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Mushrooms
Take partially dry horse manure and lay it in a heapto ferment. Turn and mix it well every few days, and when well and equally fermented, which will be from ten to fourteen days, make it into a bed 4...
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Musk (Mimulus Moschatus)
A well-known sweet-scented, half-hardyperennial, well adapted for pot culture. A moist, shady position is most congenial to it when placed in the border. Seed sown in autumn make fine, early-flowering...
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Mimosa
These shrubs are often called Sensitive Plants, on accountof the leaves of several of the species of this genus shrinking when touched. They grow well in loam and peat with a little sand, but require...
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Mimulus (Monkey Flower)
Showy half-hardy perennials which thrivein moist and shady situations and in almost any soil. They may be grown from seed sown in slight heat from February to May, or increased by division of the root...
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Mina Lobata
A charming half-hardy annual climber, bearing singularlyshaped flowers, produced on long racemes. When young the buds are a vivid red, changing to orange-yellow, and when fully expanded the flowers ar...
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Mint
May be grown in any garden soil. It is increased by runners,which, if not held in check, become very troublesome. The roots may be confined by means of tiles or slates. Flowers in July. Height, 11/2 f...
Nov 11, 2026
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