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GENERAL INDEX. 



loam and peat, and ripened cuttings in sand under 

 a hand-glass, root freely. 



Lycopodium, club-moss, cryptog. stachyopterides, 

 and lycopodinea?, H. peren. Eur. and Amer. bog- 

 plants, which grow in peat soil in pots placed 

 in pans of water, and are increased by suckers or 

 cuttings. 



Lycopsis, wild bugloss, pentan. monog. and bora- 

 gineaj, H. peren. and an. Eur. of common culture. 



Lycopus, water-horehound, dian. monog. and labia- 

 tes, H. peren. Brit, of common culture. 



Lydney Park, Gloucestershire, 7565. 



Lygeum, trian. monog. and gramineas, a H. peren. 

 Spain, a grass of easy culture. 



Lygodium, snake's tongue, cryptog. schismatop- 

 terides and filiceae, H. peren. E. Ind. a climbing 

 fern, which grows freely in loam and peat, and 

 may be increased by dividing at the root or by 

 seed. 



Lyme Hall, Cheshire, 7590. 



Lyon, Peter, his writings on gardening, page 1114. 

 A. D. 1813. 



Lysimachia, loose-strife, pentan. monog. and pri- 

 mulaceae, H. peren. bien. and an. Eur. and Amer. 

 most of them marsh plants, some trailers or 

 creepers, and all of easy culture. 



Lysinema, pentan. monog. and epacridese, a G. tr. 

 N. S. \V. which grows best in rough sandy peat, 

 and cuttings not too young, planted in sand under 

 a bell-glass, root freely. 



Lythrum, dodec. monog. and salicareae, a G. peren. 

 and an. Brit, and H. peren. and an. Brit, and 

 Amer. which grows freely in any rich, light soil, 

 and are increased by cuttings under a hand-glass, 

 by division at the root, or by seeds. 



M. 



Maba, dicec. hexan. and dioscoreae, a S. tr. E Ind. 

 which thrives well in loam and peat, and ripened 

 cuttings root in sand under a hand-glass 



Mabil, , his tract on gardening, page 1129. A. D. 



1817. 



Macaw-tree, cocos fusiformis. 



Macdonald, Alexander, a fictitious name adopted 

 by Dr. Dickson as the compiler of a gardener's 

 dictionary, page 1113. A. D. 1805. 



Machines, meteorological, Sikes's registering ther- 

 mometer, Kewley' s alarum thermometer, auto- 

 maton gardener, 1488. to 1490. 



Machines of defence, 1473 ; scare, bird-trap, bird- 

 net, mouse-trap, garden rat-trap, mole-trap, ear- 

 wig and beetle-trap, wasp and fly-trap, man-trap, 

 humane man-trap, spring-gun, concealed alarum, 

 common gun or musket (from mangon, a warlike 

 machine, used before the invention of fire-arras, 

 or musquet, from mousauet, Fr.), fumigating bel- 

 lows, various means, 14/4. to 1486. 



Machines of labor, 1440; common wheelbarrow, 

 separating barrow, new ground-work barrow, 

 water-barrow, hand-barrow, barrow watering- 

 engine, curved barrel-engine, self-acting green- 

 house engine, roller, carriage water-barrel, water- 

 ing-roller, hand-spokes, common garden- ladder, 

 rule-jointed ladder, step-ladder, wheel-platform, 

 boat-scythe, grindstone, tree-transplanter, German 

 devil, hydrostatic press, seed-separater, 1441. to 

 1471. 



Machines used in gardening, 1439. 



M'Leish, Alexander, a landscape-gardener, resid- 

 ent in Dublin, 7652. 



M'Makoti, B., his work on gardening, page 1131. 

 A. D. 1806. 



M'Pkail, James, his works on gardening, page 

 1110. A. D. 1794. 



Macrocnemum, pentag. monog. and rubiacese, a S. 

 tr. Jamaica, which grows in loam and peat, and 

 strikes by cuttings freely. 



Macropodium, tetrad, siliq. and crucifereae, a H. 

 peren. Siber. which grows in light, rich loam, and 

 cuttings root freely under a hand-glass. 



Madder, — see Rubia. 



Maddock, James, his work on gardening, page 1110. 

 A. D. 1792. 



Madia, syngen. polyg. super, and corymbifereae, a 

 H. an. Chili, of common culture. 



Madingley, a seat in Cambridgeshire, 7551. 



Madresfield, a seat in Worcestershire, 7566. 



Madwort, — see Alyssum. 



Maeslough, a seat in Radnorshire, 7610. 



Magnolia, polyan. and magnoliaceae, G. and H. tr. 



„ Amer. which require a peat soil and a moist situ- 



ation, and are generally increased by layers or 

 seeds ; the leaves are large, and must not be cut 

 off when the layers are removed from the stools ; 

 — see 6562. 



Mahernia, pentan. pentag. and tiliaceae, G. tr. 

 C.B.S. which grow in loam and peat, and young 

 cuttings taken off at a joint, and planted under a 

 hand-glass, in the same soil, readily strike root. 



Mahogany, — see Swietenia. 



Maiden-hair, — see Ceterach. 



Maiden-nut, justicia malabarica. 



Maiden-plum, — see Comocladia. 



Malabar night-shade, — see Basella. 



Malachra, monadel. polyan. and malvaceae, a S. an. 

 W. Ind. of common culture. 



Malaxis, gynan. monan. and orchideae, H. peren. 

 Eng. and N. Amer. which grow in sandy loam 

 and peat, and are increased by offsets from the 

 root or seeds. 



Malay apple, eugenia malaccensis, 5986. 



Malcomia, tetrad, siliq. and crucifereae, H. an. Eur. 

 and Afr. of common culture. 



Mallet, Robert Xavier, his works on gardening, 

 page 1119. A. D. 1775. 



Mallow, — see Malva. 



Malo, "Charles, his work on gardening, page 1122. 

 A. D. 1815. 



Malope, monad, polyan. and malvaceae, a G. bien. 

 and an. Barb, of easy culture. 



Malpighia, Barbadoes cherry, decan. trig, and mal- 

 pighiacea?, S. tr. W. Ind. and Amer. which grow 

 in light loam, and ripened cuttings are not diffi- 

 cult to root under a hand-glass in sand. 



Malta, gardening of, 506. 



Malva, mallow, monad, polyan. and malvacea?, G. 

 tr. Eur. As. Afr. and H. an. and bien. Eur. which 

 succeed in any light, rich soil, and cuttings root 

 freely under a'bell-glas- in sand, or under a hand- 

 glass in any light soil ; seeds are also frequently 

 produced. 



Mammea, mammee-tree, polyan. monog. and gut- 

 tiferea?. a S. tr. S. Amer. the mammee-tree, 5198. 



Mammee-tree, — see Mammea. 



Management of gardens, science of, 2334. 



Manchineel, hippomane manchinella. 



Mandirola, , his works on gardening, page 1118. 



A, D. 1763 



Mandragora, mandrake, pentand. monog. and sola- 

 neae, a H. peren. Levant, which succeeds well in 

 light, sandy soil, and is increased by seeds. 



Mandrake, — see Mandragora. 



Manettia, tetran. monog. and rubiaceaa, a S. tr. 

 Guiana, which grows in loam and peat, and cut- 

 tings root in sand under a bell-glass. 



Mangifera, mango-tree, pentan. monog. and tere- 

 bintaceae, a & tr. E Ind. 5996. 



Mango-tree, mangifera indica, 5996. 



Mangosteen, — see Garcinia. 



Manisuris, polyg. moncec. and gramineae, S. an. E. 

 Ind. of common culture. 



Mansion and offices, their situation, 7249. 



Mansion-residences, 7271 ; their management, 7443. 



Manulea, didyn. angios. and scrophularinea;, G. tr. 

 bien. and an. C.B S. which grow in light, rich soil, 

 and are readily increased by young cuttings 

 planted under a hand-glass. 



Manures, 1111; of animal and vegetable origin, 

 1112 ; theory of their operations, from land plants, 

 sea weeds, dry straw, inert peaty matter, wood- 

 ashes, animal substances, bones, blood, urine, 

 night-soil, dung of fowls, of cattle, preservation 

 of manures of animal and vegetable origin, 1113. 

 to 1162. 



Manures of mineral origin, 1163; theory of their 

 operation, different species, lime, chalk, marl, 

 magnesia, gypsum, application of mineral ma- 

 nures, 1164. to 1194. 



Maple-tree, — see Acer. 



Maranta, arrow-root, monan. monog. and cannea?, 

 S. peren. S. Amer. which thrive in light, rich soil, 

 and are increased by dividing at the root. 



Marattia, cryptog. poropterides and filicea?, a S. 

 peren. Jamaica, a fern of common culture. 



Marble Hill, a seat in Middlesex,7520. 



Marble Hill Cottage, Middlesex, 7520. 



Marcgravia, polyan. monog. and capparidea?, a S. 

 tr. W. Ind. which grows in loam and peat, and 

 roots by cuttings. 



Marchaiit, , a French author on gardening, 



page 1116. A. D. 1701. 



Marechal, Pierre Sylvain, his works on gardening, 

 page 1119. A, D. 1780. 

 5 Mare's tail, — see Hippuris. 



