MATS FOR FRAMES. 



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MEASURES. 



colour, changing ultimately to purplish 

 brown, scentless by day, but exhaling a 

 delicious perfume when the evening comes. 



Mats for Frames. 



As a substitute for the Russian garden 

 mats, which are expensive, and often not 

 warm enough for protection against frost, 

 i very durable and efficient mat may be 

 made of the long, stout reeds which are 

 used by thatchers and plasterers, and which, 

 in the fens and other parts of the country 

 in which they are grown, may be bought 

 for a mere trifle. 



Cvt the reeds into lengths of 4^ feet for 

 the width of the mat ; work them in bunches 

 about i$ inch thick, as shown in the illus- 

 tration to, and remarks on Cold Frames, 

 Mats for, which see. The bunches must 

 be tied tight together with a strong cord, 

 in three places, each with a single tie ; the 

 mat will thus present a succession of rolls 

 of reeds strongly fastened together, forming 

 a strong warm covering for frames and 

 pits. 



The mat can be made of any length that 

 may be required, and if rolled up and 

 stowed away in a dry place, will last for 

 years. 



Maurandya (nat. ord. Scrophu- 

 laria'cese). 



A genus comprising six or seven species 

 of a beautiful but delicately fashioned and 

 somewhat tender greenhouse climber, of 

 which the best known is Maurandya Bar- 

 dayana. This and other species, notably 

 M. erubescent, with rose-coloured flowers 

 on a whitish tube, and M, scandens, with 

 purple-violet flowers, will grow in the open 

 ground, if planted in a warm and sheltered 

 position. The flowers of M. Bardayana 

 are of a violet-purple colour with a greenish 

 tube. They are raised from seed sown on 

 a mild hotbed in gentle heat at the end of 

 March, to be removed to the quarters in 



which they are to flower at the end of May 

 or beginning of June. 



BLOOMS OF VARIETIES OF MAURANDYA. 



There are few climbers that excel M. 

 Bardayana as a decorative plant of its 

 kind for the greenhouse or conservatory, 

 the beauty of its flowers being exquisitely 

 enhanced for the form and colour of its 

 ivy-like leaves. It cannot be too highly 

 recommended to the attention of amateur 

 gardeners. 



May Bug. 



A general name under which is included 

 those insects known as the Cockchafer, 

 the Oak Web and the Fern Web, of 

 which the first named is the largest and 

 the last the smallest. They do much 

 damage to trees, especially the oak, fruit- 

 trees, and roses. They must be cleared 

 away by hand-picking. 



Mealy Bug. See American Blight. 

 Meadow -Sweet. See Spirea. 



Measures, London Market, For 

 Fruit and Vegetables. 



Most of these being made either of 

 wicker-work or deal shavings vary in size 

 just a trifle more than measures made of 

 less flexible materials. 



