ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GARDENING. 
GREENHOUSE SPECIES: M. clematis, scarlet, summer, 6 to 10 ft., Peru. 
HARDY SPECIES: M. decurrens, orange, summer, 6 to 10 ft., Ohili. 
Myosotidium (Chatham Islands Forget-me-not).—Ord. Bora- 
ginacew. Hardy herbaceous perennial. First introduced 1858. 
CULTURE: Soil, ordinary. Position, cool & damp sheltered bor- 
der. Plant, Oct. or March. Water freely in dry weather. Propa- 
gate by seeds sown 1-16in. deep in April where plants are required to 
grow. This plant should be disturbed as little as possible. 
io CULTIVATED: M. nobile, blue and white, spring, 12 to 18 in., Chatham 
Myosotis (Forget-me-not; Scorpion Grass).—Ord. Boraginacea. 
Hardy perennials. 
CULTURE OF M. ALPESTRIS: Soil, moist gritty loam. Position, 
partially shady rockery, surrounded by small pieces of sandstone. 
Plant, March or April. 
CULTURE OF OTHER SPECIES: Soil, ordinary. Position, as 
edgings to, or in masses in partially shady beds or borders. Plant, 
Oct., Nov., or March, 4 to Gin. apart. These are best treated as 
biennials—namely, raised from seed sown outdoors in April, May or 
June, transplanted into the beds or borders in Oct. to flower following 
year. Propagate by seeds sown 1-16in. deep outdoors in spring or 
summer; cuttings inserted in sandy soil under hand-light in June or 
July; division of roots in March or Oct. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: M. alpestris (Syn. M. rupicola), blue and white, 
fragrant, June and July, 8 in., Europe; alpestris elegantissima, white, rose, and 
blue; alpestris stricta, erect growing, sky blue; alpestris victoria, sky-blue, 6 in.; 
azorica, blue, summer, 6 to 10 in., Azores; azorica alba, white; azorica Imperatrice 
Elisabeth, bluish purple: dissitiflora, sky blue, March to July, 8 to 10 in., Alps; dis- 
sitiflora alba, white; palustris, sky blue, May to July, 6 to 12 in., Britain; palustris 
semperflorens, long flowering; palustris Tom Thumb, sky blue, 3 to 6 in.; sylvatica, 
blue and yellow, summer, 1 to 2 ft., Britain; and its varieties, grandiflora and 
elegantissima. 1 
Myrica (Candle-berry Myrtle)—Ord. Myricacee. Hardy deci- 
duous & evergreen shrubs. Leaves, lance-shaped, green, highly fra- 
rant. 
CULTURE: Soil, moist sandy peat. Position, open sheltered bor- 
ders. Plant, Oct. to March. Prine deciduous species, Nov. to Feb.; 
evergreen species, April. Propagate by seeds sown 4in. deep in 
ordinary soil in sheltered position outdoors in autumn; cuttings in- 
serted in sandy soil in sheltered position outdoors, Sept. or Oct.; 
layering shoots in Sept. or Oct.; division of plants, Oct. to March. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: M. asplenifolia ee Comptonia asplenifolia), brown, 
April, 3 to 4 ft., N. America; cerifera (Candle-berry or Wax Myrtle), brown, May, 
15 to 20 ft., America; Gale (Sweet Gale), brown, May, 4 ft., N. Europe (Britain). 
Myricaria (German Tamarisk).—Ord. Tamaricacee. Hardy de- 
ciduous flowering shrub. First introduced 1582. 
CULTURE: Soil, ordinary, sandy. Position, open sunny borders or 
banks. Plant, Oct. to March. Prune into shape, Nov. to Feb. Pro- 
pagate by seeds sown 1-16in. deep in sandy soil in open sunny position 
outdoors in March or April; cuttings of firm young shoots inserted in 
sandy soil outdoors, Aug. to Nov. F 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: M. germanica (Syn. Tamarix germanica), pink, July, 
6 to 8 ft., Europe. 
Myrobalan Plum (Prunus cerasifera).—See Prunus. 
Myrrhis (Sweet Cicely)—Ord. Umbellifere. Hardy perennial 
aromatic herb. Orn. foliage. Leaves finely divided, fern-like, fra- 
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