ENCYCLOPHDIA OF GARDENING. 
Moreton Bay Trumpet Jasmine (Tecoma jasminoides). 
ee Tecoma. 
orina (Whorl-flower). — Ord. Di ‘ Hard erennial 
herbs. First introduced eas, ua ie 
CULTURE: Soil, deep moist sandy loam. Position, partially 
shaded sheltered borders. Plant, Sept. to Nov., March, or April. 
Protect, Nov. to March, by covering of litter. Propagate by seeds 
sown 1-16in. deep in sandy peat & leaf-mould in cold frame in Sept. 
or Oct., March or April; division of roots, Sept. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: M. coulteriana, yellow, June, 18 in., Himalayas; longi- 
folia, purple, July, 2 to 3 ft., Himalayas; persica, red and white, 1 to 2 ft., 
Himalayas. 
Mormodes. — Ord, Orchidacew. Stove deciduous epiphyte’ 
orchids. First introduced 1837. Flowers, fragrant. 
CULTURE: Compost, good fibry peat. Position, pots or hanging 
baskets, well drained. Water freely from time new growth begins 
until leaves fall off; very little other times. _Temp., March to Sept., 
65° to 85°; Sept. to March, 60° to 70°. Resting period, winter. 
Flowers appear at base of new pseudo-bulb. Propagate by division 
of plant at potting time. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: M. luxata, lemon yellow and brown, July, Mexico; 
ae eburnea, creamy white; pardina, yellow and crimson, July and August, 
Morning Glory (Ipomza purpurea).—_See Ipomza. 
Morus (Mulberry).—Ord. Urticacew. Hardy deciduous trees. 
Orn. foliage & fruit-bearing. First introduced 1548. One of the 
oldest of cultivated fruits. Flowers, greenish white; May to July. 
Fruit, oblong white, red, or black berries; ripe, Sept. & Oct. 
CULTURE OF MULBERRY (M. nigra): Soil, light, deep moist 
loam. Position, sunny, sheltered from north winds, in England; 
against south walls in Scotland. Plant, Nov. to March. Depth of 
roots below surface Gin. Prune in Feb., simply thinning over-crowded 
branches & shortening straggling ones. Shorten young shoots grow- 
ing out of front of branches of trees grown against walls to 6in. in 
July. Top-dress surface of soil equal to spread of branches with 
well-decayed manure in Oct. or Nov. Suitable artificial manure: two 
parts nitrate of soda, one part superphosphate, one part kainit. Apply 
in Feb. or March at the rate of 40z. per square yard. Gather fruit 
when ready to drop. Spread layer of straw or lawn mowings for 
fruit to fall upon. 
CULTURE OF OTHER SPECIES: Soil, ordinary. Position, 
sunny sheltered shrubberies or singly on lawns. Plant, Oct. to 
March. Prune as advised for mulberry. Propagate by seeds sown 
Zin. deep in light sandy soil, in temp. 55° to 65° in March, trans- 
planting seedlings outdoors in June or July, or in similar soil & 
depth outdoors in May; cuttings 6 to 8in. long, partly of current & 
partly of two-year-old shoots removed from upper part of tree, & 
inserted half their depth in light soil in sheltered position outdoors, 
Sept., Oct., or March; layering shoots in Sept.; grafting in March. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: M. alba (White Mulberry), 20 to 30 ff., Asia, and its 
varieties, heterophylla, laciniata, latifolia, macrophylla and pendula (Weeping 
Mulberry); nigra (Black or Common Mulberry), 20 to 30 ft., Hast; rubra (Red 
auibeea 50 to 60 ft., N. America, — : . 
Moschosma.—ord. Labiatw. Greenhouse perennial flowering 
plant with nettle-like foliage. ; 
CULTURE: Compost, equal parts loam & decayed manure, little 
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