. A dictionary of modern gardening. Gardening. MEL 371 —?— MEL MELISSA. Balm. Four species. Hardy herbaceous perennials. Division. Common soil. MELITTA melissophyllum and two varieties. Hardy herbaceous perennials. Division. Common soil. MELOCACTUS. Melon thistle. Fourteen species. Stove evergreen shrubs. Offsets. Sandy peat. MELODINUS. Two species. Stove evergreen twiners. Cuttings. Loam and peat. MELOLONTHA, the Cockchafer. M. vulgaris. Common Cockchafer. M. horticolo. May-Bug, or Bracken- clock. Feeds upon the leaves of the Raspberry and Rose. Mr. Curtis justly observes, that—" When th
. A dictionary of modern gardening. Gardening. MEL 371 —?— MEL MELISSA. Balm. Four species. Hardy herbaceous perennials. Division. Common soil. MELITTA melissophyllum and two varieties. Hardy herbaceous perennials. Division. Common soil. MELOCACTUS. Melon thistle. Fourteen species. Stove evergreen shrubs. Offsets. Sandy peat. MELODINUS. Two species. Stove evergreen twiners. Cuttings. Loam and peat. MELOLONTHA, the Cockchafer. M. vulgaris. Common Cockchafer. M. horticolo. May-Bug, or Bracken- clock. Feeds upon the leaves of the Raspberry and Rose. Mr. Curtis justly observes, that—" When the roses are in full bloom in May, these beetles sometimes do very extensive mischief to the flowers, by eating out the anthers and consuming the petals. Having de- posited about a hundred eggs in the earth, the female dies, and the larva? hatch and commence their attacks upon the roots of the grass. It is stated, that they are feeding three years, and they reside about an inch beneath the turf; but as winter approaches, they retire deeper into the earth; and even in November, when frost has set in, they have buried themselves a spade deep. The larvae are rather active and can walk tolerably well, dragging their bo- dies after them; they lie, however, generally curved up in the shape of a horse-shoe; the head is deep, ochreous and destitute of eyes. The body is ochreous white with a few brown hairs. To kill these larvae, water the grass in the autumn with one-tenth gas liquor to two-tenths water, it will do no mis- chief to the grass, but will extirpate these miners. Where the gas liquor cannot be obtained, employ strong salt ;—Gard. Chron. MELON. Cucumis melo. Varieties.—There are many varieties of the Melon of which the Nutmeg may be considered as the type ; it and the Citron are, however, the most desirable, which have come under our observa- tion. The mode of out-door culture is very similar to that of the cucumber; they delight in light land well manure
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