MAUBANDTA. 



MAXILLARIA. 



Marvel of Peru. — See Mira'- 



BILIS. 



Mastic Tree. — A kind of Pis- 

 tacia tree, producing the gum 

 mastic. 



Matthi^ola. — CrucifercB. — The 

 Ten-week Stock is an annual which 

 should be raised on a hotbed, and 

 transplanted into a very rich sandy 

 loam in May. The remains of celery 

 trenches which have been made in a 

 sandy or calcareous loam form the 

 best soil for Stocks of all kinds ; 

 but where this kind of soil cannot 

 be obtained, sand or chalk, enriched 

 with vegetable mould, will do ex- 

 tremely well. The finest Stocks I 

 ever saw were in a garden at Green- 

 hithe, the soil of which was chalk, 

 and in Mrs. Humphrey's garden at 

 Shenstone, the soil of which was a 

 loamy sand ; and though both these 

 were biennial Stocks the same soil 

 would have grown the annual ones 

 equally well. Some of the finest 

 Stocks in British gardens are from 

 seed raised in Germany and Rus- 

 sia ; and the plants raised from this 

 seed are called Germany and Rus- 

 sian Stocks. For the culture of 

 the biennial species, see Brompton 

 Stocks. 



Maur a'ndya. — Scrophuldrince. 

 — Elegant climbing plants, with 

 beautiful dark blue or purple 

 flowers, which are i-ather tender, 

 and are generally killed in winter, 

 if planted in the open ground. They 

 do not require much room for their 

 roots, and generally flower best in 

 a pot, as their roots are so weak 

 and delicate as easily to be killed 

 by having coarse-growing plants 

 near them. M. Barclayana thrives 

 best in a pot with wires fixed in the 

 rim for it to run over (see fig. 35) ; 

 and thus treated, it forms an ex- 

 tremely beautiful object in a balcony 

 garden. All the Maurandyas should 

 be grown in a light rich soil ; and 



they are increased by seeds or cut- 

 tings. 



Maxilla^ria. — Orchid dcece. — A 

 very extensive genus of Epiphytes, 

 some of which have their flowers 

 hanging down from their roots, and 



FIG. 35.— POT FOR TRAINING THE 

 MAURANDYA. 



are grown in baskets of moss, the 

 husks of cocoa nuts, or on pieces 

 of wood with the bark on, or hung 

 by wires to the rafters of the 

 damp stove or orchideous house. 

 Some of the species have upright 

 flower - stems, and are grown in 

 pots in brick rubbish, mixed with 

 sand, or heath-mould, and a little 



