. 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. H52. Myristica fragrans—the Nutmec (X 34). Tlif upper siir;t\"s urc fntin tln' st;Liiiin;ite tni'e. mai<-a up to 2,000 fi-et, but tbo fruit is not so abundnut nor the nut so larg-e as at lower elevations. The soil must be a deep, rich loam, well drained. The ;s have a tap-root which is very eas
. 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. H52. Myristica fragrans—the Nutmec (X 34). Tlif upper siir;t\"s urc fntin tln' st;Liiiin;ite tni'e. mai<-a up to 2,000 fi-et, but tbo fruit is not so abundnut nor the nut so larg-e as at lower elevations. The soil must be a deep, rich loam, well drained. The ;s have a tap-root which is very easily injured in trans- planting'. The method usually adopted for growin/; them is to sow the seeds in bamboo pots, one in eacli. When they are ready for planting In their permanent places, the baniV)oo is slit, and the soil, with the plant, gently put into the prepared hole. It is only when they first flower that it is possible to tell the ses of the tree. Nothing is known of the conditions which determine the sex. In Grenada, the usual proportion of male trees to female is said to be as 3 to 1, thougli sometimes 40 or TiO trees close together will all be either male or female. As the trees generally fiower when they are 6 or 7 years old, there is great waste in the growth of male trees. In the Botanic Gardens in Jamaica, it has been found possible to graft the Nutmeg, so that a loss of this kind should not occur again; the plan is. take young see<l- lings and graft, by approach, tlie thinnest twigs of a female tree. -^r^r, Fawcett. M'4'RRHIS (from the Greek word for perfume). Uw- hiH/ifi^nf. Mykrh. Sweet Cicely. One perennial herb native to Europe, and an immigrant to otiier countries, sometimes grown in gardens for its pleasing scent and anciently used as a flavoring in salads. In America Myrrhis is represented by Osmorhiza, which is known as Sweet Cicely. Two or three of the American plants liave been named under Myrrhis, but Coulter and Rose (Revision N. Araer. Umbeliif
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