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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Magnolia—continued. 
stock for the evergreen kinds. Magnolias should never 
be planted in imperfectly drained land, and_ positions 
haying an eastern exposure shonld be avoided, because 
cold winds and late spring frosts disfigure the flowers and 
damage young growths. The best time to transplant 
is in early spring just before growth commences, and if 
watered overhead and at the roots they generally push 
forth strong growth, and recover themselves before 
autumn-moved plants. 
To the species described on pp. 315-6, Vol. II., the 
following should be added: 
M. conspicua Alexandrina (Alexandrine). This is the 
earliest to flower of the M. conspicua kinds. 
M. c. Norbertiana (Norbert’s). 1. purplish-tinted, large, stout. 
This is a late-flowering variety of the well-known M, conspicua. 
M. c. speciosa (showy). A showy variety of M. conspicua. 
M. foetida (fetid). A synonym of M. grandiflora. 
M. fuscata. The correct name is Michelia fuscata. 
M. glauca longifolia (long-leaved), A variety with lanceolate 
leaves, and flowering a long time. 
M. grandiflora biflora (two-flowered). i. usually in pairs, 
which open in succession. 1885. 
M. hypoleuca (white beneath).* jl. creamy-white, very 
fragrant, 6in. to 7in. in diameter; petals six to nine, obovate- 
spathulate ; filaments scarlet. J. biennial, lft. long, ovate- 
*® elliptic, obtuse or shortly cuspidate, glabrous above, densely 
white-pruinose beneath; petioles 1sin. long. Japan, 1895. 
Hardy. The wood of this very beautiful species is largely 
bere by the-Japanese for lacquered articles. (G. & F. 1888, 
p- .) 
M. Kobus (native name). /. creamy-white, 4in. to Sin. across, 
erect; sepals three; petals six; style reflexed. May. /. 6in. 
to Tin. long, 3in. to 3sin. broad, obovate, acuminate at both 
ends, deciduous; young ones pubescent beneath. h. 70ft. to 
80ft. Japan. Hardy in the South of England. Syn. 
M. Thurberit. 
M. Lenniei (Lennie’s).* /l. purple on the outside and white 
within. A hybrid between M. conspicua and M. obovata 
discolor, (F.d. 8. xvi., t. 1693; R. H. 1866, 370.) 
M. obovata gracilis (slender). #. dark purple outside. 
.l. narrower than in the type. Plant smaller than M. obovata. 
M. parviflora minor (smaller). This variety is smaller in 
all its parts than the type. Japan, 1888. 
M. pumila (dwarf). The correct name of Talawma pumila. 
M. pyramidata (pyramidal). A synonym of M. Fraseri. 
M. salicifolia (Willow-leaved), of Maxim. ji. unknown. 
?. ovate, acute, silvery on the lower surface, emitting a delicious 
fragrance when bruised. Bark at first light green, eventually 
becoming dark reddish-brown. h. 15ft. to 20ft. Japan, 1893. 
A slender tree. (G. & F., Feb. 8, 1893, p. 65, f. 12.) 
M. salicifolia (of gardens) is really a narrow-leaved form of 
M. grandiflora. 
M. stellata. There is a variety of this with very pale rose- 
coloured flowers. 
M. stricta (erect). A garden hybrid between M. conspicua 
Soulangeana and M. obovata. 1893. 
-M. Thompsoniana (Thompson's) is kept up by Sargent, who 
gives M. glauca as synonym. 
M. Thurberii (Thurber’s). A synonym of M. Kobus. 
M. virginiana (Virginian). A synonym of M. glauca. 
M. Watsoni (Watson’s). The correct name of the plant figured 
in Gn., Dec. 8, 1883, as M. parviflora. (B. M. 7157.) 
M. Wiesneri (Wiesner's).  #. pure white, very fragrant ; 
stamens very numerous. 7. deciduous, ovate-oblong, thick, 
6in. to 8in. long, 3in. to 4in. broad, glaucous-green. Japan, 
1889. A dwarf, bushy tree, glabrous in all its parts ; probably 
hardy. 
M. Yulan. The “Index Kewensis” gives this as the correct 
name of M. conspicua. There are numerous seedling varieties. 
MAHERNIA. To the species described on p. 316, 
Vol. II., the following should be added: 
M. chrysantha (golden-flowered). fl. golden-yellow; petals 
twice as long as the calyx. J. petiolate, elliptic-oblong, obtuse, 
crenulate, corrugated, at length glabrous above, white- 
tomentose beneath. hk. lft. 1868. Under-shrub. (Ref. B. 26.) 
MAHOGANY PINE. See Podocarpus Totara. 
MAHOGANY, RED. 
MAIA. A synonym of Maianthemum (which see). 
MAIANTHEMUM. 
name of M. bifoliwm. 
See Eucalyptus resinifera. 
M. Convallaria is the correct 
MAIDENHAIRS, GOLD AND SILVER. ‘Se 
Nothochlena. Polypodium vulgare is also called 
Golden Maidenhair. : 
MAIDEN TREE. A term applied to a fruit tree 
that has not produced any frnit from the time it was 
sown; but as usually understood amongst nurserymen 
and gardeners, a fruit tree one year old from the time of 
budding or grafting is a Maiden Tree. 
MAIETA (native name). OrpD. 
small genus (two species) of small, 
American, stove shrubs, allied to Clidemia. 
has been introduced, but is 
cultivation. 
MAINEA. A synonym of Trigonia (which see). 
MAKART BOUQUETS. These are named after 
the famous painter, who utilised various dried Grasses, 
veneers: and Palm foliage for the decoration of his 
studio. 
MALABAILA. The correct name of M. Opopanaz is, 
according to the ‘‘ Index Kewensis,’’ Opopanax Chironiwm, 
MALABAR NIGHTSHADE. See Basella. 
Melastomacer. A 
slender, South 
M. quianensis 
probably no longer in 
MALACHIUM. Included under Stellaria (which 
see). 
MALASPINZA. A synonym of Zgiceras (which 
see). MI 
MALAXIS. This genus now embraces about half- 
a-dozen species. Several that were formerly classed 
hereunder are now referred to Brassia, Liparis, 
Microstylis, Oberonia, &c. 
MALCOLMIA [Malcomia is the correct spelling, 
according to the ‘‘Index Kewensis”’]. Flowers loosely 
racemose, ebracteate; sepals linear, erect; petals long- 
linear or long-clawed. Siliquas nearly terete, elongated 
or subulate, generally on thick peduncles. Leaves 
alternate, entire or pinnatifid. To the species described 
on p. 318, Vol. II., the following should be added: 
M. bicolor (two-coloured). j., petals pink, yellowish at base. 
Summer, /r., siliquas erecto-patent, Zin. to lin. long. JZ. ovate 
or oblong-lanceolate, almost entire. h. 6in. Grecian mountains, 
&e. Plant pubescent. 
MALE. Bearing only male organs. 
MALESHERBIA LINEARIFOLIA. A synonym 
of Gynopleura linearifolia. 
MALLET FLOWER. See Tupistra. 
MALLOTUS (from mallotos, fleecy, woolly ; in allusion 
to the fruit of some of the species). Syn. Rottlera (of 
Roxburgh). A genus embracing about seventy species of 
stove or greenhouse shrubs or trees, mostly found in the 
tropics of the Old World, allied to Ricinus. Flowers of 
both sexes racemose. Fruit capsular. Leaves alternate 
or opposite, petiolate, stipulate. M. japonicus, the only 
species calling for description here, may prove hardy in 
our southernmost districts. It may be increased by seeds, 
or by ripened cuttings, inserted in sandy loam, under a 
glass. 
M. japonicus (Japanese). fl. inconspicuous, paniculate. May 
and June. /. 4in. to 6in. long, 2in. to 4in. broad, rhomboid- 
ovate, cuspidate-acuminate, entire, bearing minute yellowish 
glands beneath, at length glabrous on both sides; petioles 
equalling or shorter than the leaves. Branches woody. 
h. 10ft. to 15ft. Japan, &e., about 1890, (R. H. 1894, f. 32.) 
Syn. Rottlera japonica (S. Z. F. J. 79). 
MALLOW, INDIAN. See Sida and Urena. 
MALLOW, ROSE. A common name for various 
species of Hibiscus. 
MALLOW-WORT. ‘Sve Malope. 
MALOPE. Mallow-Wort. Of M. trifida grandiflora 
there are pretty colour varieties in alba (white) and rosea 
(flushed with pink). All are beautiful subjecus for the 
mixed border, or even for the shrubbery border. 
MALPIGHIA. WM. coccigera is the correct name 
of the plant described as M. coccifera. 
