. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. or calyptra (c) which is shed at maturity. The capsule opens by means of a lid or operculum (o), and the ori- fice is usually guarded by one or two rows of teeth or a peristome. None of the Mosses are horticultural plants, al- though Sphagnum Moss is much used as a packing ma- terial and for holding moisture ab
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. or calyptra (c) which is shed at maturity. The capsule opens by means of a lid or operculum (o), and the ori- fice is usually guarded by one or two rows of teeth or a peristome. None of the Mosses are horticultural plants, al- though Sphagnum Moss is much used as a packing ma- terial and for holding moisture about pots, and as a medium in which to sow delicate seeds. It is collected from bogs. Club Mosses are not true Mosses, but lycopodiums (which see). The "Moss" on fruit and other trees is mostly lichen. The Florida or Spanish Moss is a flowering plant (see Tillandsia). MOSS PINK. Phlox suhulata MOTHER OF THOUSANDS. Linaria Cynibalaria; also Hen-and-chickens daisy\Bellis), and Saxifraga 1432. Leaf o£ Morus alba at B ; of M. multicaulis at A. 1431. Russian Mulberry—Morus alba, var, Tatarica (XK). berry is the largest tree of the genus. In the South it often attains a height of 70 ft. and a diam. of 3 or 4 ft. The timber is used for posts and light woodwork, Var. tomentosa, Bureau. {M. tomentdsa, Eaf.). Lvs. very soft-pubescent and whitish beneath, often glossy but rough above. Tex.—A large-fruited form of this was introduced in 1889 by T. V. Munson as the Lam pasas Mulberry. EB. Full-grmvnlvs. usually S in. or less long celtidiiolia, HBE. {If. Mexicctna. Benth M rmcio pliyllu, Buckl.). Much smaller tree than M t libra rarelj'more than 25 ft. tall, and with smaller and smoother lvs. and smaller, sourer black fr., which ripens earlier and is not so good. Lvs. cordate-ovate, more or less lobed, mucronate-serrate, nearly smooth on Vjoth sides: fr. short- ovate or sometimes nearly globu- lar. Tex. and Ariz, to Ecuador. 7:321. —Occasionally plante
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