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fresh wound. The fruit here is not picked until ripe, and 
then preserved in spirits. An annual, native of India; a 
climber, four feet high; flowers yellow, in July and Au- 
gust; time of planting in May. 
M, charantia.—Balsam Pear.—Like the last a tender 
annual, the same height and color of flower; growth and 
habits the same. Both species must be supported with 
brush four feet high. The fruit of this is pear-shaped, oth- 
erwise somewhat similar to the first described species. 
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MONARDA.—Horse Mrvv. 
(In honor of Monardes, a Spanish botanist of the 16th century.) 
Monarda didyma.—Oswego Tea.—A perennial, native 
of North America. A well-known garden plant, three 
feet high, with. brilliant scarlet flowers; from June to 
August. Its familiar names are Red Balm, Crimson Balm, 
or Bergamot. The leaves are sometimes used as a substi- 
tute for tea. MW. jistulosa, has light-purple flowers, and 
not so handsome as MM. didyma, but possess the same 
properties. There are also many other species, which, in 
large collections, would be interesting. 
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MUSCARI.—Grare Hyacrntu. 
[From moschos, musk, on account of the odor of the flowers., 
Musc4ri moschatum.—Grape Hyacinth.—Is a pretty, 
hardy, bulbous-rooted plant, with dark, light-blue or 
white flowers, having a strong smell of musk. 
M. comdésum, in a variety called monstrosum, is the 
Feathered Hyacinth, a most ornamental, hardy border- 
flower; the bulb is large, ovate and solid; the leaves nar- 
row, a foot long, with obtuse points; the flower-stalks rise 
