2o8 The Horticulturisf s Rule- Book. 



Microbe, A term applied to various microscopic organisms 



usually classed with plants, -whicli play an important role in 



disease, chemical decomposition, and decay. 

 Mildew. A powdery or mold-like growth attached lightly to the 



surface of the plant, particularly when it is white or nearly 



so, as gooseberry -mildew. 

 Mongrel. A cross between varieties of the same species ; half- 

 breed; cross-breed; variety -hybrid. 

 Monoecious. Said of plants in which the stamens and pistils 



are borne in different flowers on the same plant. 

 Mother-bulb. The large bulb about which bulbels are formed. 

 Mycology. The science of fungi. 

 Nursery. An establishment for the rearing of plants. In 



America the word is used in connection Avith woody plants 



only. 

 Offscape. The landscape which lies adjacent to one's grounds. 

 Olericulture. The cultivation of kitchen-garden vegetables; 



vegetable-gardening. 

 Open. An unplanted portion of grounds ; an open lawn or field. 

 Order. Family, in botany. 

 Organic. Pertaining to organized or living bodies or their 



remains. 

 Ovule. A sexual body borne in the ovary, which, when mature, 



becomes the seed. 

 Ovary. The lower extremity of the pistil, which, when mature, 



becomes the fruit. It contains the ovules. 

 Panicle. An open and more or less compound flower-cluster. 

 Papilionaceous. Butterfly-like ; said of flowers of the pea and 



bean family, from their fancied resemblance to butterflies. 

 Parasite. A plant or animal which lives upon living plants or 



animals. 

 Pedicel. The stalk of a particular flower in a cluster. A flower 



which is borne singly has a peduncle. 

 Peduncle. A stalk of a flower which is borne singly, or of a 



cluster of flowers. 

 Pepo. A berry-like fruit in which the rind is hardened, and 



which belongs to the gourd family, as the pumpkin, melon, 



cucumber, etc. 

 Perfect. Said of flowers which bear both stamens and pistils. 



