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Jf. buccina'tor (trumpet) .Yellowish-green. April. 

 La Guayra. 1835. 



Car to'ni (Carton's). 1. Straw. July. Santa 



Martha. 



citri'num (yellow). Yellow. Mexico. 1837- 



linea'tum (streaked). 1. Yellow, crimson. 



March. Guatimala. 1836. 



luxaftum (dislocated). 1. Straw. August. 



Mexico. 1842. 



pardi'num (panther). Yellow, red. July. 



Oaxaca. 1837. 



uni'color (one-coloured). Yellow. Sep- 

 tember. Mexico. 1843. 



ro'seo-n'lbum (rose and white). White, rose. 



Russellia'num (Duke of Bedford's). Green. 



August. Guatimala. 1838. 



MO'RNA. Named after Morna, one of 

 Ossian's heroines. Nat. ord., Composites 

 [Asteracese]. Linn., 19-Syngenesia 1- 

 ^qualis. Allied to Podolopsis.) 



Greenhouse plants, with yellow flowers, from 

 Swan River. Ni'tida, an evergreen, may be pro- 

 pagated by cuttings under a bell-glass ; and both 

 are easily raised from seed, sown either in Sep- 

 tember or March; but in both cases the plants 

 must be kept in light soil, and well drained, or 

 they will damp off. The autumn-sown ones will 

 bloom in the greenhouse early in spring and 

 summer ; the spring-sown ones late in summer, 

 and the beginning of autumn. If it is desirable 

 to try them out of doors, they should not be 

 planted out far north of London until the middle 

 of June. 

 M. ni'tida (beautiful). 2. February. 1835. 



ni'vea (snowy). l. July. 1836. 

 MORONO'BEA. (From moronobo, the na- 

 tive name. Nat. ord, Guttifers [Clusiacese]. 

 Liun., I8-Polyadelphia 2-Polyandria.) 



Stove evergreen tree. Cuttings of the ripened 

 shoots, with all the leaves except those at the 

 lower joint, in sand, in heat, and under a bell- 



?lass ; sandy loam, and lumpy, dried leaf-mould. 

 ViHter temp., 50 to 55; summer, 60 to 85. 

 M. cocci'nea (scarlet-cowered). 40. Guiana. 1825. 

 MO'EUS. Mulberry. (From w?or, the 

 Celtic for black ; referring to the colour 

 of the fruit. Nat. ord., Morads [Moraceae] . 

 Linn., 2L-Moncecia k-Tetrandria.) 



Seeds, layers, cuttings, and truncheons ; in fact, 

 you can scarcely fail to propagate the Mulberry, 

 as pieces of the roots, branches, and even the 

 stem, if stuck into the ground in a deciduous 

 state, will grow more easily than a gooseberry- 

 cutting; deep, sandy, or calcareous loam. Of the 

 hardy kinds, ni'gra is the hardiest, grown chiefly 

 for its fruit. A'lba is more tender, grown chiefly 

 for its leaves for feeding the silkworm. 



STOVE EVERGREEN TREES. 

 K.J'ndica (Indian). 20. E. Ind. 1820. 



Mauritia'na (Mauritian). 20. Mauritius. 1828. 



HARDY DECIDUOUS TREES, &C. 

 J/. a'lba (white). 30. June. China. 15Q6. 



Colnmba'ssa (Columba). 



It a'lica( Italian). 20. June. Italy. 1817- 



macrophy'lla (large-leaved). 39. June. 



China, 



membrana'cea (membranous). 



Mvrettia'na (Moretti's). June. 



M. alba nerno'sa (nerved). June. China. 

 pu'mila (dwarf). 10. June. China. 



Rnmu'na (Roman,). 



rn'sea (rose-like). 20. June. China. 



Sine'nsis (Chinese). 20. 



ea'lcar-ga'lli (cock-spur). N. S. Wales. 1830. 



Everpreen. 



Const antinopolita'na (Constantinople). 15. 



June. Turkey. 1818. 



ni'gra (common-black). 20. June. Italy. 1548. 

 lacinia'ta (cut-leaved). 30. June. 



ru'bra (red). 10. June. N. Amer. 1629. 



sen,' bra (rough). 20. June. N. Amer. 1817. 



Tata'rica (Tartarian). 20. June. Tartary. 1/81. 

 MULBERRY (M. ni'gra} CULTURE. Pro- 

 pagation : by Cuttings. In former days 

 this operation was much circumscribed, 

 being limited to the cuttings of the young 

 shoots, as in currants. Truncheons of 

 considerable size may, and, indeed, ought 

 to be used. These strike with facility by 

 ordinary means, especially in the de- 

 ciduous state, and put in the soil in the 

 autumn, leaving only a bud or two ex- 

 posed. 



If Truncheons of some size are used, 

 let them be taken from the tree in the 

 beginning of February; and being in- 

 serted a foot deep, in a situation where 

 neither direct sunshine nor wind can 

 freely penetrate, envelope their stems 

 above the ground -level with moss, all 

 but the upper pair of buds, in order to 

 prevent evaporation. 



By Layers. The shoots of the previous 

 year are generally selected for this pur- 

 pose, and may be either slit or ringed, 

 although they will root without. _ This 

 being performed in November, or in Fe- 

 bruary, the young plants will be ready to 

 be removed from the parent plant in 

 twelve months, when they may be placed 

 in the nursery for two years, by which 

 time they will be fit for their permanent 

 situations, care being taken to train 

 them to stems, as ordinary standard 

 fruit-trees. 



By Grafting. Ordinary grafting, as in 

 the apple, is not a very safe mode ; but 

 inarching, or grafting by approach, is 

 quite eligible. This is performed exactly 

 as in other trees, and will produce strong 

 plants in a short time. 



By Seeds. This practice is seldom re- 

 sorted to, but may prove interesting to 

 some. The seed being washed from the 

 pulp as soon as ripe, and dried, may be 

 preserved through the winter in dry sand, 

 and sowed in the succeeding February. 

 A slight bottom-heat will facilitate the 

 progress of the seedlings ; but they may 

 be safely reared without, by affording a 



