. A dictionary of modern gardening. Gardening. MOT 381 —?— MUL MOTHS, of most kinds, are the pa- rents of caterpillars preying upon some plant under the gardener's care, and should be destroyed whenever disco- vered. MOULDINESS is the common term applied to that crop of fungi which appears on moist putrescent vegetable matters. These fungi are Mucores, and are effectually destroyed whenever common salt or lime can be applied. MOUNTAIN ASH. Pyrus Aucupa- ria. MOUSE TAIL. Bendrobium Myo- surus. MOUSE THORN. Centaurea Mya- cantha. MOVING PLANT. Desmodium gy- rans. MOWING is, next to digging, the
. A dictionary of modern gardening. Gardening. MOT 381 —?— MUL MOTHS, of most kinds, are the pa- rents of caterpillars preying upon some plant under the gardener's care, and should be destroyed whenever disco- vered. MOULDINESS is the common term applied to that crop of fungi which appears on moist putrescent vegetable matters. These fungi are Mucores, and are effectually destroyed whenever common salt or lime can be applied. MOUNTAIN ASH. Pyrus Aucupa- ria. MOUSE TAIL. Bendrobium Myo- surus. MOUSE THORN. Centaurea Mya- cantha. MOVING PLANT. Desmodium gy- rans. MOWING is, next to digging, the most laborious of the gardener's em- ployments ; and requires much practice, as well as an extremely sharp scythe, before he can attain to the art of shav- ing the lawn or grass plot smoothly and equally. A mowing machine has been invented by Mr. Budding and others, and is represented in this out- Fig. line. It cuts, collects grass at the same time. Mowing is most easily performed whilst the blades of grass are wet, as they then cling to the scythe, and are consequently erect against its cutting edge. The operation, therefore, should be performed early in the morning, be- fore the dew has evaporated, or whilst the grass is wet from rain or artificial watering. See Scythe. MUDDING or Puddling, is dipping the roots of trees, shrubs, and seedlings in a thin mud or puddle, and retaining them there until again planted, when- ever they are removed. It is one of the best aids to success, and should be universally adopted, for it is a rule without exception, that the less the roots of a plant are injured, and the moister they are kept during its re- moval, the less does it suffer by the transplanting. The best of all muds for the purpose is formed of three pounds of garden soil, one ounce of salt, eight ounces of soot, and one gallon of water. MULBERRY. Morus nigra. The Black, or Garden Mulberry. Soil and Site.—The soil most suitable for the mulberry is a rich, deep, and ra
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