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plants of hardier kinds move to outside. 

 — Cuttings of some plants will still 

 grow. — Earth, is pots, stir. — Layering 

 will yet be successful. — Leaves, clean, 

 before removing from house. — Orange- 

 stocks, seedlings pot sing\y; inarching and sand, 

 of the orange and lemon may yet be MAZE 

 practised. — Pruning must now be only 

 casual. — Shifting into larger pots com- 

 plete, b. — Succulent Plants, as aloes, 

 &c., may be moved out, e. — Water fre- 

 quently but moderately ; it may be 

 poured freely over their foliage as a 

 cleanser. — Windows and doors open 

 daily, and during mild nights, to harden 

 before moving out. 



ME A 



Podophyllum pelta- 



MAY APPLE. 

 turn. 



MAYTENTJS. Four species. Half- 

 hardv or green-house evergreen shrubs 

 or trees. Ripe cuttings. Peat, loam. 



See Labyrinth. 



MAZUS pumi'Zio, a hardy annual ; and 

 M. rugosus, a half-hardy trailing an- 

 nual. Seeds. Common soil, and a warm 

 situation. 



MEADOW-SAFFRON. Colchicum. 



MEADOW-SWEET. Spircea ulma- 

 ria. 



MEASURES, ENGLISH 



GRAIN MEASURE. 



4 Gills . make .... 1 Pint . containing 



2 Pints 1 Quart .... 



4 Quarts 1 Gallon .... 



2 Gallons 1 Peck .... 



4 Pecks 1 Bushel 2218i 



4 Bushels 1 Sack 5^ 



8 Bushels 1 Quarter lOi 



5 Quarters 1 Load b\\ 



TIMBER MEASURE. 



Feet. 



A load of timber, unhewn, is 40 cub. ft. 

 squared, 50 " 



1 inch plank 600 sq. ft. 

 li " 400 " 



2 " 300 " 



A load of 2i inch plank 240 sq. ft. 



3 " 200 " 

 3i " 170 '« 



4 " 150 " 



LAND MEASURE. 



The English statute acre contains \ ry, 3630. The French arpent is an 

 4840 square yards; the . Scoff A, 5760; English acre and three-fourths of a 

 the Irish, 7S40 ; the Devonshire, cus-rood. The Strasburg acre is nearly 

 tomary, 4000; the Cornish, 5760; the half an English acre ; the Prussian mor- 

 Lancashire,19:A0;l\ie Cheshire ^ndStaf- gen is not quite three-fourths of an 

 fordshire, 10,240 ; the Wiltshire tenant- acre. 



12 Inches 

 3 Feet . 

 6 Feet . 

 64 Yards 



Inches. 

 144 



1,296 



39,204 



1,568,160 



6,272,640 



LONG MEASURE. 



1 Foot. I 40 Poles 



1 Yard. | S Furlono 



1 Fathom. I 3 Miles '^ 



1 Pole. 69i Miles 



1 Furlong. 



1 Mile. 



1 League. 



1 Degree. 



SQUARE MEASURE. 



Feet. 



1 



9 



272i 



10,890 



43,560 



Yards. 



1 



30i 



1210 



4840 



Poles, Rods, 

 or Perches. 



30 Acres are 1 Yard of Land. 

 100 ... 1 Hide of Land. 

 640 ... 1 Square Mile. 



