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Mimosa rubicauliSj Lamarck. 



India. A hedge-bush, almost inapproacliable. It has 

 proved hardy at the Botanic Garden of Melbourne. 



Monarda didyma, Linne. 



North America. A perennial odoroas herb, producing the 

 medicinal Osnego or Beebalm Tea. M. punctata, L., is also 

 of very strong scent, and so M. fistulosa, L., with several 

 others. 



Monetia barlerioides, L'Heritier. 

 South Africa. A hedge-shrub. 



Morchella esculentaj Persoon. {M. co7iica, Persoon.) 



Eui'ope, Asia, North and Central America. With M. 

 semilibera this Morel has been found in Victoria and New 

 South Wales ; its spread should be encouraged by artificial 

 means, as it is a wholesome esculent. European superior 

 species, probably admitting of introduction, are : — M. Gigas, 

 Pers., M. deliciosa, Fries, which extends to Java, M. patula, 

 Pers., the Bell-Morel ; and several others occur there or in 

 other parts of the globe. Though these fungi show a 

 predilection for pine-forests, they are not dependent on them ; 

 thus the writer found M. esculenta in our Eucalyptus forests, 

 and this late in the autumn. They can all be diied and 

 preserved for culinary purposes. 



Moringa pterygosperma, Gaertner. 



The Horse-Padish tree of India, abundant into the middle 

 regions of the mountains. The long pods are edible ; the 

 seeds are somewhat almond-like and rich in oil. M. aptera, 

 Gaertner, occurs from Abyssinia and Egypt to Arabia and 

 Syria. 



Morus alba, Linne.* 



The White Mulberry-tree, China. This tree in several 

 varieties provides the food for the ordinary Chinese silk-insect 

 (Bombyx Mori). Silk was produced in Italy already 600 

 years ago, and there this branch of industry has flourished ever 

 since. In China, Silk was reeled since 4500 years. This may 

 demonstrate the permanency of an industry which we wish to 

 establish here extensively under a similar sky. " One pound 

 of silk is worth its weight in silver, and this pound may be 

 produced (so far as the food of the Bombyx is concerned) 

 from thirty pounds of Mulberry-leaves or from a single tree, 

 which thus may be brought to yield annually the material 

 for sixteen yards of Gros de Naples." The White Mulberry- 

 tree is of extremely easy growth from cuttings, also readily 

 raised from well-matured seeds. It is usually unisexual, and 

 attains finally a very large size. It can be grown in climes 

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