2.;.'J GARDEN FLOWERS. 



M. iiciiminata (pointed-leaved) ; hardy deciduous tree ; 40 

 feet: flowers creamy, in June ; North America ; 1736. Af.au- 

 riculata (ear-leaved) ; hardy deciduous tree ; 20 feet ; flowers 

 white, in May ; North America; 1786. M. conspicua (showy); 

 hardy deciduous tree ; 20 feet ; flowers white, in April ; China ; 

 1789. Soulangeaiia is a very beautiful variety of this, with the 

 flowers tinged with purple. M. fuscata (brown) ; greenhouse 

 evergreen shrub ; 3 feet ; flowers brown, in April ; China ; 1789. 

 M. glatica (glaucous); hardy deciduous tree; 15 feet; flowers 

 whitish, in June ; North America ; 1688. M. grandijiora (large- 

 flowered) ; hardy evergreen tree ; 15 feet ; flowers white, in July ; 

 North Carolina; 1737. Of this there are several varieties, 

 among which that known as Exo?iie7isis is the most desirable, on 

 account of its early and free blooming habit. M. maa-ophylla 

 (large-leaved) ; hardy deciduous tree ; 20 feet ; flowers white 

 and purple, in June ; North America ; 1800. M. purpurea 

 (purple) ; hardy deciduous shrub ; 6 feet ; flowers purple, in 

 April ; Japan ; 1 790. M. tripetala (three-petalled) ; hardy de- 

 ciduous tree ; 20 feet ; flowers white, in May ; North America ; 

 1752. M. 77/^w/'.jw//Vz//^ (Thompson's) ; hardy tree ; 20 feet ; 

 flowers white, in June ; hybrid between M. glauca and tripetala. 



There are many varieties of M. conspicua., but they are not 

 very distinct. AL N'orbetiana is a very deep-colored variety. 

 J/, grandijiora and its varieties are not hardy north of Phila- 

 delphia. AT. Lauie is a fine hybrid between AI. conspicua 

 and purpurea ; color, deep reddish-purple ; April, i86o. 



Mahonta. See Berberis. 



Maiden-Hair Tree. See Salisburia. 



Malcolmia. [Cruciferffi.] Hardy annuals, of which one 

 species — M. maritiina, the Virginian stock — is a favorite 

 dwarf ornament for the flower-border, very easily grown, but 

 not durable : in good-sized patches, it forms a showy mass 

 of simple flowers. If sown by the middle of May, it wiil, 

 ivi favorable seasons, be in bloom early in June ; but, to have 

 a good succession of flowers, it ought to be sown monthly, 



