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this country ; consequently it is usually 

 obtained from the south of France or 

 Italy. In favourable years, however, 

 they sometimes perfect it late in au- 

 tumn. 



Forcing. — When the green tops are 

 much in request a small quantity of 

 seed of the summer marjoram is sown 

 in January or February, in a moderate 

 hot-bed. 



MARL is a compound of chalk (car- 

 bonate of lime) with either siliceous 

 sand or alumina. In the first instance, 

 it is a siliceous marl, best applied to 

 heavy soils; and in the latter a clayey 

 marl, adapted for light lands. Slaty 

 and sliellmarls are varieties of the sili- 

 ceous. The relative proportions of the 

 constituents vary indefinitely, the chalk 

 amounting from 15 to 75 per cent. The 

 quantity applied per acre must also vary 

 greatly, according to the object to be 

 attained. To render a light soil more 

 tenaceous 100 tons per acre of clayey 

 marl are not too much ; neither is the 

 same quantity of siliceous marl an ex- 

 cess, if applied to a heavy soil to ren- 

 der it more friable. For much useful 

 information on this subject, see "Ruffin 

 on Calcareous Manures," a Virginia 

 publication. 



M A R L E A begoniafolia. Green- 

 house evergreen shrub. Half-ripened 

 cuttings. Peat and loam. 



MARRUBIUM. Nine species. Har- 

 dy herbaceous perennials. Division or 

 seed. Common soil. 



MARSHALLIA. Four species. Half- 

 hardy herbaceous perennials. Cuttings. 

 Loam and peat. 



MARSH MALLOW. Althaa. 



MARTYNIA. Four species. Stove 

 or green-house annuals. Seeds. Light 

 rich soil. 



MASDEVALLIA infracta. Stove 

 orchid. Division. Wood. 



MASSONIA. Thirteen species. 

 Green-house bulbous perennials. Off- 

 sets or seeds. Loam, peat and sand. 



MASTERWORT. Astrantia. 



MASTIC. Majorana crassifoUa. 



MASTICH. Thymus mastichina. 



MASTICH TREE. Pistacia lentisciis. 



MATHIOLA. The Stock. Twenty- 

 two species and several varieties. The 

 hardy annuals and biennials, and the 

 half-hardy shrubby kinds, increase by 

 seeds, and grow well in loam and peat. 

 The green -house evergreen shrubby 



species, cuttings, light soil and sand. 

 See Stock. 



M A T T I A. Two species. Hardy 

 herbaceous perennials. Division. Com- 

 mon soil. 



MAURANDYA. Three species. 

 Green-house evergreen twiners. Young 

 cuttings or seeds. Light rich soil. 



MAURITIA. Three species. Palms. 

 Rich sandy loam, and a strong moist 

 heat. 



MAXILLARIA. Fifty-four species. 

 Stove epiphytes. Division. Wood. 



MAXIMILIAN A regia. Palm. Rich 

 sandy loam, and a good moist heat. 



MAY requires the gardener's especial 

 care in every department of his grounds. 



KITCHEN GARDEN. 



Angelica, sow. — Artichokes, plant, 

 b.; clean beds. — Asparagus , keep clean; 

 apply liquid manure. — Balm, plant. — 

 Basil, plant out. — Beans, sow, hoe, lop. 

 — Beet, (Red,) thin ; (White and Green), 

 sow. — Borage, sow. — Borecole, sow, b.; 

 plant ; prick out ; plant out ; hoe ; leave 

 for seed. — Brocoh, sow, h.; plant; prick 

 out. — Burnets, sow and plant. — Cab- 

 bages, sow; plant; earth up. — Capsicum, 

 plant out. — Carrots, sow ; thin. — Car- 

 doons, sow, b. — Cauliflowers, take 

 glasses from; sow the late variety for 

 autumn use. — Celery, sow, b. ; prick 

 out; plant out; water; leave for seed. 

 Chamomile, plant. — Chervil, sow ; leave 

 for seed. — Chives, plant. — Coriander, 

 sow ; leave for seed. — Cress, sow ; (Wa- 

 ter), plant. — Crops, failed, replace forth- 

 with. — Cucumbers, prick out; plant out; 

 attend to forcing. — Dill, sow, and plant. 

 — Earthing-up, attend to. — Endive, 

 sow, e.; leave for seed. — Fennel, sow 

 and plant. — Finochio, sow ; clean. — 

 Hot-beds attend to; linings, &c. — Hyssop, 

 sow and plant. — Kale, (Sea,) attend to 

 blanching, &c. — Kidney-Beans (dwarfs), 

 sow, b.; (runners) sow. — Lavender plant. 

 Leeks, sow; thin; leave for seed. — 

 Lettuces, sow; plant out; tie up. — Mari- 

 golds, sow. — Marjorams, sow and plant. 

 — Melons, sow, b. ; prick out ; ridge out; 

 attend to forcing; thin laterals. — Mint, 

 plant. — Mushroom-beds, make, b. ; at- 

 tend to those producing. — Mustard and 

 Cress, sow; leave for seed. — Nasturti- 

 ums, sow, b. — Onions, weed, &c. ; sow 

 for planting again in spring); (Welch), 

 leave for seed. — Parsley, sow; leave 

 for seed; (Hamburgh), thin. — Parsnips, 



