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white. The root when dried is prepared for medicinal use. It 

 becomes in a short time quite a weed in the garden. Is propa- 

 gated by seed and in any soil, 



Monkey Flower. Vide Diplacus and Mimulus. 



Monstera Deliciosa. A very remarkable looking parasite found 

 in the Mysore jungles. It has great perforated leaves of a very 

 singular nature, and though treated here generally as a creeping 

 parasite, it is much used in Europe as a lawn plant easily pro- 

 pagated by cuttings and layers. 



Morina Dipsacacece, Morina Elegans. This is Native of Persia, 

 the colours red and white, grown from seed as most other annuals. 

 Mountain Sorrell. Vide Oxyura. 

 Myosotis, Boraginacece. The Forget Me Not. 



Myosotis, Palustris. This plant is common in England, and is 

 grown easily here by seed in a light soil, which should be thinly 

 sown in pots, or by division of the roots, or cuttings. 



Nasturtium. This old fashioned plant has been very greatly 

 improved of late, from a straggling coarse trailing kitchen 

 garden plant, it has been got into a dwarf compact habit, pro- 

 ducing masses of brilliant flowers of rich scarlet, crimson, orange, 

 golden yellow, straw colour, blush rose, spotted yellow, &c. 



The best kinds for bedding are the Tom Thumb and compactum 

 varieties, these are quite hardy, and only require sowing in mo- 

 derately light soil as they become little bushes, and are liable to , 

 be blown out of the ground by the high winds so prevalent here, 

 a few twigs should be inserted about them to steady and protect 

 them. They will do fairly in the rainy season, but best in the 

 cold weather. A large kind of Nasturtium Lobbianium has some 

 magnificent varieties with very large vivid scarlet flowers and dark 

 leaves, but of a more spreading habit and require plenty of space, 

 these may be raised from seed and then multiplied to any extent 

 by cuttings struck in sand. Of the Lobbianum varieties, Crown 

 Prince Etna, Vesuvius are the favourites, or the Dwarf, Tom 

 Thumb varieties, the following are recommended, Scarlet King 

 of Tom Thumbs, Golden King of Tom Thumbs, King Theodore, 

 Improved Scarlet and Golden Compactum, Compactum luteum, 



