968 MAGNOLIA 



or ovate, rusty browu aixl pubescent, 3^ in. long. May- 

 Auy. N. C. to Tex. S.S. 1:1 and 2. — Var. angustifolia, 

 Loud. (var. S(//iO(>;t«, Hort. ). Lvs. lanceolate, wavy. 

 Var. lanceolata, Ait. (var. Ex-onHnsis, Loud.). Lv3, 

 obloug-lanceolate or obloug-elliptic, less rusty beneath. 

 B.M. 1952. L.B.C. 9:8U. There are many otLer named 

 varieties, of which var. 6alissoni6nsis, Hort., has proved 

 the hardiest in Europe. For other pictures, see Gn. 22, 

 p. 28; 24, pp. 509,511; 33, p. 508. 



M. comprcssa, Maxim. =Miehelia eompressa.— ilf. fuscdta, 

 Aiidr.=Michelia fuscata.— JU. salicimia. Maxim, Small, de- 

 ciduous tree: lvs. elliotic to ovate-lanceolate, glaucous beneath, 

 4-7 in. long: fls. unknown. Japan. G.F. 6:67. 



Alfred Rehder. 



HAH^RNIA ( anagram of i7fr»ia»n in). StercuUdceoe. 

 More than 30 herbs and subshrubs of IS. Africa, mostly 

 with incised lvs. and droop- 

 ing, bell-shaped Hs. Calyx 

 caiupanuhite, 5-cleft; petals 

 a, with hollow claws, twisted 

 in the bud ; stamens 5, op- 

 posite the petals, the fila- 

 ments prominently enlarged 

 or dilated at about the mid- 

 dle (and thus differing from 



He 



vhich ha 



1348. Mahernia verticillata. 



sudden enlargement in the 

 filaments), the anthers long: 

 ovary 5-loculed, ripening 

 ^^*^7^il^E^ into a coriaceous capsule 



Jr^ VT with many seeds. Monogr. 



*!. 1 in Harvey and Bonder's 



Flora Capensis. By some 

 the genus is united with 

 Hermannia. A few of the 

 I\laliernias are cult, as pot- 

 plants for the profusion of their bell-like fls. and the 

 sweet odor. 



vertlclllita, Linn. {M. odordta, Hort, not of botan- 

 ists, which is Hermannia PresVianti). Honey Bell. 

 Fig. 1348. Very common plant in conservatories, 

 and sometimes seen in window-gardens (see Hoime 

 Plants) : half woody, very diffuse and straggly, not 

 making a central leader, the terete crooked stems 

 scabrous: lvs. small, much cut into linear divisions, 

 with deep cut stipules: fls. % in. or less long, nod- 

 ding, usually about 2 together, from axillary shoots, 

 sweet, fragrant, honey-yellow. — Free bloomer in 

 winter and spring. Of easy cult. Prop, by cuttings. 

 Mahernia verticiliafa is a very pretty twiggy bush 

 for the cool greenhouse. The branches are long and 

 flexible, so that specimens m:ty be trained into any 

 foriu. It may also be used for hanging baskets. It is 

 of easy culture in pots, but lifts badly. 



glabr&ta, Cav. Lvs. dentate or dentate-pinnatifid 

 (not so finely cut as in the last), covered with stellate 

 down: trailing. -It is doubtful if the plant cult, 

 under this name is the M. (jlahrata of botanists. 

 L. H. B. 

 MAHOE, MOUNTAIN. See Hibiscus elatns. 



HAHOGANT, Se<i Swietenia. Mountain Hahog- 

 any. See Cereoearpus. 



MAHONIA. Included with Berberis. 



MAIDENHAIR FERN is Adiantum. 



MAIDENHAIR TREE. See Ginkgo. 



MAIANTHEMUM (Greek, May flower). Lilicicem. 

 M. Convalliria, Weber, is a pretty little native wild 

 flower growing 3-5 inches high, with 1-3 heart-shaped 

 shining lvs., and a raceme about 1 in. long of small 

 white fls., with 4-parted perianth and 4 stamens. It 

 grows in moist woods, and is fully described in our 

 manuals. It has been offered by dealers in native 

 plants under Its svnotiyms, J/, bifofiinn, Canailense 

 B.ni\ Smilacina bi'fotia. B.B. 1:431. B. M. 510. It 

 is sometimes called False Lily-of-the-Valley or Two- 

 Leaved Solomon's Seal. Foliage dies in midsummer. 

 Useful for early effects. 



MAINE 



MAINE, HORTICULTURE IN. Fig. 1349. Maine, the 

 most northeasterly of the United States, lies between lati- 

 tudes 40° 0' and 47° 27' north and longitudes 06° 56' and 

 71° 20' west. The name was used by early explorers to 

 desijiuate the mainland as distinct from the numeroua 

 islands along the coast. Although its extreme breadth 

 from east to west is but 270 miles, its coast line is so 

 broken as to extend for 2,486 miles along the Atlantic. 

 The total area of the state is 33,000 square miles, of 

 which 3,145 is water surface. The surface of the state is 

 disposed in two great slopes, separated by a broad plain 

 from 1,000 to 2,000 feet above the sea (see the map). This 

 plain, the eastern end of the Appalachian range, con- 

 tains numerous hills and mountains, the highest of 

 which is Mt. Katahdin, with an altitude of 5,385 feet. 



The slopes are much broken by hills and lakes, and 

 vast areas are still covered by the primeval forest. 

 There is thus provided a wide diversity of soil and cli- 

 matic conditions in different parts of the state, which 

 affords opportunity f ( r a considerable range in agricul- 

 tural productions. Under these conditions, even from 

 the earliest settlement of the state, agriculture haa 

 received a fair share of attention. There were in 1892, 

 65,000 farms, containing 6,500,000 acres, representing a 

 cash value of $102,500,000, and an estimated value of 

 farm products of $22,000,000. 



The forests, located mainly in the middle belt, form 

 one of Maine's principal sources of wealth. In the 

 northern part these consist chiefly of pine, spruce, hem- 

 lock and arborvitfe. Farther south, in adilition to the 

 conifers, red oak, beech, birch, luaple, ash and elm 

 abound. Butternut and hickory are found, but are not. 

 abundant. The productions for which the state is espe- 

 cially noted, aside from lumber, are hay, potatoes, sweet 

 corn and fruit. Of the first, from 1,500,000 to 2,000,000' 

 tons are cut each year. 



Potatoes form the staple crop in Aroostook county — 

 the "Garden of Maine '' — though many thousand bushels 

 are grown in the southern counties. The annual crop is- 



1349. Maine, To illustrate its horticulture. 



