983 



L m te i amounts of t ed 1 

 wh ch the forego ug figu 

 Kndofa n al 



ised n the tests £r 



es were made 



re a d CI r es oil o t so 



aluable constituents The loss o 

 sposed at Ithaca in loose heaps of 

 uring six months, was as follows 

 1R89 Horse minure 



IbbO Mlied compi te 1 



coIo ed ba s € o I r- 



q o II a 

 splendida Lem G ab o 1 ft or le s long, 



la e o ng lanceolate w th ba e s bcorlateorso e- 

 1 t c a e shoit icum nate at apex a ove si n ng 

 In k g een a d marked w th pale green tran verse bars, 

 beneath Molet red. Brazil. I.H.lJ.4Gi 8. Bj ,ome re- 

 garded as Calathea (C. splendUla, Kegel). Resembles 

 Calathea Yeitchiana. but more robust. 



/; 





as the plants can utiliz( 

 and development aie n 

 amount of moistuie tl 

 Five tons of pie ii I 

 phosphmc aoid 

 pounds lespecti 

 of wheat with sti 

 gen, 18 lbs of ph i 

 of polish Wist soil, c 



of 



ilal 1 



ifhcu 



"X 



ypey 



seed have been exhausted ii 1 tl t 

 plants have secured a firm hjld or 

 by manifold rootlets Except whe 

 wise most suitable an i conveuiei t 

 nures should be spieil tl ii It in tl 

 or early winter on tl e siirfa e ^^l 

 are growing thus iniititinj nituie 

 taining and luci easing piuducti^ it\ 



MAPANIA (aboriginal name) C 

 6 01- 8 desciibed species in tropical co 

 ing stiong peiennial herbs with broii 

 arising from the ci own indUiirefl <• 

 leafless scapes the sm ill \ eitett 11 

 hypogvnous scaks ii ii lis j sr i 

 stiemas nutlet se le nil i 

 the Ainer trade is M pandanaeinha ^ 

 isnot^iven and it 

 this genus (see( t 



I P Roberts 



1 esented 

 P wi 



II 32 



T\endlanh Hoit 

 L H B 

 MAPLE See^oo Flowering M = .16k ((/ » 



MABANTA ( B. Maranta. Venetian botanist, died 1754 1 . 

 12 tropical American herbs. 



undulata. Lind. & . 

 Kegel I. .Six to 8 in 

 the blade about 4 i 



• tJiea tinduldla, 

 ■ . ovate-oblong, 

 and unequal at 



