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to be of remarkably fine flavour in 
its native country. The plant in 
England should be grown in very 
sandy loam, and the pots well 
drained, as it is very ept to damp 
off. 
Maneo Tree.—See Manei'rera. 
Mancosteen. — Garcinia Man- 
gostana.— This celebrated fruit, 
which is so highly spoken of by 
travellers in Java, &c., belongs to 
the same genus as the Gamboge 
tree, and both require a stove in 
England. They are, however, very 
seldom grown in this country. 
Mant'sia. — Scitaminee.— M. 
Saliatoria, the Opera Girls, is a 
plant the flowers of which appear 
before the leaves, and which really 
look something like dancing figures 
fantastically dressed. The plant 
requires a stove in England, and 
it should be grown in a mixture of 
turfy loam, peat, and sand, kept 
rather moist, but well drained. It 
is increased by dividing the root. 
Manures, in Floriculture, are 
little wanted, and in general leaf- 
mould, or hotbed dung, or any kind 
of fermentable material, consisting 
chiefly of vegetable matter, is to 
be preferred. — See Liear-Movutp. 
Thoroughly decomposed stable-dung 
is produced by turning it over every 
three or four weeks in summer, 
when*ermentation is active, or three 
or four times in winter, when it is 
more slow ; and in either case it is 
fit for use when it can be passed 
through a coarse sieve. It is to be 
mixed with the soil in proportions 
dependent on the nature of the 
plant to be cultivated. In general, 
rapid-growing plants, such as bulbs 
of every kind, require the roughly- 
decomposed manure: but strong 
vigorous plants which grow all the 
summer, such as Dicotyledonous 
annuals and perennials, may be 
manured with materials in a less 
decomposed state. All manures 
should be preserved in compact 
masses, so as to present as small a 
surface to the action of the atmo- 
sphere as possible, and a shaded 
situation is consequently preferable 
to one exposed to the free action of 
the sun and air. 
Mara’nta.—Cannee.—The In- 
dian Arrow-root. Stove plants, 
with tuberous roots and small white 
flowers. The powder called Arrow- 
root is made from the tubers. 
Manre’s-TarL.—See Hirpu‘ris. 
Ma'rica. — fridee. -— Fibrous- 
rooted plants, with very ornament- 
al flowers, greatly resembling those 
of the Cape bulbs. Natives of Af- 
rica, some of which require a stove 
and others a greenhouse in Eng- 
land. For culture, see AMary’LLIs. 
Maricotp.—-See CaLe’NDULA. 
Marsgoram.—See Ori'Ganum. 
Marsu Maricotp.—Caltha pa- 
lustris—A British marsh or aqua- 
tic plant, sometimes introduced in 
ponds and other artificial pieces of 
water, in garden scenery, to give 
them a natural appearance, or to 
hide their termination. The plants 
only require to be planted in the 
muddy banks of the water, if it be 
a pond ; but if it be a river, they 
should have a stone or two laid on 
their roots, to prevent them from 
being washed away by the stream. 
Marsu Puanrs are of different 
kinds; those which grow in com- 
mon soil, saturated with moisture 
throughout the year; those which 
grow in soil saturated or covered 
with water during winter and 
spring ; and those which grow in 
peat-bogs. A few of them are or- 
namental; such as Menydnthes 
irifoliata and Comarum palistre, 
which are proper Marsh Plants; 
Damasonium vulgare, and Ranin- 
culus lingua and flammula, which 
grow in soils sometimes dry during 
summer ; and Parndssia palustris, 
which grows in peat-bogs and 
springy soils. In gardens, bogs are 
easily imitated, by placing the soil 
