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heat ; sandy peat, with pieces of charcoal and a 

 few fibry lumps of loam. Winter temp., 55 to 

 60 ; summer, 60 to 85. 



M. biva'lms (two-valved). $. Trinidad. 1822. An- 

 nual. 



brevifo'lia (short-leaved). 1. Guiana. 1825. 



Annual. 



recu'rna (curled-back). 1. Trinidad. 1820. 



Herbaceous. 



MICROLO'MA. (From mikros, small, and 

 loma, a fringe ; flowers fringed. Nat. ord., 

 Asclepiads [Asclepiadacese]. Linn., 5- 

 Pentandria \-Monogynia. Allied to As- 

 clepias.) 



Greenhouse evergreen twiners, from the Cape 

 of Good Hope. Stiff little shoots, but young, as 

 cuttings, in sand, under a bell-glass, in a close 

 pit, in May; sandy loam, a iiitle fibry peat, and 

 dried leaf-mould. Winter temp., 40 to 50. 

 J". linea're (narrow- leaved). 3. White. July. 1823. 



sagitta'tum (arrow- leaved). Green, purple. 



July. 1775. 



MICROME'RIA. (From mikros, small, 

 and meris, a part ; referring to the flowers. 

 Nat. ord., Labiates [Lamiacee]. Linn., 

 \-Didynamia \-Gymnospermia. Allied 

 to Melissa.) 



Evergreen shrubs, with purple blossoms, ex- 

 cept where otherwise specified. Cuttings under 

 hand lights, in sandy soil, in a shady place, in 

 May ; common garden, light soil ; a high, shel- 

 tered position, or the protection of a cold pit, in 

 winter. 



M, approxima'ta (close -leaved}. June. Medi- 

 terranean. 1822. 



austra'lis (southern). N. S. Wales. 



Grce'ca (Grecian), f . June. Greece. 1759. 

 dcnsiflu'ra (thickly-flowered). June. South 



Europe. 1822. 



Julia'na (St. Julian's). *. Pale red. July. 



Mediterranean. 15Q6. 

 hlrsu'ta (hairy). June. Sicily. 1822. 



mttrifo'lin (cat- thyme-leaved). 1. Blue. Spain. 



1800. 



obova'ta (reversed-egg-teaoed). 2. July. Ja- 



maica. 1/83. 



Teneri'ffoB (Teneriffe). 1. May. Teneriffe. 



va'riu (various). July. Canaries. 1806. 



MICROPE'RA. (From mikros, small, 

 and pera, a pouch ; the pouch-like label- 

 lum, or lip. Nat. ord., Orchids [Orchi- 

 dacese]. Linn., 20-Gynandria I-Monan- 

 dria. Allied to Saccolabium.) 



Stove orchids. The ground species require to 

 be grown in loose, open soil, in a pot ; the others 

 in a shallow basket, or on a moss-covered block 

 of wood. Winter temp., 55 ; summer, 60 to 86. 



TERRESTRIAL, OR GROUND. 

 M. Ba'nksii (Banks'). New Zealand. 



me'dia (middle-sized). 2. Pale green, white. 



King Geortre's Sound. 1823. 



parviflo'ra (small-flowered). 1. Pale green, 



white. September. Port Jackson. 1828. 



EPIPHYTAL. 

 X. pa'llida (pale). Pale yellow. Sylhet. 



MICROSPE'RMA. (From micros, small, 

 and sperma, a seed ; the seeds being very 



minute. Nat. ord., Loasads [Loasacese]. 

 Linn., 18-Polyadelphia 2-Polyandtia.) 



Greenhouse annuals. To be cultivated like the 

 Chinese Primrose. See PKI'MDLA. 



M. Bartonioi'des (Bartonia-like). . Lemon. Au> 



gust. Mexico. 1849. 

 loba'tu (lobed). 



MIGNONETTE. Rese'da odora'ta. 



Soil. Light loam, well drained, and 

 manured with leaf-mould. 



Sowing in the open ground, from the 

 end of Apiil to the beginning of July, 

 will produce a sure succession of blooms 

 through the year. If allowed to seed, 

 and the soil suits it, mignonette will con- 

 tinue to propagate itself. If not allowed 

 to ripen its seed, the same plants will 

 bloom for two or more seasons, being a 

 perennial in its native country. 



For Pot- Culture and the production of 

 flowers to succeed those of the open- 

 ground plants, and to bloom in winter, 

 sow once in August, and again in Sep- 

 tember. The soil as above, well drained, 

 and pressed into 5-inch pots; cover the 

 seed a fourth of an inch. Thin the 

 seedlings to three in a pot. Water spar- 

 ingly. When mignonette is deficient of 

 perfume, it is because the temperature is 

 too low. 



Tree-Miff nonette. About the end of 

 April is the best time to sow seeds for 

 this purpose; and as the little tree of 

 mignonette will be expected to last in 

 good health for half a dozen years at 

 least, lay a good foundation to begin with. 

 A rich compost of mellow loam, and one- 

 third very rotten cow-dung, with a little 

 sand; and to keep this from getting too 

 close, a handful of dry lime-mortar added 

 to each pot of 6 inch diameter, and so in 

 proportion for larger or smaller pots ; the 

 mortar to be in lumps of the size of peas. 

 Bones, charcoal, or even powdered crocks 

 would answer the same purpose, only the 

 mignonette is so much sweeter from the 

 lime-rubbish or dry mortar. Cow-dung 

 being very liable to turn sour, the mortar 

 is a better corrector of this than even the 

 charcoal. Take as many 3 -inch pots as 

 you want plants ; drain them with pieces 

 of mortar, and over that a little of the 

 roughest of your compost ; fill up nearly 

 level with the top of the pot, and place 

 three seeds in the very middle of each 

 pot, and nine or ten seeds all over the 

 surface ; if you just cover them with earth 

 it is enough, and press them down very 

 tight. Water them, and put them up in 



