MECONOPSIS 



MEDICAGO 



SQUARE MEASURE. 



Inches. 



H4 



1,296 



39,204 



1,568,160 



6,272,640 



Feet. Poles, 



i Yards. Rods, or 



9 i Perches. 



272* 30* i 



10,890 1 210 40 



43,560 4840 160 



30 acres are i yard of land. 100 acres are i hide of land 



640 acres are i square mile. 



Roods. 



i 

 4 



Acre. 



i 



CUBIC MEASURE. 



1728 Cubic Inches make .... 



27 Feet 



40 of Rough Timber 

 50 of Hewn 

 108 

 128 .... 



i Cubic Foot 

 i Yard 



}i Load 



r Stack of Wood 

 i Cord 



HEAPED MEASURES. 



Our market-gardeners, and retailers of fruit, potatoes, 

 &c., generally vend their commodities as if the Act of 

 Parliament, 5 & 6 Will. IV. c. 63, did not exist. By 

 this statute selling by heaped measure is forbidden under 

 a penalty of not more than 405. for every such sale. 

 Section 8 provides that, as some articles heretofore sold 

 by heaped measure are incapable of being stricken, and 

 may not inconveniently be sold by weight, it is enacted, 

 that all such articles may henceforth be sold by a bushel- 

 measure, corresponding in shape with the bushel pre- 

 scribed by the 5 Geo. IV. c. 74, for the sale of heaped 

 measure, or by any multiple or aliquot part thereof, 

 filled in all parts as nearly to the level of the brim as 

 the size and shape of the articles will admit ; but no- 

 thing herein shall prevent the sale by weight of any 

 article heretofore sold by heaped measure. The 

 5 Geo. IV. c. 74, thus referred to, enacts, by section 7, 

 that for potatoes, fruit, &c., the bushel shall be made 

 round, with a plain and even bottom, be 19$ inches 

 from outside to outside, and capable of containing 80 Ib. 

 weight of water. 



WOOD FUEL. 



English Measure. Wood-fuel is assized into shids, 

 billets, faggots, fall-wood, and cord-wood. A shid is of 

 fall-wood and cord-wood. 



A shid is to be 4 feet long, and according as they are 

 marked and notched, their proportion must be in the 

 girth viz. if they have but one notch, they must be 

 16 inches in the girth ; if two notches, 23 inches ; if 

 three notches, 28 inches ; if four notches, 33 inches ; 

 and if five notches, 38 inches about. 



Billets are to be 3 feet long, of which there should be 

 three sorts, namely, a single cask, and a cask of two. 

 The first is 7 inches, the second 10 inches, and the third 

 14 inches about. They are sold by the hundred of five 

 score. 



Faggots are to be 3 feet long, and, at the band, of 

 24 inches about, besides the knot ; of such faggots fifty 

 go to the load. 



Bavins and spray-wood are sold by the hundred, 

 which are accounted a load. Cord-wood is the bigger 

 sort of firewood ; and it is measured by a cord or line, 

 whereof there are two measures that of 14 feet in length, 

 3 feet in breadth, and 3 feet in height ; the other is 

 8 feet in length, 4 feet in height, and 4 feet in breadth. 



MEASURE OF WOOD. 



1000 Billets of Wood= i Cord. 



10 Cwt. of Wood = i Cord. 



i Cord of Wood = \ Chaldron of Coals. 



100 Ib. of Wood = i Quintal of Wood. 



MECONO'PSIS. (From mekon, the poppy, and opsis, 

 like. Nat. ord. Poppyworts [Papaveraceas]. Linn. 13- 

 Polyandria, i-Monogynia.) 



Hardy herbaceous perennials. Divisions of the plant 

 in spring, and seeds (which ripen freely), at the same 

 time ; rich, sandy soil. 

 Af. aculea'ta (prickly). i|-2. Blue-purple. Himalaya. 



1864. 

 be'lla (pretty). J-. Blue. Sikkim. 1904. 



Af. ca'mbrica (Welsh), i. Yellow. June. England. 

 " Welsh Poppy." 



crassifo'lia (thick-leaved). See M. HETEROPHYLLA. 



,, diphy'lla (two-leaved). See STYLOPHORUM DIPHYL- 

 LUM. 



disci' gera (disc-bearing), i. Sepals and petals un- 

 known. W. Sikkim. 1906. 



,, gra'ndis (grand), i. Purple. Himalaya. 1900. 



,, Henri'ci (Henric's). Purple-violet. Western China. 

 1906. 



,, heterophy'lla (various-leaved). i. Orange, red. 

 California. 1833. 



,, integrifo'lia (entire-leaved). $2j. Sulphur-yellow. 

 W. China. 1895. Biennial. 



nepale'nsis (Nepaul). 2-3. Pale yellow. Himalaya. 

 1866. 



,, panicula'ta (panicled). Himalaya. 



,, petiola'ta (leaf-stalked). See STYLOPHORUM DIPHYL- 

 LUM. 



pseu'dointegrifo'lia (false-entire-leaved), i. Sulphur- 

 yellow. S.W. Tibet. 1904. Biennial. 



puni'cea (scarlet). -2. Carmine or reddish-purple. 

 W. China. 1904. 



quintupline'rvia (five-nerved). $-}. Violet. Man- 

 churia. 1876. 



,, racemo'sa (racemed). i}-2. Deep purple to pale 

 lilac. W. China ; Tibet. 1904. 



simplicifo'lia (simple-leaved). 2-3. Blue. June, 

 July. Himalaya. 1855. 



sinua'ta (sinuate). Not in cultivation. 



latifo'lia (broad-leaved). 1-4. Blue. Himalaya. 



VraW'cJmfDr.Wallich's). 2}. Blue. June. Sikkim, 

 Himalaya. 1876. " Satin Poppywort," " Blue 

 Poppy." 



,, fu'sco-purpu'rea( dusky-purple). Brownish-purple. 

 Eastern Himalaya. 1884. 



MECRA'NIUM. (Derivation not obvious. Nat. ord. 

 Melastomaceae.) 



Stove evergreen shrub. Cuttings of stubby side-shoots 

 in sand in a close propagating case. Fibrous loam, peat, 

 and sand. 

 Af. purpuraf scens (purplish). 3. Purple. March. 



Jamaica. 1822. 



MEDE OLA. (Named after Medea, the sorceress. 

 Nat. ord. Lilyworts [Liliacea?]. Linn. 6-Hexandria, 3- 

 Trigynia. Allied to Trillium.) 



Hardy herbaceous. Division of the plant in spring ; 

 rich, sandy soil. 

 Af. angustifo'lia (narrow-leaved) of Redoute. See 



GEITONOPLESIUM CYMOSUM. 



angustifo'lia (narrow-leaved) of Miller. See ASPARA- 

 GUS MEDEOLOIDES. 



asparagot'des (Asparagus-like). See ASPARAGUS 



MEDEOLOIDES. 



myrtifo'lia (Myrtle-leaved). Leaves very small. 



A variety of Asparagus medeoloides. 

 virgi'nica (Virginian), f. Yellow. June. Virginia. 



1759. " Indian Cucumber Root." 



MEDIAN APPLE, or CITRON. Ci'trus Me'dica. 



MEDICA'GO. Medick. (From medike, a name from 

 Dioscorides. Nat. ord. Leguminous Plants [Leguminosa?]. 

 Linn. ij-Diadelphia, 4-Decandria. Allied to Trifolium.) 



Hardy, and all yellow-flowered, except where other- 

 wise mentioned. Annuals, by seeds, in open border, in 

 April ; perennials, by seeds, division of the plant, and 

 slips under a hand-light ; shrubs, by cuttings of young 

 shoots under a band-light. 



HARDY EVERGREEN SHRUB. 



Af. arbo'rea (tree. Moon-trefoil). 8. May. S. Europe. 

 1596. ' 



HARDY HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS. 

 Af. carstie'nsis (Carst). i. July. Carinthia. 1789. 

 creta'cea, (chalky). 4. July. Tauria. 1805. 

 falca'ta (sickle-podded). 2. July. England. 

 glomera'ta (clustered), i. June. Italy. 1817. 

 glutino'sa (sticky), i. June. Caucasus. 1817. 

 mari'na (sea), i. July. S. Europe. 1596. 

 procu'mbens (trailing). See M. FALCATA. 



