MIM 



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MIS 



II. rubricau'Ks (red-stalked). 3. Pale yellow 

 June. E. Ind. 1799. 



sensiti'vu (sensitive). 14. Pink. June. Brazil 



1648. 



strigo'sa (bristled). 1. Purple. June. S.Amer 

 1818. 



Uraguc'nsis (Uraguay). 2. Red. June. Buenos 



Ayres. 1840. 



in'xcida (clammy). 2. Red. Brazil. 1825. 



ui'ou (lively), l^. Purple. August. Jamaica 



1739. 



MI'MULUS. Monkey-Flower. (From 

 mimo, an ape ; in reference to the ringeril 

 or gaping mouth of the flower. Nat. ord. 

 Fiy worts [Scrophulariace]. Linn., 14 

 Didyitamia 2-Angiospermia.) 



Common soil, provided it be moist ; divisions, 

 cuttings, and seeds. A few, like ro'seus, require 

 the protection of a pit in winter ; but where that 

 is not available, seeds of them, sown in March or 

 April, will bloom in summer and autumn. 



HARDY ANNUALS. 

 M.Jluribu'ndus (bundle-flowered), f. Yellow. Au- 

 gust. N. Amer. 1826. 



parviflo'rus (saiall-nowered). i. Yellow. Chili. 



1824. 



HALF-HARDY HERBACEOUS. 

 M. lana'tus (woolly). l. Yellow. June. N. Amer. 

 18*6. 



ro'seus (rosy) . 1. Rose. August. California. 1831. 



tri 1 color (three-coloured). Pink, crimson. June. 



California. 1848. 



HARDY HERBACEOUS. 



3f. ala'tus (winged). 1. Light blue. July. N. 

 Amer. 1783. 



cardina'lis (cardinal -like). 2. Scarlet. June. 



California. 1835. 



glabra'tus (smoothed). Yellow. June. Mexico. 



1827. 



gutta'tus (spotted-;?oM>ered). 14. Yellow. July. 



N. Amer. 1812. 



Lewi'sii (Lewis's). J. Pale purple. August. 



Missouri. 1824. 



lu'teus (yellow.) |. Yellow. July. Chili. 1826. 

 rivula'ris (rivulet). f . Yellow. July. Chili. 



1826. 



Younga'nus (Mr. Young's), f. Yellow- 

 spotted. July. Chili. 1*33. 



moschu'tus (musk-plant). |. Yellow. August. 



Columbia. 1826. 



propi'nquus (related), j. Yellow. April. N. 



Amer, 1827. 



ri'ngens (gaping). 1. Light blue. July. N. 



Amer. 1759. 



- variega'tus (variegated). 1. White, rosy. June. 

 Chili. 1831. 



MIMU'SOPS. (From mimo. an ape, and 

 ops, a face ; fancied resemblance of the 

 flowers. Nat. ord., Sapotods [Sapotacere] . 

 Jjinn.,8 Octandria 1-Monogynia. Allied to 

 Uassia.) 



Mimu'sops Ele'ngi is an Indian fruit-tree ; and 

 the sweetish gum of the M. Ka'ki is eaten by the 

 natives. Stove, white-flowered evergreen trees, 

 from the East Indies. Cuttings of half-ripened 

 hoots in sand, under a glass, and in heat ; sandy 

 loam and leaf-mouid. Winter temp., 48 to 55 

 summer, 60 to 80. 



M. Elt'ngi (Elengi). 15. 17Q5. 



hf.xa'ndva (six-stamened). 10, 1804, 



Ka'ki (Kaki). 10. 1/0.6. 



MI'NA. (Named after F . X. Mina, a 

 Mexican minister. JS at. ord., Bindweeds 

 [Convolvulaceee], Linn., 5-Pentundria 

 1-Monogynia. Allied to Ipomasa.) 



Greenhouse annual. Seeds sown in a hotber!, 

 in spring, potted and re-potted, and hardened off 

 for flowering in the greenhouse ; sandy loam, peae, 

 and leaf-mould. 



M. loba'ta (lobed). 6. Red, yellow. June. Mexico. 

 1841. 



MINT. See ME'NTHA. 



MIRA'BILIS. Marvel of Peru. (From 

 mirabilis, wonderful ; as everything was 

 at first considered that came from 

 America. Nat. ord., Nyctagos [Nyctagy- 

 nacese]. Linn., 5-Pentandria l-Mi>no- 

 gynia.) 



Greenhouse herbaceous perennials. By seeds 

 sown in a hotbed, in spring, and plants hardened 

 off by degrees to stand in the open border ; by 

 their fusiform (carrot-shaped) roots, taken up and 

 preserved in sand or dry moss during the winter ; 

 rich, sandy loam. May be managed similarly to a 

 Dahlia. 



M. dicho'toma (forked). 2. Yellow. July. Mexico. 

 1640. 



hy'bridn (hybrid). 2. White. July. 1313. 



jala 1 pa (jalap). 2. Red. July. W. Ind. 15[)(i. 



a'/Aa (white). 2.White. July. W. Ind. 15^6. 



fla'na (yellow). 2. Yellow. July. W. Ind. 



1596. 

 ru'tiro-a'lba (red and white). 2. Red, 



white. July. W. Ind. 1596. 

 ru'bro-fla'va (red and yellow). 2. Red, 



yellow. July. W. Ind. 15Q6. 



longifln'ra (long-flowered). 2. White. July. 



Mexico. 1759. 



ca'rnea (flesh-coloured). 2. Pink. August, 



Germany. 



viola'cea (violet-coloured). 2. fink. Au- 

 gust. Germany. 



suave'olens (sweet-scented). l. White. July. 



Mexico. 1824. 



MIRBE'LIA. (Named after C. F. J?. 



Mirbel, a physiological botanist of Paris. 



Nat. ord., Leguminous Plants [Fabacese]. 

 Linn., 10-Decandria 1-Monogynia, Allied 



to Pultensea.) 

 Greenhouse evergreens, from New Holland. 



Cuttings of the half-ripened shoots in May, under 



a bell-glass, and in sand, over well-drained, sandy 

 )eat ; sandy peat, with a few nodules of fibry 

 oam and charcoal. Winter temp., 40 to 48. 



M. Bn'xteri (Baxter's). 2. Yellow. 1825. 



dilata'ta (wide-tewed). 3. Yellow. July. 1 803. 



floribu'nda (many-flowered). 2. Purple. March. 



1838. 



grandiflo'ra (large-flowered). 2. Yellow. June. 



1825. 



JJ//"i.vra'n(Mcisner's). 2. Reddish-purple. Mav. 



pu'ngens (stinging). 2. Yeilow. June. 182i, 



reticula'ta (netted). 3. Yellow. June. 1/92. 



specio'sa (showy). 2. Purple. June. 182*. 



MISTLETOE. ( Vi'scitm a'lbnm.) Name 

 derived from the Saxon for the same 

 >!ant, Misfdla. The best months for 

 owing it are February and March. Make 



