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shallow pond, keeping the roots immersed in water. I 
was told it would there succeed far better than by any 
other method; but in this particular I find it very much 
to the contrary. A soil as above described, and a good 
supply of water in dry weather, are all that is required. 
Thad a plant grown in a pot this summer, the size above 
particularized. The species and all its varieties are 
readily increased by taking off rooted shoots, or by cut- 
tings. Seed sown in spring, and the plants pricked out 
into a bed of rich soil, will flower by July, and continue 
through the season, The impregnation of these kinds, 
with any or all of the others, produces a pleasing and in- 
teresting variation of flowers.” A variety of this, called 
M. variegatus, is a delicate flowering one, and other va- 
rieties have been called species under the names of 
punctatus, M. speciosus, M. rubinus, etc. 
M. cardinalis.—This is another very ornamental spe- 
cies, with brilliant scarlet flowers, with varieties having 
rose or orange-colored blossoms. It requires the same 
treatment as the other species, and is equally rapid in 
its growth. I have not, however, ever raised plants as 
large as have been described. 
M. moschatus.—Musk Plant.—This well-known Mimu- 
dus is cultivated on account of the musky odor of the 
plant, rather than for its flowers, which are yellow and 
much smaller than in most of the species. It delights in 
a rich soil, and if the summer proves dry, the plant re- 
quires a free supply of water; if deprived of this, it will 
be weakly, and produce but few flowers. When grown 
in such a soil, and well attended with water, a plant has 
been known to grow two feet high. To effect this, the 
suckers, as fast as they appeared, were pinched off, so 
that the strength of the plant was thrown into a single 
stem; the result was, an upright pyramidal plant, two 
feet high, clothed with blossoms from bottom to top. 
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