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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
MAYFLOWER. A New England name for Epigæa 
repens (which see). 4 
; MAYTENUS (from Mayten, the Chilian name of 
A the genus). Syn. Henkea. ORD. Celastrinee. A genus 
comprising about fifty species of unarmed, greenhouse 
or half-hardy, evergreen shrubs or small trees, natives 
of the tropical, sub-tropical, and temperate Southern 
regions of America. Flowers white, yellow, or reddish, 
small, axillary, solitary or fasciculate, or cymose. Cap- 
sule coriaceous, one to three-celled. Leaves alternate, 
often distichous, petiolate, coriaceous, serrated. The 
wood of the arborescent species is extremely hard, and 
the leaves of the Peruvian kinds are much liked by 
cattle. The species are not largely grown in this 
country. For culture, see Celastrus. 
M. Boaria (Boaria). fl. white, scattered. 1. o) te or alternate, 
1 serrated. R. 10ft. Chili, Greenhouse 
M. (Chilian). fl. greenish-yellow. May. J. eliptic- 
oblong, tapering to the base, taper-pointed, with serrated es. 
Chili, 1829, Half-hardy tree or shrub. (B. R. 1702.) 
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MAZ Us (from mazos, a teat; tubercles closing the 
mouth of corolla). 
larinew. A small genus (four species) of low, hairy or 
glabrous, herbaceous plants, inhabiting India, Eastern 
Asia, the Malayan Archipelago, and Australia. Corollas 
pale bluish or white; pedicels alternate; racemes ter- 
minal, sub-secund. Lower leaves and those of the 
young shoots opposite, those of the floral branches 
The undermentioned species is the best. It is an in- 
teresting, distinct, and pretty perennial, with a vigorous 
habit, rapidly forming dense tufts, scarcely Sin. in height. 
It thrives in pots or cold frames, or in the open air, 
and is best placed in firm, open, bare spots on rock- 
work, in free, sandy soil, in warm positions. Pro- 
pagated by divisions. 
M. pumilio (d * fl. pale violet, borne on very short stems. 
5 Far mer. ithulate, 2 
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NEA DTA. A synonym of Dodecatheon (which see). 
MEADOW PINE. A common name of Dianthus 
* deltoides. S i 
a are wing- 
less, and have a beak. In the Scale insects, the female, 
sticky fluid, which, on the death of the 
insect, assumes the cottony appearance. With this sub- 
"S the female covers up her eggs. 
w namber of | ind Coccus have been described ; but 
commonest injurious in glass houses is 
attacks almost all greenhouse 
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Syn. Hornemannia. ORD. Scrophu- | 
commonly alternate, inciso-crenate or thickly toothed. — 
Mealy Bug—continued. 
and stove plants, Vines, &c., but is partial to Dracena 
and its allies, asclepiads, and the members of certain 
other orders. The male is small, of a pale red colonr, 
covered with a white bloom. It has white wings, the 
front margin of which is spotted with red; the tail fila- 
ments are white, and the antenne moderately long. The 
female is oblong, wingless, red, but covered with white 
powder, and has the antenne shorter than in the male. 
She can move freely till the time of laying her eggs has 
arrived, when her body remains, as a shield for her 
eggs, under the cottony substance previously referred to. 
Numerous remedies against Mealy Bug have been pro- 
posed. Probably, the best are washing and scrubbing 
the branches and diseased leaves with a wash contain- 
ing soft soap or infusion of tobacco. Spirits of wine 
(35 p. d.), applied with a small brush, is said to destroy 
the insects without injuring the plants. Gishurst’s Com- 
pound, oils, and Vine dressings, have also been recom- 
mended as applications to woody parts, such as branches. 
All of these are useful insecticides, but are liable to 
injure the green parts of plants. Smoking, as practised 
for Aphides, does not materially injure the Mealy Bug’s 
eggs, so that it should be repeated in a few days. 
Where a greenhouse is much infested, it should be 
thoroughly cleaned out, and all but the more choice 
plants should be destroyed. See also Insecticides. 
MEASURES. As Measures in use for the sale of 
garden produce vary so much in different parts of the 
country, it will be impracticable to refer to them all 
here in a few general remarks. Baskets for fruit and 
vegetables are of various sizes and shapes, according to 
the several purposes for which they are required. The 
appended list includes most of the different Measures in 
use for the London markets. Being frequently made of 
very thin deal strips, which are more or less flexible, 
they vary a little in size. Especially is this the case with 
punnets, so largely used in London for holding nearly all 
kinds of fruit and salading, in small quantities, for sale. 
Grapes are put up in Alb. and 4lb. punnets; new pota- 
toes in 2lb. punnets. Apples and pears are put up in 
bushels, sieves, or half-sieves. Weights are always 16oz. 
to the pound. 
Bunch. This term is used in speaking of herbs, &c. The size 
varies according to the season. A bunch of turnips consists of 
twenty to twenty-five; of carrots, thirty-six to forty; of greens, 
as many as can be tied together by the roots. 
Bundle. A bundle of broccoli, celery, &c., contains six to twenty 
heads ; seakale, twelve to eighteen heads ; rhubarb, twenty to thirty 
stems, according to size; and of asparagus, from 100 to 125. 
3338 top, 1 
in.; in.; 
depth, 17in. Walnuts, nuts, apples, and 8 eee 
measure. A bushel of the last-named, cleansed, weighs 56lb., but 
Alb. additional is allowed if the tains 
feu. wa or y are not washed. A junk coni 
Bushel Sieve. There are 10} imperial ons to a bushel sieve. 
Diameter at top, 173in. ; at bottom, 17in. eth, Ilłin. 
Hand. A bunch of radishes, which contains from twelve to thirty, 
or more, according to the season. 
Pinea Punnets. These measure Tin. by lin. 
ottle. A long, erating basket, that holds rather over 1} pints. 
A pottle of strawberries should hold } gallon, but never holds more 
than 1 quart. A pottle of mushrooms should weigh llb. A pottle 
of potatoes, = 4 peck, should weigh 341b. 
Punnets. If to hold six hands, 8in. diameter by lin. deep 
or for twelve hands, Nin. by lin. 
Salading Punnets. The size of these is Sin. by 2in. 
43 Punnets. Diameter at the top, 8in. ; at the bottom, 74in. 
Sieve. This contains 7 i i i in. ; depth, 
Sin. A orig A ne is equat to T poche! y sage madd “currants, 20 
aa 
Land Measures. In measuring the surface of land of 
considerable extent, what is known as Gunter’s Chain is 
commonly employed by surveyors. It consists of 100 
links, each measuring 7-92in, in length. The total length 
is, therefore, 66ft. = 22yds. = 4 poles. This Measure is 
