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Menziesia, See Daboecia and Phyllodoce. 

 Mespilus. See Pyrus, Photinia, and Crataegus. 



Microglossa ( Composite), 



MICROGLOSSA ALBESCENS (syn Aster albescens and A. cabu- 

 licus). Himalayas, 1842. This member of the Composite 

 family is a much-branched shrub, with greyish lanceolate 

 foliage and clusters of flowers about 6 inches in diameter 

 and of a bluish or mauve colour. It is a native of Nepaul, 

 and, with the protection of a wall, perfectly hardy around 

 London. 



Mitchella (Rubiaceae), 



MITCHELLA REPENS. Partridge Berry. North America, 

 1761. A low-growing, creeping plant, having oval, per- 

 sistent leaves, whitish-purple flowers, and brilliant scarlet 

 fruit. It is a neat little bog plant, resembling Fuchsia 

 procumbens in habit, and with bunches of the brightest 

 Cotoneaster-like fruit. For rock gardening, or planting on 

 the margins of beds in light, peaty soil, this is one of the 

 handsomest and most beautiful of hardy creeping shrubs. 



Mitraria (Gesneraceae), 



MITRARIA COCCINEA. Scarlet Mitre Pod. Chiloe, 1848. 

 This is only hardy in the South of England and Ireland, 

 and even there it requires wall protection. It is a pretty 

 little shrub, with long, slender shoots, which, during the 

 early part of the summer, are studded with the bright- 

 red, drooping blossoms, which are urn-shaped, and often 

 nearly 2 inches long. It delights in damp, lumpy peat 

 and sand. 



