

M A M 



Jiorfes, in the compafs of onevvcfk ; andifflieepai 

 pot into orchards, they will conltantly rub their bo- 

 dies againft the ilcms of the trees, and their greafe 

 fticking to the bark, will Hint their growth, and in 

 time will fpoil them ; therefore wherever orchards 

 are planted, it will be much the better method to 

 keep the ground ploughed or dug annunlly, and fuch 

 crops put on the ground as will not drav/ too much 

 nourifhment from the trees. 



In pruning of orchard-trees, nothing more Ihould be 

 done, but to cut out all thofe branches which crofs 

 each other, and, if left, would rub and tear off the 

 bark, as alfo decayed branches, but never fliorten any 

 of their flioots. If fuckers, or fhoots from their 

 ftems, (hould come out, they muft be entirely taken 

 off annually ; and when any branches are broken by 

 the wind, they Ihould be cut off, either down to the 

 divifion of the branch, or clofe to the ftem from 

 whence it was produced ; the beft time for this work 

 IS in November, for it fnould not be done in frofty 

 weather, nor in the fpring, when the fap begins to 

 be in motion. - 



The belt method to keep Apples for winter ufe is, 

 to let them hang upon the trees until there is danger 

 of froft, and to gather them in dry weather, laying 

 them in large heaps to fweat for three weeks or a 

 month ; afterward look them over carefully, taking 

 out all fuch as have appearance of decay, wiping all 

 the found fruit dry, and pack them up in large oil- 

 jars, which have been thoroughly fcalded and dry, 



.flopping them down clofe to exclude the external 

 air : if this is duly obferve3, the fruit will keep found 



i^ a long time, and their flefh will be plump -, for when 

 they are expofed to the air, their ikins \vill ihrink, 



. and their pulp will be foft. :-^% ; 



MALUS ARMENIACA. See Armeniaca. 



MALUS AURANTIA. See Aijrantia. 



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MALUS L 

 MALUS M 



M 



See LiMONiA. 

 See CiTREUM. 



■ it bath 



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MALUS PERSICA. See Persica. . 

 MALUS PUNIC A. See Punica. , r.r -m 

 MAMMEA. Plum. Nov. Gen, 44. tab. 4. Lin. 



Gen. Plant. 583. The Mammee-tree. 

 '- The Characters are, 

 ^^^be emp dement of the flower is compofed of two fmall 



cval^ concave leaves^ which fall off. \ 



' ' fw ^^fg^ concave petals^ which fpread 

 • many awl-Jhaped fiamina^ terminated by roundijh fummitSy 

 ■ and in the center a roundifh germen, with a conical fiyle 

 V the length of the ftamina^ crowned by a Jingle permanent 

 .^ fligma. ^be girmen afterward turns to a large flefhy 

 I fruity of a fphericalfigur€yincloJinggne^^t'ipo^];o^^^ 



V. large almoji ovalftones. ^:\xb'^<^:'^'''^Z^^^''^''^'^^^^'^'''^ . 



n This genus of plants is ranged in the firft fedion'of 



Linnaeus's thirteenth clafs, intitled Polyaridria M6- 



■ nogynia, ijyhich includes^ , the plants "whofe^ flowers 



have many ftamina and Oflejyle.i v^i^r^ 



*; There is but one Species of this tree known in the 



-f '^ 



y fruftu, 



Jamina fhorter than the fit 



Mammee 

 Mammea 



rjicse, fapore. Plum., Nov. <jc 

 large fruity having the t aft e of 



M A N 



often brought from the Weft Indies, fwhich fhoiilj 

 be very treih, otherwife thev will n^Jtcrmw,; inropors 

 filled with {ri:([^ light e.irrh, and plun-t-d into a hot- 

 bed of tanricrs bark, obllrving to v/ater tlic earth 

 whenever it appears dry. Li about a month or fix 

 weeks the plants will appear above ground, after 

 which they mull be frequently refrefhed with water, 

 and in hot weather the glaifes of the hot-bed fliould 

 be raifed to let in frefli ain In two months the 

 roots of the plants will have filled the pats, when you 

 Ihould provide fome pots of a little larger fize, into 

 which you fhould tranfplant the plants, being careful 

 to preferve as much earth to their roots as poiTible ; 

 then you fhould fill up the pots with frefh light earth, 

 and plunge them into the bark-bed again, obfervino- 

 to water and Ihade them until they have taken root, 

 after which they fhould be conftantly refreshed with 

 water as you fhall find they want it, and mufl have 

 air in hot weather. In this bed they may remain till 

 Michaelmas, when they mufl be removed into the 

 bark-ftove, where they muft be conftantly kept, ob- 

 ferving to refrelh them with water, but it muft be 

 given to them fparingly at this feafon, as alfo to clean 

 their leaves from the filth they are apt to contraft in 

 the ftove -, the fpring following they fhould be fliifted 

 I'into frefh earth, and if they require it, into larger 

 . - pots, but by no means over-pot them, for they do not 

 "'produce many roots, therefore if the pots are too 

 ■; large the plants will not thrive; they muft be con- 

 ftantly kept in the bark-ftoye, and may be treated 

 after the manner direded for the Coffee-tree. 

 If, when the ftohes of this fruit are brought over, 

 .i. they are put into the tan-bed, under the bottom of 

 V any of tfae pots, they will fprout fooner than thofe 

 . which are planted in the earth.' -^^'^-m 

 M A N C A N I L L A. See Hippomane. 

 MANDRAGORA. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 7^. tab. 

 12. Lin. Sp. Plant. 221. Mandrake; in French, 

 Mandrazore, - - . 



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The Characters are, 



- ne empalement of the floiver is large, lellfhapedy ereSy 

 andpermanet ; // is of one leafy mt at the top into five 



- acute fegments. The flower hath one ereEl bell-fhaped 

 ^ petal which fpreads opeUy and is a little larger than the 



empalement. It has five awl-fhaped fiaminay uhlch are 

 '.. arched and hairy at their bafe. In the center is fituated 



- d roundifh germeriy fupporting an awl-fhaped ftyky crown- 

 : led by q> headed ftigma.^ -The germen/ift^ri^ard turns to d 





1 .' f 



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■-.' -t Englifh gardens, viz. rr';.."^/ .i\^^>^'--h>i^.*;:^-* h- 



Mammea ftaminihns flore hfeviorihiis. "■*■---- *'' 



. large round berry with two cells y having a flefhy receptqcle 

 J, , convex on each Jidey filled with kidney-fhaped feeds j**-^\ 

 '/■ jThisrgenus of plants is ranged in. the firft feftiofi of 



' Linnasus's fifth clalL intitled PentandrjaM 

 r which contains thofe plants whofe flowers have five 

 ftamiha aricf one ftyle. / v^:^'.-^'^■y■:^ 



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We have^ but' oSe Species of this j^enus in'^tKe 





■^iiw:^ji4w-iu*^fe 





• 



' Weft , - ^ ^. , .. 



t of fixty or feventy feet 5 the leaves are Idrge and ftifF, 



i and continue green zS the year ; thig fruit is as large 



* oe « «,-_?_ rn 1 • ' • _r _ ___n 'n. 



Uowifh 



^^^ is very grateful to the tafte;'^ It grows 



'I 



colour, 



' ^ , -V ... 1. " _^_.'..._. Weft 



• *Wi?. generally fold in their markets, and isefteem- 



•^ ed one of the beft fruits in the country. It alfo grows 



"^ the hills of Jamaica, and has- been tranfplanted 



into moft of the Caribbee lOands, where it thrives 



exceeding well- =.,:. ,'——-- '- ^^- 



In England there are fome few of thcfe plants, which 



^re preferved with great care by fuch as are curious 



in cultivating exotic plants ; but there are none of 



any confiderable fize, fo that we cannot expeft to fee 



Either fruit or flowers for fome years. Thefe plants 



tnay be propagated by planting the ftones, which are 



".•hi! V -Englifh gardens,, viz/ * 



Mandragora {Officinarum.) Hort. Cliff. 5i..TheMan- 



v^r^>&^. ' Mandragora fru6tu rotundo. C. B. P. '169. 



.'■Mandrake with a round fruit. ■' .' -"^^^ ^--^ i^ -- v . :/ii^ 



-;.This plant grows naturally in Spain, Porttigslv Italy, 



, • and the Levant, but is preferved here, in the gardens 



l^^ of the curious/ It hath a long taper root fhaped Ijlce 



j' Parfnep, which runs three or four feet deep in the 



' ground i it is fometimes fingle, and at others divided 



into t\vo or thfee brSnches, almbft of the colour of 



. V Parfnep, but a little darker ; from this arifesJi circle 



of leaves, which at firft ftand ereft, but, when grown 



to their full fize, fpread open, and lie upon the 



ground J they are more than 'a foot In length, and 



.-.* foiif or five inches" broad in the 'middle,"' gfowing'riar- 



row toward both ends, of a dark green colour, and a 



:.. foetid fcent.^- Thefe, rife immediately from the crown 



. of the root, without any foot-ftalk ; between them ' 



come out the flowers, each ftanding upon a feparate 



■ foot-ftalk about three inches long, which alfo arife 



' immediately from the root-, they are five-cornered, 



,. of an herbaceous white colour, fpreading open at the 



- top like a Primrofe,^ having five hairy ftamina, with 

 ' a globular germen in the center, fupporting an aVl- 



- fl^iaped "ftyle,,.* The gertoen afterward tui;ps to a glo- 



■ bular 



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