Milla 



Millipedes 



conspicuous success by many of those who grow 

 pot Hoses for market. Peaches and Nectarines 

 may be syringed in the same manner. 



For Vines, if dusting with flowers of sulphur 

 fail, the more drastic plan of sulphuring the pipes, 

 making them hot, and keeping the house dry for a 

 few days, must be put into practice. The sulphur 

 fumes liberated by the heat from the pipes will 

 kill the spores and mycelium, but will also 

 damage the leaves if continued for longer than 

 two or three days, or if the pipes be made so hot 

 that the house smells strongly of sulphur. This 

 remedy should only be applied as a last resource. 



There are certain conditions which tend to the 

 spread of the fungus. These are : 



(1) A cold, water-logged soil. 



(2) A moisture-laden, stagnant atmosphere. 



(3) Cold draughts. 



Injudicious watering and ventilating are largely 

 contributory to such conditions. If wet, cold 

 weather follow a dry, warm spell, a little heat in 

 the pipes may be necessary in Vineries and Peach 

 houses even in the height of summer. Frequent 

 and violent fluctuations in the temperature of 

 houses are also to blame, and the greatest care 

 must be exercised in giving air when keen winds 

 are blowing while the sun is bright and warm. 

 Often Rose trees that take mildew badly may be 

 cured sometimes by lifting the roots out of cold, 

 inert soils into which they may have penetrated. 



Mildew on Peas is generally induced by spells of 

 drought. Late Peas are always the worst, and 

 upon very light soils mildew is sure to be trouble- 

 some ; also upon cold, clayey soils in wet seasons. 

 The remedy is deep and thorough cultivation. It 

 is also well to grow varieties of vigorous habit only 

 for late work. 



Spraying with Bordeaux Mixture and potassium 

 sulphide (liver of sulphur) is excellent. (See 

 FUNGICIDES.) 



MILLA. 



Millas (ord. LiliaceaV) are pretty bulbous plants, 

 some of which can be grown in a border of dry 

 soil close to a wall or in a frame. The best known 

 is uniflora, which is hardy in most gardens in 

 sheltered positions, but prefers to be planted in 

 gravel. Propagation, by offsets or seeds. (See also 

 BRODT^A, to which some are now referred.) 



Principal Species : 



Uflora, lj', My., grh. or 



frame, wh. 

 Leichtlini, 4 , will., grh., 



wh. (correctly Brodia?a 



Leichtlini). 

 macrostemon, 10", lil. 



(.<)/. Nothoscordum 



macrostemon) . 

 porrifolia, 10", hi., wh. 



(correctly Broditea por- 

 rifolia, stjn. Triteleia 

 porrifolia). 



uniflora, 9", Mch., wh. 

 (correctly Brodia?a uni- 

 flora). 



violacea, 9", Mch., lil. 

 (correctly Brodieea uni- 

 flora violacea) . 



MILLETTIA. 



Tall, climbing trees or shrubs, with purple, pink, 

 or white flowers (ord. LeguminosM). Several 

 species have been introduced, of which caffra, 

 Haingayi, megasperma, and racemosa are in culti- 



Jfilfoil (see Acliillea). 



Millt Vetch (see Asi-ragalus). 



Milk Weed (see Atclepias). 



Mills, Wort (see Polygala). 



Milk Wort, Sea (see fflaux). 



Millet Grass (see Pastpalum and Sorghum}. 



vation at Kew. Propagation, by seeds and cuttings 

 in sand. Soil, equal parts of loam and leaf soil, 

 with sand. 



Principal Species : 

 japonica (of Asa Gray, 



correctly Wistaria japo- 



iiica). 



megasperma, pur., Ivs. 

 pinnate, glossy grn. ; 

 hahit like Wistaria 



MILLINGTONIA. 



Stove evergreen trees (ord. Bignoniacea:), with 

 rather showy white or yellow flowers. (For cul- 

 tural details, see BIGXOXIA.) 



Principal Species : 

 horteusis, 35' to 40', wh. simplicifolia, 20', yel. 



MlLTONIA VEXILLAKIA MEMOKIA G. D. 



(see )). 7T). 



MILLIPEDES. 



The members of this group of Myriapoda are 

 well known to gardeners, and occasionally they 

 prove somewhat destructive. They feed upon 

 decaying vegetable matter, but sometimes attack 

 the roots of cultivated plants, fallen fruits, and 

 Strawberries. Julus guttatus and J. terrestris 

 are common ; so also is Polydesmus complanatus, 

 the flattened millipede. In this country 2" would 

 be the maximum of growth, but in other lands 

 many species are 6" long and upwards. None of 

 the millipedes possess poison tubes, although they 

 are popularly regarded as dangerous. 



