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Common soil, provided it be moist ; divisions, 

 cuttings, and seeds. A few, like roseus, re- 

 quire 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.floribu'ndua (bundle-flowered). J. Yellow. 



August. North America. 1826. 



parviflo'rus (small - flowered), i. Yellow. 



Chili. 1824. 



HALF-HARDY HERBACEOUS. 



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

 North America. 1826. 



ro'seus (rosy). 1. Rose. August. Cali- 



fornia. 1831. 



tri'color (three-coloured). Pink, crimson. 



June. California. 1848. 



HARDY HERBACEOUS. 



M. ula'tus (winged). 1. Light blue. July. 

 North America. 1/83. 



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



California. 1835. 



glabra'tus (smoothed). Yellow. June. 



Mexico. 1827. 



gutta'tvs (spotted-flowered) . l^- Yellow. 



July. North America. 1812. 

 -r- Lewi'sii (Lewis's). ^. Pale purple. Au- 

 gust. Missouri. 1824. 



lu'teus (yellow). 3. Yellow. July. Chili. 



-- rivula'ris (rivulet). ^. Yellow. July. 



Chili. 1826, 

 -- Younga'nus (Mr. Young's), $. Yel- 



low spotted. July. Chili. 1833. 



moscha'tus (Musk-/>/n>). ^. Yellow. Au- 



gust. Columbia. 1826. 



propi'nquus (related). . Yellow. April. 



North America. 182". 



ri'ngens (gaping), l. Light blue. July. 



North America. 1759. 



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



June. Chili. 1831. 



MIMU'SOPS. (From wm/w, an ape, 

 and ops, a face ; fancied resemblance of 

 the flowers. Nat. ord., Su-potads [Sa- 

 potacese]. Linn., S-Octnndria l-Mono- 

 tjynia. Allied to Bassia.) 



Mimusops Elengi is an Indian fruit tree; 

 and the sweetish gum of the M. Kaki is eaten 

 by the natives. Stove, white-flowered, ever- 

 green trees, from the East Indies. Cuttings 

 of half-ripened shoots, in sand, under a glass, 

 and in heat ; sandy loam and leaf-mould. 

 Winter temp., 48 to 55 ; summer, 60 to 80. 

 M. Elc'ngi (Elengi). 15. 1/96. 



hexa'ndra (six-stamened). 10. 1804. 



Ka'ki (Kaki). 10. 1/96. 



MI'NA. (Named after F. X. Mlna, 

 a 'Mexican minister. Nat. ord., Bind- 

 weeds [Convolvulacese]. Linn., 5-Pen- 

 1 an (I ria l-Monoyynia. Allied to Ipo- 



Greenhouse annual. Seeds sown in a hotbed, 

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



off for flowering in the greenhouse ; sandy 

 loam, peat, and leaf-mould. 

 M. lo'bata (lobed). 6. Red, yellow. June. 

 Mexico. 1841. 



MINT. See Me'nfha. 



MIRA'BILIS. Marvel of Peru. (From 

 mlraUlls, wonderful, as everything was 

 at first considered that came from 

 America. Nat. ord., Nyctagos [Nyctagy- 

 nacea?]. Linn., b-Pentandria l-Mono- 

 yynia.} 



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'brida, (hybrid). 2. White. July. 1813. 

 jala'pa (Jalap). 2. Red. July. West 



Indies. 1596. 

 a'lba (white). 2. White. July. 



West Indies. 1596. 

 fla'va (yellow). 2. Yellow. July. 



West Indies. 1596. 

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



white. July. West Indies, 1596, 

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



yellow. July. West Indies. 1596. 



longiflo'ra (long - flowered). 2. White. 



July. Mexico. 1759. 

 ca'rnea (flesh - coloured). 2. 



Pink. August. Germany. 

 viola' cea (violet - coloured). 2. 



Pink. August. Germany. 



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



July. Mexico. 1824. 



MIRBE'LIA. (Named after C. F. B. 

 Mirbel, a physiological botanist of Paris. 

 Nat. ord., Leguminous Plants [Fabacece] . 

 Linn., \0-Decandria l-Monoyynia, Al- 

 lied to Pultenoea.) 



Greenhouse evergreens from New Holland. 

 Cuttings of the half-ripened shoots, in May, 

 under a bell-glass, and in sand, over well- 

 drained sandy peat; sandy peat, with a few 

 nodules of fibry loam and charcoal. Winter 

 temp., 40 to 48. 

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



dilata'ta (wide-leaved"). 3. Yellow. July. 



1803. 



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



March. 1838. 



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



June. 1825, 



Meisne'ri (Meisner's). 2. Reddish purple. 



May. 



pu'ngens (stinging). 2. Yellow. June. 



1824. 



reticula'ta (netted). 3. Yellow. June. 



1792. 



specio'sa (showy). 2. Purple. June. 1824. 



MISTLETOE. (J r i'scum a'lbimi). Name 

 derived from the Saxoii for the same 



