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must be struck in sand, with bottom- 



respective kinds ; and the bardy 

 species may be grown in any soil or 

 situation. 



Mammilla'ria. — Cadacece. — 

 Succulent plants, witb almost glo- 

 bular stem s covered with prickles, but I 

 without leaves ; the flowers growing \ 

 out of the stem without any stalk. | 

 These plants are natives of the high i 



table-land of Mexico, where they are j should be grown in very sandy loam 

 subjecttovery few variations of tem- and the pots well drained, as it is 

 perature ; and they should therefore ' very apt to damp off. 

 be kept in .greenhouse heat all the ' MA^-GO Tree.— See Mangi'fera. 

 year in England. In their native I Mangosteex. — Garclnia Man- 



M angi'fer A. — Terebintkdcece. — 

 The Mango Tree. — A native of both 

 the East and West Indies, with white 

 flowers, which requires a stove in 

 England. The fruit is said to be of 

 remarkably fine flavour in its native 

 country. The plant in England 



country they grow in rich loam, and 

 therefore require a better soil in this 

 country than the different kinds of 

 Cereus and Echinocactus, which 

 grow among calcareous rocks, in the 

 mould formed by the deposition of 

 vegetable matter in the fissures. By 

 attending to these particulars, the 

 Mammillarias may be easily grown 

 in any situation where they can be 

 preserved 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 vdth 

 a small pair of bellows, but the 

 plants themselves should never be 

 watered overhead. 



Maxe'ttia. — Rub'iaceoe. — Climb- 

 ing plants some of which require a 

 stove in England ; though one species, 

 {M. cordijoUa Hook. ; M. glabra 

 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 often as possible. It 

 is propagated by cuttings, which 



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. 



Manti'sia. — Scitaminece. — M. 

 saltatoria, the Opera Girls, is a plant, 

 the flowers of which appear before 

 the leaves, and which really look 

 something like dancing figures fan- 

 tastically dressed. The plant requires 

 a stove in England, and it sliould 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, consist- 

 ing chiefly of vegetable matter, is 

 to be preferred. — See Leaf-mould. 

 Thoroughly decomposed stable-dung 

 is produced by turning it over every 

 three or four weeks in summer, when 

 fermentation 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 culti- 

 vated. In general, rapid-growing 

 plants, such as bulbs of every kind, 



