ENCYCLOPHZDIA OF GARDENING. 
Minorca Box Tree (Buxus balearica).—See Buxus. 
Minorca Holly (Ilex balearica).—See Clematis. 
Mint (Mentha viridis).—See Mentha. ‘ 
Mirabilis (Marvel of Peru).—Ord. Nyctaginacew. Half-hardy 
perennials. Tuberous rooted. First introduced 1596. 
CULTURE: Soil, good, ordinary. Position, sunny beds or borders. 
Plant tuberous roots in April; seedlings in June. ‘Apply stimulants 
occasionally when plants are flowering. Lift tubers in Oct., and store 
in sand, cocoanut-fibre refuse or cinder ashes in frost-proof place until 
April. Propagate by seeds sown in. deep in light soil in temp. 65° 
to 75°, Feb. or March, transferring seedlings to cold frame in May & 
planting out in June; division of tubers at planting time. Marvel of 
Peru may be treated as an annual. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: M. hybrida, various colours, summer, 2 ft., hybrid; 
Jalapa (Marvel of Peru), various colours, summer, fragrant, 2 to 3 ft., Trop. 
America; longiflora, various colours, summer, fragrant, 3 ft., Mexico; multiflora, 
purple, summer, 2 to 8 ft., N.W. America. 
Miscanthus (Zebra-striped Rush)—Ord. Graminew. Hardy 
orn. foliaged grass. Nat. Japan. Leaves, narrow, deep green, 
creamy, yellow. 
CULTURE: Soil, ordinary. Position, pots in cold, or heated, 
greenhouse; in groups on lawns, or sunny borders. Pot or plant, 
March or April. Water plants in pots moderately in winter, freely in 
summer. Variegated kinds best adapted for pot culture. Propagate 
by division of plants iu March or April. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: M. japonica (Syn. Eulalia japonica), inflorescence red, 
summer, and leaves green, 6 to 7 ft.; japonica folius-striatus, leaves striped white 
and green, 3 to 4 ft.; japonica zebrina, leaves banded ce and yellow, 3 ft.; 
sinensis (Syn. Eulalia gracillima), leaves, green, graceful, 3 to 5 ft., Ohina and 
Japan; sinensis unvittata, leaves with yellow band down centre. 
Missouri Currant (Ribes aureum).—See Ribes. 
Missouri Evening-Primrose (Cnothera missouriensis 
macrocarpa).—See (nothera. 
Missouri Hyacinth.—See Brevoortia. 
Mistletoe (Viscum album).—See Viscum. 
Mistletoe Cactus.—See Rhipsalis. 
Mitchella (Chequer-berry; Deer-berry; Partridge-berry).—Ord 
Rubiacew. Hardy evergreen trailing herb. First introduced 1761, 
Flowers succeeded by small scarlet berries. 
CULTURE: Soil, equal parts peat & leaf-mould. Position, shady 
borders or rockeries. Plant, Oct., Nov., March, or April. Propagate 
by division of roots in Oct. or March. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: M. repens, white and purple, fragrant, summer, 3 in., 
N. America. 
Mitella (Mitre-wort; Bishop’s Cap).—Ord. Saxifragacee. Hardy 
perennial herbs. First introduced 1731. 
CULTURE: Soil, sandy peat. Position, partially shaded rockeries. 
Plant, March or April. Propagate by division of the roots, March or 
April. 
PECIES CULTIVATED: M. diphylla (Mitre-wort), white, spring, 6 in.; N. 
America. 
Mitraria (Mitre Flower; Scarlet, Mitre-pod)—Ord. Gesneracezx. 
Hardy evergreen flowering shrub. First introduced 1848. 
CULTURE: Soil, two parts fibrous peat, one part sand. Position, 
moist sheltered borders or rockeries. Plant, Sept. or April. 
POT CULTURE: Compost, two parts sandy peat, one part leaf- 
mould & sand. Pot, Sept. or Oct. Position, well-drained pots iu 
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