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land. They should be grown in peat 

 and loam, and they are propagated by 

 cuttings. 



Myanthus. — Orchidacece. — Fly- 

 wort. An orchideous epiphyte from 

 Demerara, which should be grown in 

 the moist stove on half-rotten wood. 

 See Orchideous Epiphytes. 



Myginda. — Rhamnacece. — Hand- 

 some shrubs, nearly allied to the 

 Holly : natives of the West Indies. 

 They are generally stove plants in 

 England, and they should be grown 

 in sandy "loam. 



Myoporum. — Myoporinae. — Aus- 

 tralian shrubs, with white flowers, 

 generally kept in a greenhouse, and 

 which should be grown in peat and 

 sand. 



Myosotis. — BoraginecB. — M.pa- 

 lustris, the Forget-me-not, delights in 

 moist places on the borders of running 

 streams. M. Sylvdtica, which is 

 found in woods, resembles it, but the 

 flowers are very inferior. 



Myosurus. — Ranunculacece. — 

 Mouse-tail. A British weed, with 

 pretty flowers, that looks well on 

 rock-work. 



Myrica. — Myricacece. — TheCan- 

 dleberry Myrtle and the Sweet Gale 

 belong to this genus, and they are both 

 interesting to the botanist. They 

 should be grown in loam and peat, and 

 they are propagated by cuttings. 



My'rtus. — Myrtacece. — A genus 

 of beautiful evergreen shrubs, natives 

 of Europe, Asia, South America, and 

 some of them of New Holland. The 

 common myrtle, M. communis, of 

 which there are eight or ten very 

 distinct varieties, is too well known 



to require any description. They are 

 not surpassed in beauty of foliage by 

 any exotic shrub, and the flowers are 

 of a pure white, and, like the leaves, 

 fragrant. The fragrance arises from 

 an oil which is secreted in little cells, 

 whcih appear as dots when the leaves 

 are held up to the light. The hand- 

 somest varieties of the common myrtle 

 are the Roman, or broad-leaved, the 

 broad-leaved Dutch, the narrow- 

 leaved, and the double-flowered . 



They will grow in any common soil, 

 somewhat loamy, and are propa- 

 gated with most facility by cuttings of 

 the current year's wood when it is just 

 beginning to ripen, cut across at a 

 joint, and then planted in sand, and 

 covered with a bell-glass. Cuttings 

 will root, however, taken off at any 

 season, and treated with common care. 

 Myrtles may also be raised from 

 seeds, which are produced freely by 

 the broad-leaved kinds. M. tomen- 

 tosa is a native of China, with woolly 

 I leaves and purple flowers, which 

 appear in June and July. M. pi- 

 mento,, no w made Pimenta vulgaris, 

 is a native of the West Indies, re- 

 quiring a stove, and is the plant pro- 

 ducing the common allspice of the 

 shops. The common broad-leaved, 

 myrtle will stand the winter against 

 a conservative wall, in dry soil, in 

 most parts of England, and also in 

 Scotland, more particularly in low 

 situations near the sea. In most 

 parts of Ireland it is as hardy as the 

 common Laurustinus is in the climate 

 of London. Garden hedges are made 

 of it at Belfast, and also at Cork. 



N. 



Nailing half-hardy shrubs against is on account of their being orna- 

 a wall is an operatiou that should be mental, nothing should be shown 

 performed with great care ; and, as which tends in the slightest degree to 

 the sole object of growing the shrubs injure this effect. For this reason 



