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He died about the year 1S16, whilst on \ the art, of which it treated, was in the 

 a collecting journey in Tennessee, from ' " 

 fever contracted by exposure whilst 

 travelling on horseback, 



LYON I A. Six species. Hardy 

 evergreen shrubs. Layers and seed. 

 Peat. 



LYONSIA straminea. Stove ever- 

 green twiner. Cuttings. Loam and peat. 

 L Y S I M A C 11 1 A . Twenty spe- 

 cies. Hardy herbaceous perennials and 

 annuals, except L.atropurpurea and L. 

 maculata, which require a green-house. 

 L. thyrsijlora is an aquatic. Annuals 

 by seed ; others by division. Common 

 soil. 



LYSINEMA. Five species. Green- 

 house evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. 

 Sandy peat. 



LYTHRUM. Eleven species. Hardy 

 herbaceous and annuals. Division or 

 seed. Common soil. 



MABA buxifolia, a stove evergreen 

 shrub, .Tud M. laurina, a green-house 

 evergreen trailer. Ripe cuttings. Loam 

 and peat. 



MACLEANIA longiflora. Green- 

 house evergreen shrub. Cuttings. Light 

 loam. 



M.'i.CLEAYA cordata. Hardy herb- 

 aceous perennial. Division, and seeds. 

 Rich mould. 



MACLURA. Three species. M. 

 aurantiaca is a hardy deciduous tree ; 

 the two others, stove evergreen trees. 

 Ripe cuttings. Turfy loam and peat. 

 M. aurantiaca, the Osage Orange, is 

 admirably adapted for hedges : it is ot 

 rapid growth, perfectly hardy as far 

 north as Pennsylvania, is not subject to 

 disease, is armed with sharp spines 

 which pain on puncture, and, abound- 

 ing in acrid juice, is not browsed by cat 



United States much needed. He was 

 said to have been a man of liberal edu- 

 cation, and an ardent admirer of horti- 

 culture. It is probable his love for it 

 led to his emt)arking in the sale of 

 plants and seeds as a profession. In 

 connection with his seed-store, Mr. M. 

 established a Nursery near the city, and 

 concentrated many interesting speci- 

 mens on his trrouiuls. They were, at a 

 later day, under the management of his 

 son, but are now, we believe, no longer 

 cultivated as a Nursery. 



MACRADENIA. Three species. 

 Stove orchids. Division. Wood. 



MACROCNEMUM. Two species. 

 Stove evergreen trees. Cuttings. Loam 

 and peat. 



M A C R P O D I U M laciniatum. 

 A hardy annual, increased by seeds; and 

 M. nivale, a hardy herbaceous peren- 

 nial, increased by cuttings. A light 

 rich soil suits them both. 



M A C R O T Y S racemosa. Hardy 

 herbaceous perennial. Division. Rich 

 soil. 



MADAGASCAR NUTMEG. Aga- 

 thophyllum. 



MAD.\GASCAR POTATO. Solamim 

 anguivi. 



MAD-APPLE. Solanum insanum. 

 MADDER. Rubia. 

 MADIA. Two species. Hardy an- 

 nuals. Seeds. Common soil. 

 MADWORT. Alyssum. 

 M.ESA. Five species. Stove ever- 

 green shrubs or trees. Cuttings. Peat 

 and loam. 



MAGNOLIA. Fourteen species. 

 They are chiefly hardy deciduous trees, 

 but M. grandiflora, and its varieties, 

 require protection in Pennsylvania, in 



tie. With these qualities it is, we think,} severe winters, especially if the soil be 



destined to be extensively used as a 

 hedge plant. 



M'MAHON, Bernard, was a native 



not thoroughly drained. The next most 

 worthy of cultivation are M. acuminata, 

 M. macrophylla, M. glauca, and M. pur- 



of Ireland. Implicated in thedisastrous purea. 



rebellion of "98, he fled to this country, 

 and was for some years connected with 

 a political newspaper of Philadelphia. 

 Our purpose is, however, to refer to Mr. 



Planting. — The best season for plant- 

 ing all the species is early in spring, 

 though as those sorts which are in pots 

 may be turned out with the ball of 



M'Mahon as associated with the subject earth about their roots, they may be 

 of this work. Mr. M. ultimately esta- 1 occasionally transplanted in October or 

 blished himself as a Nursery and Seeds- beginning of November. Observe, as 

 man in that city, and published an ex- they are rather of a tender nature in 

 cellent book on gardening, the " Ame- their younger growth, it is proper to 

 rican Gardener's Calendar," which was allot them a sheltered sunny situation, 

 favourably received, and opportunely and dry soil ; and all of them should he 

 issued, for at that time information on I stationed in the most conspicuous point 



