, John, his work on gardening, page 1129. 

 A. D. 1613. 



Mich. Amer., Andr. Michaux, Flora Boreali- Ame- 

 ricana. 



Mich Querc, Histoire des Chenes de l'Amerique 

 Septentrionale, par Andre Michaux. 



Michaux, F. A., his works on gardening, page 1121. 

 A. D. 1805. 



Michauxia, octan. monog. and campanulaceas, a G 

 bien. Levant, of common culture. 



Michel Grove, Sussex, 7531. 



Michelia, tetran. monog. and rubiacea?, a S. tr. N. 

 Amer. which succeeds well in light, loamy soil, 

 and ripened cuttings do best under a hand-glass in 

 sand in heat. 



Microchloa, trian. dig. and gramineas, a H. an. E 

 Ind. a grass of common culture. 



Microloma, pentan. dig. and asclepiadea*, a G. tr. 

 C. B. S. which thrives in loam and peat, and cut- 

 tings root readily in sand under a bell-glass. 



Micropus, syngen. polyg. necess. and corymbiferea?, 

 H. an. S. Eur. of common culture. 



Middlesex, gardens and country-residences of, 7513. 



Middleton Hall, Caermarthenshire, 7614. 



Middleton Stoney, a seat in Oxfordshire, 7558. 



Midlothian, gardens and residences of, 7618. 



Mignonette, — see Reseda. 



Mikania, syngen. polyg. sequaL and corymbifereas, 

 S. tr. and a G. peren. \V. Ind. which grow freely 

 in rich, light soil, and cuttings root readily. 



Milburn Tower, a seat near Edinburgh, 7618. 



Mildew, 880. 



Mile-end nursery, 7518. 



Milfoil, — see Achillea. 



Milium, millet-grass, trian. dig. and graminea?, H. 

 peren. and an. Eur. grasses of common culture. 



Milk-parsley, — see Selinum. 



Vilk-vetch, — see Astragalus. 



Milk-wood, brosimum spuriuro. 



Milk-wort, — see Polygala. 



Mill. Diet., Professor Martyn's edition of PhiL 

 Miller's Gardener's Dictionary, 4 vols. fol. 1807. 



Mill, ic, Figures of plants, described in the Gar- 

 dener's Dictionary, by Phil. Miller. 



Miller, Philip, F. R. S., his works on gardening, 

 page 1103. A. D. 1724. 



Milleria, syngen. polyg. necess. and corymbiferea;, 

 S an. S. Amer. of common culture. 



Millet-grass, — see Milium. 



Milton Abbey, Dorsetshire, 7598. 



Mimetes, tetran. monog. and proteacea?, G. tr. 

 C. B. S. which thrive in two thirds loam and one 

 third sand, with the pots well drained ; ripened 

 cuttings root in sand under a hand-glass, care 

 being taken to prevent damping off. 



Mimosa, polyg. moncec. and leguminoseae, S. tr. 

 bien. and an. E and W. Ind. which thrive well 

 in loam and peat, and cuttings of such sorts as do 

 not ripen seed will root, if planted young, in sand 

 under a bell-glass. 



Mimulus, monkey-flower, didyn. angios. and scro- 

 phularineae, a G. tr. G. and F. and H. peren. 

 Amer. which thrive in common soil ; the woody 

 species is increased by cuttings, and the others by 

 dividing at the root, or by seeds. 



Mimusops, octan. monog. and sapoteae, S. tr. E. Ind. 

 which grow in loam and peat, and ripened 

 cuttings root readily in sand under a hand-glass. 



Mint, — see Mentha. 



Minto House, Roxburghshire, 7621. 



Minuartia, trian. trig, and caryophyllese, H. an. 

 Spain, of common culture. 



Mirabilis, marvel of Peru, pentan. monog. and nyc- 

 tagineae, G. peren. India, which grow in light 

 rich soil, and will flower well in the open air in 

 summer ; but their roots, which are fusiform, 

 must be taken up and replanted next year: they 

 are readily increased by seeds, and are generally 

 treated as half-hardy annuals. 



Mirbcl, C. F. Briseau, a celebrated French author 

 on vegetable physiology, 549. 



Mirbelia, decan. monog. and leguminoseae, G. tr. 

 Austral, which grow in loam and peat, and young 

 cuttings root without difficulty in sand under a 

 a bell-glass. 



Miscellaneous articles, flower-stand, basket flower- 

 border, parterre-edgings, earthenware border, 

 bass-mats, prepared coverings, straw-coverings, 

 reed-coverings, protecting bags, feet or shoe- 

 scraper, props for plants, spray or branches, wall- 

 tree nails, lists, mat-ties, osier-twigs, boards and 

 planks, tressels, — see Instruments, Implements, 

 and Utensils, and Structures of gardening. 



Miscellaneous articles used in gardening, 1491. 



Mistletoe, — see Viscum. 



Mistey Hall, Essex, 7542. 



Mitchelia, polyan. polyg. and magnoliaceae, a H. tr. 

 E. Ind. a diminutive creeper which grows in peat 

 soil, and is readily increased by layers. 



Mitella, decan. dig. and saxifrageae, H. peren. N. 

 Amer. rockwork plants, which prefer light rich 

 soil, and are increased by dividing at the root. 



Mizauld, , a French writer on gardening, page 



1115. A. D. 1564. 



Moat, a seat in the county of Mayo, 7673. 



Moccas Court, Herefordshire, 7568. 



Mcehringia, octan. dig. and caryophylleae, a H. pe- 

 ren. S. Eur. a rockwork plant, or one well adapt- 

 ed for small pots ; it grows in loam and peat, and 

 is increased by dividing at the root. 



Mcenchia, tetran. tetrag. and caryophyllea?, a H. 

 an. Brit, of easy culture. 



Mocr, M , his works on gardening, page 1118. 



A. D. 1754. 



Moist-stove, — see Bark-stove. 



Mallet, Andre, a French author on gardening, page 



1115. A. D. 1651. 



Mollet, Claude, a French author on gardening, page 



1116. A. D. 1652. 



Mollia, pentan. monog. and amaranthaceae, a G. tr 

 and an. Canaries, which grow in light soil, and 

 cuttings root readily under a hand-glass. 



Mollugo, trian. trig, and caryophyllea?, a H. an. 

 Virginia, of common culture. 



Molucca balm, — see Moluccella. 



Moluccella, a H. peren. and an. Eur. and Asia, 

 of easy culture. 



Momordica, moncec. monad, and cucurbitaceae, a 

 H. peren. and F. an. E and W. Indies, of easy- 

 culture in rich soil, and increased by seeds. 



Monaghan, county of, as to gardening, 7678. 



