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Melons, of compost eartk for, - - 29'i 



— kinds of, described, - - - 307 



— of forcing, in hot-beds, S36, 349, 363, 38:3, 395, 



448 



— — in fined pits, - - 406, 421 



— of impregnating the flowers of, - 384 

 of saving the seeds of, - - - 396 



Mildew, on fruit-trees, of the, - - 200 



Mint, culture of, - - - - 58 



Monks, of their excellence in gardening, - 156 



Montauban peach described, - - 171 



Moniserrat pine-apple described, - 306 



Moorfowl egg pear described, - - 175 



Morella cherry described - - - 169 



— is fit for forcing, - - 294 



More- Park apricot described, - - 167 



— is fit for forcinof, - - 294 

 Mulching new-planted fruit-trees, of, - 2!2JO 



— shrubs, of, - - 482 

 Murray nectarine described, - - 170 

 Muscadine grapes described, - - 297 

 Mushrooms, culture of, - - 50, 108, 117 

 Mushrooms, culture of, is a curious process, - 1 10 



— different kinds of, described, - 115 



— of gathering, - - 116 

 Mustard. cuJture of, - 31,42, 51-, 106, 130 



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 Nectarines, kinds of, enumerated, - 162, 302 



— — described,. - - 170, 302 



— of planting, _ - _ 206 



— of pruning and training, 194', 238, 243, 247, 



250, 253, 437 

 - — of screening the blossoms of, - 220 



— of thinning the fruit of, - 24f>, 244, 245 



