Molineria

Molineria plicata. Stove herbaceous perennial. Division. Peat and loam.

Molucca Balm

Moluccella.

Moluccella

Three species. Hardy annuals. M. tuberosa,a. tuberous-rooted perennial. Seeds. Common soil.

Monaciianthus

Monk's-flower. Four species. Stove epiphytes. Division. Wood.

Monarda

Seven species. Hard; herbaceous perennials. Division. Common soil.

Monetia

Monetia barlerioides. Stove evergreen shrub. Cuttings. Loam and peat.

Moneywort

Dioscorea nummularia.

Moneywort

Lysimachia num-mularia.

Moneywort

Tavemiera nummular ia.

Monk's Flower

Monachanthus.

Monk's Hood

Aconitum.

Monnina

Monnina obtusifolia. Green-house evergreen shrub. Cuttings or seed. Peat and loam.

Monopsis

Monopsis conspicua. Hardy an- ! nual. Seeds. Peat and Sand.

Monoschilus

Monoschilus gloxinifolia. Stove tuberous-rooted perennial. Division. Peat and loam.

Monotaxis

Monotaxis simplex. Green-house evergreen shrub. Cuttings. Peat and loam.

Monotoca

Four species. Greenhouse evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. Sandy peat.

Monsonia

Four species. Greenhouse herbaceous perennials. M. ovata, a biennial, is increased by seed; the others, cuttings or division. Turfy loam and leaf mould.

Montezuma

Montezuma speciosissima. Stove evergreen tree. Half-ripened cuttings. Loam and peat.

Moon-Seed

Menispermum.

Moon-Wort

Botrychium.

Moraea

Twenty species. Greenhouse bulbous perennials. Division. Sandy Peat.

Morenoa

Three species. Stove evergreen twiners. Cuttings. Peat and loam.

Moricandia

Moricandia arvensis. Hardy biennial. Seed. Common soil.

Morina

Two species. Greenhouse or half-hardy herbaceous perennials. Seed. Light rich soil.

Morinda

Five species. Stove evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. Loam and peat. M.jasminoides is a green-house evergeen climber.

Morisia

Morisia hypogaa. Hardy herbaceous perennial. Seed, Light loam.

Morisonia

Morisonia americana. Stove evergreen tree. Ripe cuttings. Loam and peat.

Mormodes

Five species. Stove epiphytes. Division. Wood.

Morna

Two species. Greenhouse annuals. Seeds. Sandy peat and leaf mould.

Morrenia

Morrenia odorata. Green-house evergreen twiner. Cuttings. Rich mould.

Morus

Mulberry. Nine species, and many varieties. Chiefly hardy deciduous trees; a few are stove evergreens. Layers. A loamy soil and a moist situation. See Mulberry.

Moscharia

Moscharia pinnatifida. Hardy annual. Seeds. Common soil.

Moschatel

Adoxa.

Moschosma

Two species. Stove annuals. Seeds. Light rich soil.

Moth

Verbascum Blattaria.

Motherwort

Leonurus.

Moths

Moths, of most kinds, are the parents of caterpillars preying upon some plant under the gardener's care, and should be destroyed whenever discovered.

Mouldiness

Mouldiness is the common term applied to that crop of fungi which appears on moist putrescent vegetable matters. These fungi are Mucorcs, and are effectually destroyed whenever common salt or lime can be applied.

Mountain Ash

Pyrus Aucupa-ria.