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or ovate, rusty Inown nn.l imlii -icf-nt, :!-J in. long. Jlay- 

 Aug. N.C. til I'rx > s I I aiiil 2.-V:ir. angtistifoUa, 

 Loud. (var..s<(/. I! >: . I^vs. hiiiceolate, wavy. 



Var. lanceolata, \ < ••■ /- •^'inrnsi.s, Loud.). Lvs. 



oblong-lanceiilat "Ilini: > lliptic, less rusty beneath. 



H.M. 1952. L. B.C. 9:814. There are many other named 

 varieties, of which var. Galissonlinsis, Hort., has proved 

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

 p. 28; 24, pp. 509, 511; 33, p. 5^8. 



M. comprdssa, Maxim. =Micheli;i r,,n,;,i, ..,, j/ i,,,.,',,f,i 

 An<Ir.=Michelia fuscata.— JU. sodii/ ' i -i ■ 



ciduous tree: Ivs. elliDtie toovate-I;UM . i 

 4-7 in. long: fls. unknown. Japan, (i I ' 



ALlkLlJ KtHUEli. 



MAHfiENIA (anagram of fl^er»i««ni«). Sterculiclcew. 



More thau ;i(i herbs and subshrubs of S. Africa, mostly 



with incised Ivs. and droop- 



^\: ing, bell-shaped fls. Calyx 



ipanulate,5-cleft; petals 



'), with hollow claws, twisted 



ae bud ; stamens 5, oi>- 



■ ■ flla- 



Qlarged 



MAINE 



MAINE, HOETICULTUEE IN. FIl' Iff 

 most northeasterly of the l"ni>. . -i r^ i. ■ 

 tudes 4G° G' and 47° 27' nori I, 

 71° 26' west. The name \va- 

 designate the mainland as . I.- i:;.: ii .m i 

 islands along the coast. Althuuirh its extr 

 from east to west is but 270 miles, its 

 broke 



eadth 

 is so 



5 to extend for 2,480 miles along the Atlantic. 

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

 \. iii li :;,H.J is water surface. The surface of the state is 

 'I in two great slopes, separated by a broad plain 

 n I 'iiHito2,000feetabovethesea (seethe maj.). This 

 I 1 Mil. ilic eastern end of the Appalachian range, con- 

 iaiii> iiumerous 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. 

 'I'lure is thus provided a wide diversity of soil and cli- 

 iii.nii .1 iihi I,- in different parts of the state, which 

 ;iii ' iiy ftr a considerable range in agricul- 



tiii , I -. I'uder these conditions, even from 



till I II . iil.nii-nt of tlie state, agriculture has 



r.-r,.,M.il :, I,, I i:,ii,. nf :in,.),iM,K 'I'hi rr ^■,,■|■e in 1892, 



ea'-h v:,!iii- ..: i. •, ', .,:',,| ,r , '. : ,i'l |.,'l' value of 



the 



elt, form 



ilong: 



^. ^ ovary 51oculed, ripening 



^&^^*si :^ into a coriaceous capsule 



,Jp- ^ V with many seeds. Monogr. 



K in Harvey and Sender's 



Flora Capensis. By some 

 1348. Mahernia vcrticillata. the genus is united with 

 vK>2.) Hermannia. A few of the 



Mahernias are cult, as pot- 

 plants for the profusion of their bell-like (Is. and the 



verticilUta, Linn. (M. odoritta, Hort, not of botan- 

 ists, which is Hermannia Presliann). Honey Bell. 

 Fig. 1348. Very common plant in conservatories, 

 and sometimes seen in window-gardens (see House 

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

 making a central leader, the terete crooked stems 

 scabrous : Ivs. 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 verticillata is a very pretty twiggv bush 

 for the cool greenhouse. The branches are long and 

 flexible, so that specimens may be trained into any 

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

 of easy culture in pots, but lifts badly. 



glabrita, Cav. Lvs. dentate or dentate-pinnatifid 

 (not so finely cut as in the last I. covered with stellate 

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

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

 L. H. B. 



MAHOE, MOUNTAIN. See Hibiscus elatus. 



MAHOGANY. See Sivietenia. Mountain Mahog- 

 any. See C,rror„rpu.s. 



MAHONIA. Included with Berberis. 



MAIDENHAIE FEEN is Adianlum. 



MAIDENHAIE TEEE. See Ginkgo. 



MAIANTHEMUM (Greek, Matt flower). LiliAcert. 

 M. Convallaria, Wiher, is a pretty little native wild 

 flosver growing a-5 iuehes 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 synonyms. v1/. bifoliiim, Caiiailense 

 Hnd Smilaeina bifolia. 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. 



ipal 



:.ltli. 



St chiefly of pine, spruce, hem- 

 loeli and arliui\ ita'. Farther south, in addition to the 

 conifers, red oak, beech, birch, maple, 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 



