ENCYCLOPADIA OF GARDENING. 
a Tea-plant (Gaultheria procumbens).—See Gaul- 
eria. 
Mountain Violet (Viola lutea).—See Viola. 
Mount Atlas Cedar (Cedrus atlantica).—See Cedrus. 
Mournful Widow (Scabiosa atro-purpurea).—See Scabiosa. 
Mourning Iris (Iris Susiana).—See Iris. 
Mouse-ear Chickweed (Cerastium tomentosum). — See 
Cerastium. 
: Moustache Plant (Caryopteris Mastacanthus).—See Caryop- 
exis. 
Mozambique Lily (Gloriosa virescens).—See Gloriosa. 
Muhlenbeckia (Native Ivy of Australia)—Ord. Polygonacez. 
Hardy trailing & climbing plants. Evergreen. Plants with fern- 
like foliage. First introduced 1822, 
CULTURE: Soil, sandy loam. Position, sunny rockery. Plant, 
Oct., Nov., March, or April. Protect, Nov. to April by covering of 
dry litter or fern. Propagate by cuttings inserted in sandy soil in 
shady position outdoors, June to Sept. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: M. adpressa, Australia; complexa, New Zealand; com- 
plexa nana, dwarf variety; varians, New Zealand. 
Mulberry.—See Morus. 
Mule Fern (Hemionitis palmata)._See Hemionitis. 
Mule Pink.—Hybrid varieties of Dianthus. 
Mulgedium.—sSee Lactuca. 
Mullein (Verbascum Thapsus).—See Verbascus. 
Mummy Pea (Pisum elatius).—See Pisum. 
Musa (Banana; Plantain).—Ord. Scitaminacee. Stove herba- 
ceous perennials. Orn. foliage & edible fruiting. First introduced 
1690. Inflorescence, yellow, scarlet, green ; Jan. to April; succeeded 
by oblong pods borne in huge clusters. Leaves, very large, oblong, 
reen. 
CULTURE: Compost, two parts good loam, one part well-decayed 
manure & one part sand. Position, pots, tubs or beds in lofty sunny 
stove. Pot or plant, Jan. to April. Water copiously, Feb. to Oct. ; 
about once fortnightly afterwards. Syringe twice daily, Feb. to 
Sept.; once daily, Sept. to Feb. Moist atmosphere essential. Apply 
stimulants twice or three times weekly, March to Oct. Temp., March 
to Oct. 70° to 85°; Oct. to March 60° to 70°. 
OUTDOOR CULTURE OF M. ENSETE: Position, sunny sheltered 
borders or nooks. Place in position first or second week in June, 
plunging pot or tub to its rim in the ground. Water copiously. 
Apply stimulants once a week, Lift & replace in stove in Sept. May 
also be planted in ordinary rich soil in June, freely watered, lifted in 
Sept. & roots stored close together in temp. 45° to 55° until following 
June. Propagate by suckers removed from parent plant & placed in 
ots in temp. 75° to 85° any time of year. ; 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: M. Cavendishii, 5 to 10 ft., China; Ensete, 10 to 20 ft., 
Abyssinia, kind used for garden decoration in summer; sapientum (Banana), 10 to 
20 ft., Tropics; sapientum paradisiaca (Plantain), 
Muscari (Grape Hyacinth).—Ord. Liliacee. Hardy bulbous 
flowering plants. Deciduous. . 
OUTDOOR CULTURE: Soil, deep sandy loam. Position, sunny 
beds, borders, or rockeries. Plant, Aug. to Nov. in lines or masses. 
Depth for planting: mall bulbs 2in. deep & lin. apart; large bulbs 
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