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itag.] A pretty half-hardy, sub-shrubbv, probably biennial 

 plant, useful for the flower garden. Soil, sandy loam. Pro- 

 pagated by cuttings under a hand-glass in summer. M. 

 tanacetifolia, flowers purple. 



MACLEANIA. [Vacciniaceae.] Handsome warm green- 

 house evergreen shrubs. Soil, sandy loam and fibry peat. 

 Propagated by cuttings in sand under a glass. They require 

 a mild winter temperature, rather higher than in an ordinary 

 greenhouse. 



MACLEAYxl. [Papaveracepe.] Hardy herbaceous per- 

 ennials. Good garden soil. Increased by division in spring. 



MACLURA. [MoraceEe.] This small genus contains one 

 hardy species, M. aurantiaca, which, under the name of the 

 Osage Orange, is much used for hedges in some parts of North 

 America, there taking the place of our Hawthorns. It 

 requires a dry warm soil. Increased by layers or by cuttings of 

 the roots. 



MAD ARIA. [Compositge.] Hardy annuals, showy, but 

 rather commonplace in their appearance : their golden-coloured 

 flowers have a ring of brownish blotches around the central 

 disc. They may be sown in frames for transplantation in 

 March, and in the open ground in April and May, and are 

 increased by seeds. 



MAGNOLIA. [Magnohacese.] Noble and striking hardy 

 shrubs and small trees, some among the handsomest of ever- 

 greens, others deciduous, and all beautiful as flowering plants. 

 The soil for these plants should be deep and good, of open 

 texture, neither subject to parching nor liable to excessive 

 wet at any season. The Magnolias all grow finely in peat 

 earth, but this is not essential to them. They are greatly 

 benefited, however, when planted in a young state, by having 

 a bushel or so of good compost placed about their roots : this 

 compost may be of equal jiarts light turfy loam and peat. 

 Layering is the most usual mode of propagating the Magnolia, 

 the layers being put down in autumn, and requirhig a couple 

 of seasons to get well established. Many of the species do 

 not transplant well except when quite young, unless they are 

 kept in pots. On this account it is usual to keep them in 

 ]X)ts, and of all the choicer kinds no plants should be chosen 

 whose roots are not so protected ; but when this has been the 



