MIMULUS. 



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MIXED GARDENS. 



also placed in heat, 

 should be used. 



Light, sandy soil looked upon the cultivation of mushrooms. 

 It may, however, be very readily cultivated 

 by attending to the following directions : 

 Make an incision in the bark of an apple- 

 tree many other trees, as the pear, oak, 



Mimu'lus (not. ord. Scrophulari'nese). 

 A genus of extremely handsome profuse 



flowering perennial plants, with singularly j white-thorn, and even laurels, will answer 



equally well and into this incision, in 

 the spring of the year, insert some well- 

 ripened berries of the mistletoe, carefully 

 tying the bark over with a piece of bass, 

 mat, or woollen yarn. This experiment 

 often fails, from the birds running away 

 with the berries from the place where they 

 have been inserted, for they are very fond of 

 them. To prevent this, the incision in the 

 bark should be made on the underside of a 

 hanging branch, where birds are not likely 

 to rest. 



Mixed Gardens. 



There are thousands of good old English 

 gardens where it would not only be con- 

 trary to the genius of the place, but practi- 

 shaped and brilliantly coloured flowers, call y impossible, to separate altogether the 

 which are distinguished by their rich and kitchen and flower garden. Most gardens 

 strikingly beautiful markings. Seed sown attached to farmsteads, and many vicarage 

 in spring makes fine bedding plants for gardens, fall under this category. But there 

 summer blooming, and seed sown in 

 autumn produces very effective early- 

 flowering plants for greenhouse decora- 

 tion, c. 



The best known of these plants is Mimu- 

 lus moschatus, the Common Musk, which 

 is a universal favourite. M. luteus, with 

 yellow blossoms marked with dark blotches, 

 is the variety known as the Monkey Flower. 

 M. Cardinalis, with its red blossoms of 

 peculiar form and its varieties, is a very 

 handsome perennial, and looks well in 

 juxtaposition with Salvia patens, which 

 has brilliant, azure-blue flowers. 



MIMULUS MOSCHATUS, OR MUSK. 



MlS tletoe. are many others of greater pretensions, 



To many persons the cultivation of the where it would be a great mistake to leave 



mistletoe is looked upon with as much what is called the kitchen garden entirely 



doubt as we are told the ancient Romans devoid of floral ornaments. Without at all 



