ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GARDENING. 
CULTURE: Soil, ordinary. Position, open sunny borders. Plant, 
Oct. or March. Propagate by seeds sown } in. deep in ordinary soil 
outdoors, cope or April; division of roots, Oct. or March. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: M. odorata, white, May, 3 ft., Europe (Britain). 
Myrsiphyllum.—See Asparagus. 
Myrtle (Myrtus communis).—See Myrtus. 
Myrtile-Flag peeone calamus).—See Acorus. 
Myrtus (Myrtle)—Ord. Myrtacew. Greenhouse & half-hardy 
evergreen shrubs. Flowering & orn. foliage. Jirst introduced 1597, 
Flowers, white, fragrant; ay to July. Fruit, oblong or round, 
purplish black berries; fragrant & edible. Leaves, egg or lance- 
shaped, green, fragrant. 
CULTURE IN GREENHOUSES: Compost, two parts sandy loam, 
one part leaf-mould, half a part sand. Position, well-drained pots 
or tubs, or in beds with shoots trained to walls, in light sunny airy 
greenhouses. Place pot plants in sunny position outdoors, June to 
Sept. Pot, Feb. or March. Prune into shape, Feb. Water copiously, 
March to Oct.; moderately afterwards. Syringe daily, March to 
Oct. Apply stimulants once a week, May to Sept., to healthy plants 
only. Temp., March to Sept., 55° to 65°; Sept. to March, 45° to 50°. 
May be grown in dwelling rooms or windows under similar treatment. 
OUTDOOR CULTURE: Soil, ordinary sandy. Position, well- 
drained borders against sheltered 8. walls in 8. or 8.W. of England 
only. Plant, Oct. or March. Protect, Oct. to March, in severe 
winters, with mats or straw. Propagate by seeds sown jin. deep in 
sandy soil in temp. 60° to 70° in autumn or spring; cuttings of young 
shoots, 2in. long, inserted in sandy soil under bell-glass in temp. 65° 
to 75°, spring and summer; cuttings of firm shoots, 2 to 3in. long, 
inserted in sandy soil in cool greenhouse or window, June or July; 
branches, 5 to Gin. long, inserted in bottles of water suspended in 
sunny window or greenhouse, summer. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: M. bullata, 10 to 15 ft., New Zealand; communis 
(Common Myrtle), 6 to 10 ft., S. Europe, hardy; communis flore-pleno, double- 
flowered; communis variegata, variegated; Luma (Syn. Eugenia Luma), 3 ft., Chili; 
Ugni (Syn. Eugenia Ugni), 4 to 6 ft., Chili, hardy; Ugni variogata, variegated. 
Nezegelia.—Ord. Gesneriacex. Stove tuberous-rooted herbaceous 
perennials, Flowering & orn. foliage. First introduced 1840. 
Leaves, heart-shaped, green or crimson, velvety. 
CULTURE: Compost, two parts fibrous peat, one part loam, one 
part leaf-mould, with a little decayed manure & silver sand. Position, 
well-drained pots or pans in shady part of plant stove. Pot, March to 
flower in summer; May to flower in autumn; June to flower in winter. 
Place tubers lin. deep singly in 5 in. pots, or 1 to 2in. apart in larger 
sizes. Water moderately from time growth begins until plants are 
3 or 4in. high, then freely. After flowering, gradually withhold 
water till foliage dies down, then keep dry till potting timé. Apply 
weak liquid manure once or twice « week when flower buds show. 
Syringing not required. Temp., March to Sept. 65° to 85°; Sept. to 
March 55° to 75°. Store when foliage has decayed on their sides 
under stage till potting time in temp. of 50° to 55°. Propagate by 
seeds sown on surface of well-drained pots of sandy peat, in temp. 75°, 
March or April; cuttings of young shoots faperted in pots of sandy 
peat in temp. 75° to 85° in spring, division of rhizomes at potting 
time. 
SPECIES OULTIVATED: N. cinnabarina, scarlet, summer, 2 ft., Mexico; multi- 
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