248 GARDEN FLOWERS. 



in similar soil. The hardy annuals maybe sown in patches, 

 in the open border, in May. 



M. amcena (pleasing) ; greenhouse shrub ; 3 feet ; flowers 

 purplish, in May; Cape; 1796. M. Capensis (Cape); green- 

 house shrub ; 3 feet; flowers pink, in June ; Cape ; 1713- ^^• 

 crispa (curled) ; hardy annual ; 3 feet ; flowers white, in June ; 

 Syria; 1573. M. fragrans (fragrant); greenhouse shrub; 3 

 feet; flowers red, in June; Cape; 1759. ^'^' ^ateritia (brick- 

 red) ; half-hardy perennial ; i foot ; flowers red, in September ; 

 Buenos Ayres ; 1840. M. Mauritiana (Mauritanian) ; hardy- 

 annual ; 4 feet ; flowers rose-color or white, and purple striped, 

 in July ; south of Europe and North Africa ; 1768. M. miiiiaia 

 (vermilion) ; half-hardy shrub ; 3 feet ; flowers vermilion-red, in 

 May; Mexico; 1798. In the borders, it blooms through the 

 autumn. M. Monroana (Monro's) ; half-hardy perennial ; 2 

 feet; flowers scarlet, in August ; Colombia; 1828. M. Morenii 

 (Moreni's) ; half-hardy perennial ; 3 feet ; flowers red, in July ; 

 Italy; 1820. M. Dioschata (musk); hardy perennial; 2 feet; 

 flowers flesh-color or white, in June ; Britain. M. purpurata 

 (purple) ; half-hardy perennial ; 2 feet : flowers dull-red, in July; 

 Chih; 1825. 



Maple. See Acer. 



Marigold. See Calendula. 



Marjoram. See Origanum. 



Marsh-Mallow. See Althaea. 



Marsh-Marigold. See Caltha. 



Martagon. See Lilium. 



Martynia. [Sesameae.] Greenhouse or half-hardy an- 

 nuals, with a somewhat coarse habit and showy flowers. The 

 seeds should be sown in a hot-bed in March, and the young 

 plants potted singly, and kept growing in heat near the glass, 

 in the way balsams are managed. As they grow they must 

 be shifted, and hardened off to bloom in a cool stove or 

 greenhouse or frame. M. fragrans, the best of the species, 

 will also succeed in a sheltered place, planted out for the 

 summer. They require rich light soil. 



