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run in. Mr. Wales recommends the 

 composition to consist of three-parts 

 horse-dung without litter, two of rotten 

 tree-leaves, two of cow-dung, one of 

 rotten tanners' bark, and one of sheep's 

 dung, mixed to the consistency of mor- 

 tar, and moulded in small frames like 

 those used by brick-makers, six inches 

 long, four broad, and three deep. Three 

 holes to be made half through the 

 bricks, an inch apart, with a blunt 

 dibble, for the reception of the spawn. 

 They should be put on boards for the 

 convenience of moving abroad during 

 fine days, as they must be made per- 

 fectly dry, which they often appear 

 to be on the ^outside when they are 

 far otherwise internally. Before they 

 are perfectly dry they require great 

 care in handling and turning, from 

 their aptitude to break ; but in about 

 three weeks, if dry weather, when 

 perfectly dried, they become quite firm. 

 To pervade them with the spawn, 

 a layer of fresh horse-litter, which has 

 laid in a heap to sweeten, as for a hot- 

 bed, must be formed, six inches thick, 

 in a dry shed. On this a course of the 

 bricks is to be laid, and their holes 

 completely filled with spawn; and, as 

 the bricks are laid in rows upon each 

 other, the upper side of each is to be 

 scattered over with some of the same. 

 The bricks are not placed so as to 

 touch, so that the heat and steam of 

 the dung may circulate equally and 

 freely. The heap is to terminate with 

 a single brick, and when completed, 

 covered with a layer, six inches thick, 

 of hot dung, to be reinforced with an 

 additional three inches after a lapse of 

 two weeks. The spawn will generally 

 have thoroughly run through the bricks 

 after another fortnight. If, however, 

 upon examination, this is not found 

 to be the case, they must remain for ten 

 days longer. The bricks being allowed 

 to dry for a few days before they are 

 stored, will then keep for many years. 



Mr. Oldaker recommends the bricks 

 to be made of fresh horse-droppings, 

 mixed with short litter, to which must 

 be added one-thind of cow-dung, and a 

 small portion of earth, to cement them 

 together. The spawn to be inserted 

 when they are half dry. 



Quantity required. One bushel of 

 spawn is required for a bed five feet by 

 ten ; two bushels for one double that 

 length ; and so on in proportion. 



MusK-FLOWEK. Mi'mulus moscha'tiis. 



MUSK-ACRO. HibVscus Abelmo'scus. 



MUSSJE'NDA. (The Cingalese name 

 of M. frondosa. Nat. ord., Cinchonads 

 [Cinchonaceee]. Linn., 5-Pentandria 

 l-Monogynia. Allied to Gardenia.) 



Stove evergreens. Cuttings, in sandy soil, in 

 heat, under a glass, in May ; loam and peat. 

 Winter temp., 50; summer, 60to 85. 



M. cocci'nea (scarlet). 20. Red. August. 

 Trinidad. 1825. 



corymbo'sa (corymbed). Orange. May. 



East Indies. 1827. 



frondo'sa (leafy). 8. Yellow. August. 



East Indies. 1814. 



gla'bra (smooth). 6. Orange. July. East 



Indies. 1820. 



macrophy'lla (large-leaved). 8. Orange. 



May. Nepaul. 1827. 



specio'sa (showy). 6. Red. August. Tri- 



nidad. 1820. 



MUSTAED (Sina'psis a'lba) succeeds 

 best in a fine, rich, mouldy loam. In 

 early spring, and late in autumn, the 

 situation should be sheltered; and, 

 during the height of summer, shaded 

 from the meridian sun. 



Smviny, for salading, may be through- 

 out the year. From the beginning of 

 November to the same period of March, 

 in a gentle hotbed, or in the corner of 

 a stove. From the close of February 

 to the close of April, it may be sown in 

 the open ground, on a warm, sheltered 

 border, and from thence to the middle 

 of September in a shady one. For 

 salading, sow in flat-bottomed drills, 

 about a quarter-of-an-inch deep and 

 six inches apart. The seed cannot 

 well be sown too thick. The earth 

 which covers the seed should be very 

 fine. Water must be given in dry wea- 

 ther, as a due supply of moisture is 

 the chief inducement to a quick vege- 

 tation. The sowings are to be per- 

 formed once or twice in a fortnight, 

 according to the demand. Cress (Le- 

 pi'dium sati'vum) is the most constant 

 accompaniment of this salad-herb ; and 

 as the mode of cultivation for each is 

 the same, it is only necessary to re- 

 mark that, as cress is rather slower in 

 vegetating than mustard, it is neces- 

 sary, for the obtaining them in perfec? 



