Microcala

Two species. Hardy annuals. Seeds. Common soil.

Microloma

Two species. Greenhouse evergreen climbers. Cuttings. Loam and peat.

Micromeria

Eight species, and a few varieties. Chiefly half-hardy ever.-green shrubs. Cuttings. Common soil.

Micropera

Two species. M. banksii, a green-house tuberous-rooted perennial. M. pallida, a stove orchid. Offsets. Rich mould.

Microtis

Three species. Half-hardy tuberous-rooted orchids. Division. Loam and peat.

Midge

See Cecidomyia and Sciara.

Mikania

Five species. Stove evergreen twiners. Cuttings. Light rich soil.

Milfoil

Achillea.

Milla

Two species. Half-hardy bulbous perennials. Offsets. Sandy loam.

Millingtonia

Millingtonia simplicifolia. Stove evergreen tree. Cuttings. Peat and loam.

Millipede

See Julus.

Miltonia

Three species. Stove orchids. Mr. Paxton says, "that to propagate them, the stems should be cut half through, young plants are then emitted; cut through the stem quite, a month before separating the young plants; plant in rough peat and potsherds".

Mimetes

Eight species. Greenhouse evergreen shrubs. Ripe cuttings. Light turfy loam.

Mimosa

Twenty-two species. Chiefly stove evergreen shrubs. M. pudica, an annual. M. viva, an herbaceous perennial. Young cuttings. Loam, peat, and sand.

Mimulus

Seventeen species. Chiefly hardy herbaceous perennials increased by division or seed. Common soil. The green-house and half-hardy species require a light rich soil, and increase by cuttings. The annuals, seeds. Common soil.

Mimusops

Six species. Stove evergreen trees. Ripe cuttings. Light loamy soil, or loam and peat.

Mint

See Mentha.

Mirabilis

Five species and several varieties. Green-house fusiform rooted perennials. Seeds. Light rich soil.

Merbelia

Six species. Greenhouse evergreen shrubs. Young cuttings. Loam, peat, and sand.

Misletoe

Misletoe (Viscum album) is sometimes required to be introduced upon the trees of the shrubbery, and other parts of the pleasure ground. The easiest and best way to propagate it is by placing ripe seeds on the smooth branches of the common apple, pear, or white thorn, in February or March, without in any way damaging the bark on which they are placed. The seeds should be fixed on the under side of the branch, as there they are shaded, and more likely to escape being eaten by birds when they begin to vegetate. Misletoe may be grafted on the apple tree: but success is so precarious, that few succeed at present. - Gard. Chron.

Mitchella

Mitchella repens. Hardy herbaceous creeper; increased by cuttings of the stem. Peat, or peat and sand.

Mite

Acarus.

Mitella

Five species. Hardy herbaceous perennials. Division. Peaty soil.

Mitrasacme

Three species. M. canescens, a green-house herbaceous perennial; the other two annuals. Seeds. Sandy peat and loam.

Moerhingia

Two species. Hardy herbaceous perennials. Division. Sand, loam, and peat.

Moist Stove

See Stove.

Moldavian Balm

Dracocepha-lum moldavicum.