246 GARDEN FLOWERS. 



M. acuminata (pointed-leaved) ; hardy deciduous tree ; 40 

 feet ; flowers creamy, in June ; North America ; 1736. M. au- 

 riculata (ear-leaved) ; hardy deciduous tree ; 20 feet ; flowers 

 white, in May; North America; 1786. M. conspicua (showy); 

 hardy deciduous tree ; 20 feet ; flowers white, in April ; China ; 

 1789. Soulangeana is a very beautiful variety of this, with the 

 flowers tinged with purple. M. fuscata (brown) ; greenhouse 

 evergreen shrub ; 3 feet ; flowers brown, in April ; China ; 1789. 

 M. glauca (glaucous) ; hardy deciduous tree ; 1 5 feet ; flowers 

 whitish, in June ; North America ; 1688. M. grandiflora (large- 

 flowered) ; hardy evergreen tree ; 15 feet ; flowers white, in July ; 

 North Carolina; 1737. Of this there are several varieties, 

 among which that known as Exoniensis is the most desirable, on 

 account of its early arfd free blooming habit. M. macropJiylla 

 (large-leaved) ; hardy deciduous tree ; 20 feet ; flowers white 

 and purple, in June ; North America ; 1800.- M. purpurea 

 (purple) ; hardy deciduous shrub ; 6 feet ; flowers purple, in 

 April ; Japan ; 1 790. M. tripetala (three-petalled) ; hardy de- 

 ciduous tree ; 20 feet ; flowers white, in May ; North America ; 

 1752. M. Tlioinpsoniana (Thompson's) ; hardy tree ; 20 feet ; 

 flowers white, in June ; hybrid between M. glauca and tripetala. 



There are many varieties of M. conspicua, but they are not 

 very distinct. M. Norbetiana is a very deep-colored variety. 

 M. grandiJJora and its varieties are not hardy north of Phila- 

 delphia. M. Lcnne is a fine hybrid between M. conspicua 

 and purpurea ; color, deep reddish-purple ; April, 1860. 



MAHONIA. See BERBERIS. 



MAIDEN HAIR TREE. See SALISBURIA. 



MALCOLMIA. [Cruciferae.] Hardy annuals, of which one 

 species M. marittma, the Virginian stock is a favorite 

 dwarf ornament for the flower-border, very easily grown, but 

 not durable : in good-sized patches, it forms a showy mass 

 of simple flowers. If sown by the middle of May, it will, 

 in favorable seasons, be in bloom early in June ; but, to have 

 a good succession of flowers, it ought to be sown monthly, 



