* MAMMILLARIA. 281 MANGIFERA. 
annual which only requires to have | but without leaves; the flowers 
its seeds sown at almost any season | growing out of the stem without 
to grow, and to flower abundantly. ! any stalk. These plants are natives 
As nearly all the seeds are sure to| of the high table-land of Mexico, 
come up, it may be sown as an| where they are subject to very few 
edging plant instead of Box or| variations of temperature ; and they 
Thrift ; and in fact it is often used | should therefore be kept in green- 
for this purpose in cottage gardens. | house heat all the year in England. 
Mate Fern.—Asplénium Feliz-| In their native country they grow 
mas.—A very handsome species of | in rich loam, and therefore require 
Fern for growing in shrubberies. a better soil in this country than 
Ma esue’rpia.— Malesherhiicee. | the different kinds of Cereus and 
—A very pretty Chilian half-hardy | Echinocactus, which grow among 
annual, with blue flowers, the seeds | caleareous rocks, in the mould 
of which should be sown on a hot- | formed by the deposition of vegeta- 
bed in February, and the young| ble matter in the fissures. By at- 
plants planted out in May. tending to these particulars the 
Matitow.—See Ma'tva. Mammillarias may be easily grown 
Ma Lope.— Malvdcee. — Annual in any situation where they can be 
kept free from frost. When kept 
in a room, they should be allowed 
as much air as possible; and the 
dust which lodges among their 
spines should be frequently blown 
off with a small pair of bellows, but 
the plants themselves should never 
be watered overhead. 
Mane'rria.— Rubidcee —Climb 
ing plants, some of which require a 
stove in England; though one spe- 
cies, M. cordifolia, Hook. (M. gla- 
bra, Dec.), which has very handsome 
bright scarlet tube-like flowers, is 
generally grown in a greenhouse. 
It is a native of Buenos Ayres, 
whence it was introduced in 1831, 
and, like many plants from that 
country, it will very probably stand 
the summer in the open border in 
England. It should be grown in 
a mixture of sandy peat and loam ; 
and when kept in a pot, it should 
be allowed plenty of room for its 
roots, and abundance of fresh air as 
perennials and annuals. They are | often as possible. It is propagated 
all of the easiest culture according | by cuttings, which must be struck 
to their respective kinds; and the| in sand, with bottom-heat. 
plants with very handsome flowers. 
M. trifida, of which there are two 
kinds, one with crimson and the 
other with white flowers, is rather 
dwarf; but M. grandiflora will 
grow four or five feet high in a good 
soil and an open situation, bearing 
very large and showy brilliant crim- 
son flowers. All the kinds are 
quite hardy, and only require sow- 
ing in March or April in the open 
border, and thinning out and trans- 
planting, when the young plants 
are three or four inches high. 
Maupr'enta. — Malpighiacee. — 
The Barbadoes Cherry. A stove 
trailer, a native of the West Indies, 
which requires a stove in England. 
It should be grown in a light loamy 
sou, and it is propagated by cuttings 
of the ripened wood. 
Mantva.— Malvdcee.—The Mal- 
low. A great number of different 
species are grown in British gar- 
dens, tender, halfshardy, and hardy 
hardy species may be grown in any Maner'rera.— Terebinthécee.— 
soil and situation. The Mango Tree. A native of both 
Mammituia‘aia. — Cacticee. —| the East and the West Indies, with 
Succulent plants, with almost glo-| white flowers, which requires a 
bular stems covered with prickles,| stove in England. The fruit is said 
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