ENCYCLOPHIDIA OF GARDENING. 
CULTURE: Compost, equal parts peat, loam & sand. Position, 
for sensitive plants (M. pudica & M. sensitiva), well-drained pots. in 
light part of stove; for M. marginata similar, but with shoots trained 
up roof. Pot, Feb. or March. Water freely, March to Sept., mode- 
rately afterwards. Temp., March to Oct. 65° to 75°. Propagate by 
seeds sown 1-16in. deep in light soil in temp. 65° to 75°, Feb. or March; 
cuttings of young shoots inserted in sandy soil in temp. 65° to 75°, at 
any time. M. ange & M. sensitiva, though strictly perennials, are 
generally treated as annuals. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: L. marginata, pink, summer, 5 to 10 ft., Mexico; 
pudica (Sensitive or Humble Plant), rose, summer, 12 to 18 in., Brazil; sensitiva, 
purple, summer, 3 to 6 ft., Brazil. 
Mimutus (Cardinal Flower; Monkey Flower; Musk; Harrison’s 
Musk). — Ord. Scrophularinacew. Greenhouse & hardy annual & 
perennial herbs. First introduced 1826. Flowers, fragrant. 
POT CULTURE OF MUSK: Compost, two parts loam, one part each 
of leaf-mould & decayed cow manure & sand. Pot, Feb. to April. 
Position, shady window or greenhouse. Water freely, March to Oct. ; 
moderately, Oct. to Dec.; keep nearly dry afterwards. Apply stimu- 
lants two or three times weekly, May to Sept. Suitable stimulants: 
Soot water, liquid guano, nitrate of soda, cow & horse manure. Temp. 
March to Oct. 50° to 65°; Oct. to March 40° to 50°. 
OUTDOOR CULTURE OF MUSK: Soil, ordinary rich. Position, 
moist shady border. Plant, April or May. 
CULTURE OF SPOTTED MIMULUS : Sow seeds on surface of light 
soil; slightly cover with fine mould & place in temp. 55° to 65°, Feb., 
March, or April. Transplant seedlings when three leaves have formed 
lin. apart in shallow boxes of light mould. Place in temp. 55° until 
May, then transfer to cold frame. Plant, outdoors, 4in. apart, in 
June. Position, shady bed or border. Soil, light, moist, well en- 
riched with decayed manure. Mulch with cocoanut-fibre refuse or 
decayed manure. Apply stimulants occasionally, July to Sept. 
CULTURE OF PERENNIAL SPECIES (M. cardinalis, etc.): Soil, 
ordinary rich. Position, moist, shady border. Plant, March to 
June. Apply stimulants occasionally, June to Oct. Mulch with 
decayed manure in Oct. May be grown in pots similar to common 
musk. 
CULTURE OF SHRUBBY SPECIES: Compost, two parts loam, one 
leaf-mould, decayed cow manure & sand. Position, well-drained pots 
in light airy greenhouse; shoots trained on sticks or trellis. Pot, 
March. Prune, Feb. Water moderately Oct. to March, freely after- 
wards. Temp., Oct. to March 40° to 50°; March to Oct. 50° to 60°. 
Propagate by seeds sown, Feb. to May, on surface of light soil, & 
covered with a little sand or fine mould, in temp. 55° to 60°; cuttings 
of young shoots inserted in light sandy soil in temp. 55° to 65° at any 
time; division of roots, Feb. to May; by cuttings of shoots 2in. long 
inserted in sandy soil under bell-glass in temp. 55° to 65° in March, 
or in cool greenhouse or window, in summer. 
PERENNIAL SPECIES: M. cardinalis (Cardinal Flower), scarlet, summer, 1 to 
2 ft., N. America; luteus (Syn. M. SuDeenehs orange and crimson, summer, 6 to 
12 ins., N. America; luteus guttatus or maculosus (Spotted Mimulus), parent of the 
large-flowered spotted kinds, various, 6 to 8 in., summer; moschatus (Musk), 
yellow, summer, 6 in., N. America; moschatus Harrisonii, yellow, large-flowered. 
SHRUBBY SPECIES: M. glutinosus (Syn. Diplacus glutinosus), orange, red to 
scarlet, all the year, 4 to 6 ft., California; glutinosus punicens, orange-red. 
Miniature Sun-flower (Heliopsis lavis).—See Heliopsis. 
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