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some degree maintain during the greater part of the 
season. On this account it is called “ The Miller.” 
Mogul. See Morocco. 
Money’s St. Peter’s. See West’s St. Peter's. 
Morillon Hatif. See Black July. 
Morillon Noir. See Black Cluster. 
Morillon Panache. See Aleppo. 
Morocco (Ansley’s Large Ovals Black Morocco; Black 
Muscadel; Le Cceur; Horsforth Seedling ; Mogul; Bed 
Muscadel). —Bunches large and shouldered. Berries of 
unequal size ; some are large and oval. Skin thick, red¬ 
dish-brown, becoming blackish-brown when fully ripe; 
beginning to colour at the apex and proceeding gradually 
towards the stalk, where it is generally paler. Flesh 
firm, sweet, but not highly flavoured; the small berries 
are generally without stones, and the large ones have 
rarely more than one. 
This is only a second-rate grape as regards flavour. It 
is very late, and requires stove heat to ripen it thoroughly. 
Moscatel Coinmun. See White Frontignan. 
Moscatel Menudo. See Bed Frontignan. 
Muscat or Alex anuria ( Alexandrian Frontignan ; 
Malaga; Muscat of Jerusalem; Muscat of Lunel ; Pause 
Musqud ; Passe Musque; Tottenham Park Muscat ).— 
Bunches large, long, loose, and shouldered; stalk long, 
Berries large, oval, unequal in size, and with long, slender, 
warted stalks. Skin thick, generally greenish yellow ; 
hut, when highly ripened, a fine pale amber colour, and 
covered with thin white bloom. Flesh firm and break¬ 
ing, not very juicy, but exceedingly sweet and rich, with 
a fine Muscat flavour. 
A well-known and most delicious grape, requiring a 
high temperature to ripen it thoroughly ; but it may be 
sufficiently ripened in a warm vinery, provided it has a high 
temperature at the time of flowering and while the fruit 
is setting. The vine is an abundant bearer, but the 
hunches set badly. To remedy this defect, a very good 
plan is to draw the hand down the bunches when they 
are in bloom so as to distribute the pollen, and thereby 
aid fertilisation. 
It is this grape which furnishes the Muscatel Raisins, 
imported in boxes from Spain. 
Muscat d’Aout. See August Muscat. 
Muscat Blanc. See White Frontignan. 
Muscat Fleur d’Orange. See Chasselas Musque. 
Muscat Gris. See Bed Frontignan. 
Muscat Hamburgh (Snow’s Muscat Hamburgh).— 
Bunches above medium size, compact, and shouldered. 
Berries rather large, varying from round to oval. Skin 
tough, but not thick, deep purplish-black, covered with 
thin blue bloom. Flesb tender, very juicy, rich, and 
sugary, with a fine Muscat aroma. 
This excellent grape may be ripened in a house sub¬ 
jected to the same amount of heat as is generally given 
to the Black Hamburgh, and it has also been ripened in 
a cool vinery. 
Muscat of Jerusalem. See Muscat of Alexandria. 
Muscat de Jesus. See Chasselas Musque. 
Muscat de Juillet. See July Muscat. 
Muscat St. Laurent. — Bunches similar to those of 
Royal Muscadine. Berries small, roundish oval. Skin 
thin, greenish-yellow, becoming pale amber when tho¬ 
roughly ripened. Flesh very tender, melting, and juicy, 
with a refres'hing, juicy, and a distinct Muscat aroma. 
This variety, introduced by Mr. Rivers, that gentleman 
says, is very early, and will ripen on a wall with the 
Sweetwater. It is well adapted for pot culture in the 
orchard-house, and in cool vineries. 
Muscat of Lunel. See Muscat of Alexandria. 
Muscat de Naples. See Purple Constantia. 
Muscat Noir. See Black Frontignan. 
Muscat Noir d’Espagne. See Trentham Black. 
Muscat Noir Ordinaire. See Black Frontignan. 
Muscat Ottonel. —This is an early variety of Muscat 
grape, introduced by Mr. Rivers, of Sawbridgeworth, 
and which ripens its fruit in a cool vinery. That gentle¬ 
man describes it as having a compact hunch, and round, 
white, and rather small berries. “A very hardy, nice 
Muscat grape.” 
Muscat Preeoce d’Aout. See Early Black Muscat. 
Muscat Primavis. See Chasselas Musque. 
Muscat Romain. See White Bomain. 
Muscat Rouge. See Bed Frontignan. 
Muscat de Sarbelle. See Sarbelle Muscat. 
Muscat de Saumur. See Early Saumur Muscat. 
( To le continued.) 
CALYPTRARIA HiEMANTHA. 
If ever plants have been bewitched, this is one of them. We 
first heard of it from the Doctor, as the “ most glorious ” plant 
ever introduced into Europe. Erom that time it has been under 
a spell. Like the glories of Chiswick, do what you will with it, 
it will neither be right, nor right itself. The second time we heard 
of it was in The Cottage Gardener (Yol. XIV.), where it is 
said to have been sent over by Linden to one of Chiswick Shows, 
at which Dr. Lindley and Mr. Gordon were the Judges on new and 
extremely rare plants. But Linden’s Calyptraria escaped their 
notice altogether, and went home without .a prize; it was be¬ 
witched ! The third notice of it is also in The Cottage Gar¬ 
dener, where it is said to be on sale in England for the first 
time, and where it is suggested to be, like Pleroma elegans, a 
greenhouse plant; but being a bewitched plant, no one would 
believe that, and everybody kept it in the stove and grumbled at 
the Doctor for salpiglossing it into the world. But that is a new 
word which needs to be explained to country folks. Salpigloss 
means trumpet-tongued, and to salpigloss a thing is to introduce 
it with the flourish of trumpets. 
Well, everybody who held the spell-bound plant blamed the 
Doctor for salpiglossing it, just at the very time when they them¬ 
selves were most to be blamed for keeping the plant in the stove 
with as much show of reason as if they too w T ere under the spell. 
But so it was till I found it out the other day at Eraser’s 
Nursery, growing most beautifully along with a group of hardy 
and half-hardy specimens in a cool greenhouse, as I intended 
to show, at page 47, with a flourish of trumpets. But my second 
sight was as nothing against downright witchcraft and the 
printers, who, with their own imp at their elbow, put my Calyp- 
traria hcemantha, “ Calipliuria hcemantha)' just taking the tongue 
out of my trumpet. But Mr. Eish, and people like him, will say 
that I wrote “ Calipliuria” on purpose fora wrong scent, in order 
to give an opportunity of salpiglossing the thing in a new light— 
to recommend the “most glorious” Calyptraria hcemantha, & 
second time, as a fit and proper match to Pleroma elegans. 
Well, there is a most remarkable coincidence between the two 
names. Calyptraria comes from New Granada, and, as I believe, 
from high up on the Merida range ; and from the same country 
there is a most beautiful half-hardy bulb, called Caliphuria ; aud 
it is as likely as not that I was musing on the Opera Girls, and 
other bulbs at Erasers, when I was writing ofF my notes, and fell 
into the error myself. At all events, I believe the bulb and the 
Melastomad would do under the same roof.—D. Beaton. 
QUERIES AND ANSWERS. 
SEEDLINGS IN A WALTONIAN CASE. 
“Mr. Beaton has given us most useful practical rules for the 
management of the Waltonian Case ; but one difficulty which I 
find in the use of the Case he has not touched on. I fail with 
my seeds. They come up in abundance; but before the second 
leaf appears they are so drawn and spindly, that they seem to die 
from exhaustion. My Case stands in my greenhouse. I give it 
all the air I can without letting the temperature fall below 70°.”— 
An Admirer. 
[The way Mr. Walton himself, and more especially that by 
which Mrs. Walton, manages tender or any kind of seedlings 
in their own Case cannot be excelled. Two of the most difficult 
seedlings with gardeners are Microspenna Bartonoides and 
