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M. serra'tum (s&w-leaved). 6. White, purple. 

 May. 



tubercula'tum (tubercled). 3. 1803. 



MYOSO'TIS. Forget-me-not. (From 

 mys, a mouse, and otis, an ear ; resem- 

 blance of the leaves. Nat. ord., Boraye- 

 worts [Boraginaoee], Linn., 5-Pen- 

 tnndria \-Monogynia.} 



Seed for annuals, and also for the perennial 

 herbaceous species, most of the latter freely, by 

 dividing the root in spring ; the scarcer ones by 

 cuttings in a shady place, in summer, under a 

 hand-light ; moist places by the side of ditches 

 and ponds suit the most of them. M . palustris 

 is the true " Forget-me-not." It, as well as 

 others, may be treated like Alpine plants in 

 winter, and have a saucer of water below the 

 pot in summer, when they will bloom long and 

 well. 



HARDY HERBACEOUS. 



M. Alpe'stris (Alpine). . Blue. July. Swit- 

 zerland. 1818. 



Azo'rica (Azorean). 1. Dark blue. Au- 



gust. Azores. IS-ifi. 



azu'rea (light-blue). Blue. June. Corvo. I 



1842. 



ctespito'sa (tufted), f. Blue. June. Britain. 

 macroca'lyx (large-calyxed). jj. 



Blue. June. Britain. 



intermedia (intermediate). . Blue. April. 



Britain. 



nn'na (dwarf). . Blue. July. Europe. 



1800. 



palu'stris (marsh). 1. Blue, yellow. July. 



Britain. 



re'pens (creeping). 1. Pale blue. June. 



Britain. 



rubi'cola (rock). Blue. Scotland. 



sparsiflo'ra (scattered-flowered). 1$. Blue. 



May. South France. 1822. 



HARDY ANNUALS. 



M. arve'nsis a'lba( white-corn-field). $. White. 

 June. Britain. 



Austra'lis (southern). Blue. June. New 



South Wales. 1824. 



Calif o'rnica (Californian). 14. White. 



August. California. 1837. 



claoa'ta (club-leaved). Blue. June. Siberia. 



1829. 



colli'na (hill). . Blue. May. Britain. 



commvtafta (changed). Blue. June. Europe. 



Biennial. 



littora'lis (sea-shore). Blue, yellow. April. 



Caspian Sea. 1836. 



- peduncula'ris (long - flower - stalked). U. 

 Blue. June. Astracan. 1824. 



ungula'ta (clawed). Blue. June. Siberia. 



1822. 



MYR'CIA. (A name of Venus. Nat. 

 ord., MyrtleUooms [Myrtaceae], Linn., 

 1%-Icosandria l-Monogynia. Allied to 

 Jlfyrtus.) 



Stove white-flowered evergreens. Cuttings 

 of stubby young shoots, getting a little tirm 

 at their base, in sand, under a bell-class, and 

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in a mild bottom-heat, in May ; sandy peat and 

 iibry loam, with charcoal nodules to keep it. 

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



M. a'cris (sharp-flavoured). 20. June. West 

 Indies. 1759. 



bracteu'ta (bracted). 4. May. Brazil. 1824. 



coria'cea (leathery- leaved). 4. Carribean 



Isles. 1759. 



crassine'rvia (thick-nerved). May. Guiana. 



1780. 



plmentoi'des( Allspice-like). 20. May. West 



Indies. 



pseu'do-mi'ni (false-Mini). May. Brazil. 



1822. 



soro'ria (sister). 5. May. Trinidad. 1822. 



sple'ndens (shining). 12. May. Hispaniola. 



1822. 



MYRIA'CTIS. (From myrios, a myriad, 

 and aktin, a sunbeam ; referring to the 

 florets. Nat. ord., Composites [Astera- 

 cese] . Linn., 19-Syngenesia Z-Snperflua. 

 Allied to Bellis.) 



Half-hardy herbaceous. Seeds, in spring, in 

 a gentle heat ; division of the plant as growth 

 commences ; sandy loam ; the protection of a 

 cold pit will generally be necessary in winter. 



M. Gmeli'ni (Gmelin's). White. June. Persia. 

 1836. 



MYRIADE 'NUS. ( From myrios, myriad , 

 and aden, a gland ; the leaves are 

 thickly beset with glands. Nat, ord., 

 Leguminous Plants [Fabacece]. Linn., 

 17-Diadelphia -Decandria,} 



Stove biennial. Seeds sown at the end of 

 August, in a hotbed ; seedlings potted off and 

 kept over the winter in a medium temperature 

 of 50, and rather dry, and potted again in 

 spring, will flower in the beginning of summer ; 

 sown in spring in a hotbed, and similarly treated, 

 they will bloom towards autumn ; light, rich, 

 sandy soil. 



M. tetraphy'llus (four- leaved). 1. Yellow. 

 July. Jamaica. 1818. 



MYRI'CA. Candleberry Myrtle. (From 

 myrio, to flow, inhabiting the banks of 

 rivers. Nat. ord., Galeworts [Myrica- 

 cefle]. Linn., 22-Dicecia -i-Tetrandria.) 



The berries of M . cerifera yield a large pro- 

 portion of wax, of which candles are made 

 hence the name. Greenhouse kinds by cuttings, 

 under glass, in a shady place, in autumn and 

 spring, but without bottom-heat; peat, moist 

 and sandy. Hardy kinds by seeds sown as soon 

 as ripe, by layers, by cuttings, and by suckers 

 and division. The Gale is one of our hardiest 

 plants, and is used for many purposes, such as 

 placing its leafy dried twigs among clothes to 

 give them an agreeable scent, and keep away 

 moths, and to banish vermin from beds. The 

 berries put into beer render it as intoxicating 

 as those of the Cocc-ulus indicvs, and when dis- 

 tilled, while they are fresh, they yield an essen- 

 tial oil. All like rather moist sandy peat. 



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