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Three species. Stove or green-house evergreen climbers. Cuttings. Peat and loam.
Myagrum perfoliatum. Hardy annuals. Seeds. Common soil.
Fly-wort. Four species. Stove epiphytes. Division. Wood.
Five species. Stove evergreen shrubs, except M. myrti-folia, which is hardy. Ripe cuttings. Loam and peat.
Mylocaryum ligustrinum. Half-hardy evergreen shrub. Cuttings. Loam and peat.
Twelve species. Green-house evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. Loam and peat.
Eleven species. Hardy annuals and aquatic and herbaceous perennials. M. intermedials a deciduous trailer; M. palustris is the well-known Forget-me-not. The perennials require a moist soil, and may be increased by division or seed; the annuals by seed, in a dry sandy soil.
Three species. Stove evergreen shrubs. Young cuttings. Loam, peat, and sand.
Myriadenus tetraphyllus. Stove biennial. Seeds. Common soil.
Eleven species. Greenhouse evergreen and hardy deciduous shrubs. The green-house kinds are increased by cuttings; the hardy by seeds or layers. Peaty soil.
Two species. Hardy evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. Common soil.
Nutmeg. Three species. Stove evergreen trees. Ripe cuttings. Sandy loam.
Prunus do-mestica myrobalana.
Two species. Green-house deciduous twiners. Division. Sandy loam and peat.
Vaccinium myrtillus.
Nandina domestica. Green-house evergreen shrub. Ripe cuttings. Loam and peat.
Salix Napoleana.
Naravelia zeylanica. Stove evergreen climber. Young cuttings. Sandy loam and peat.
See Meurodon.
Five species. Stove evergreen trees. Layers and cuttings. Rich loam.
Viola odo-rata pallida plena. See Violet.
Nectarosocordum sicu-lum. Honey Garlic. Hardy bulb. Offsets. Common soil.
See Athalia.
Negundo fraxinifolium. Two varieties. Hardy deciduous trees. Seed and layers. Light loam.
Nelitris jambosella. Stove evergreen shrub. Cuttings and layers. Loam and peat.
Nematanthus chloronema. Stove shrub. Cuttings. Light rich soil.
Four species. Two hardy annuals, and the other green-house herbaceous perennials. The first increase by seed, the second by cuttings. Rich light loam.
Nemopanthes canadensis. Hardy deciduous shrub. Seed and layers. Peat.
Six species. Hardy annuals and perennials. Seed. Peat and light soil.
Nineteen species. Hardy, green-house, and stove orchids. Division. Loam, peat, and chalk.
Two species. "Stove evergreen climbers. N. distillatoria is the Pitcher Plant. Offsets. Coarse peat and moss. Pots plunged in moss, kept moist and at 80o; air 70°." - Paxton's Bot. Dict.
Thirty-five species. Hardy herbaceous, except N. angustifolia, which is annual. Seed and division. Light loam.
 
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