N.C. 



or ov! 



Aug. 



Loud. (var. .«. 



Var. lanceolat; 



oblong-lanci-Ml 



B.M. 1952. L. 



varieties, of wl 



the hardiest in Ei 



MAGNOLIA 



wu and pubescent, 3^ in. long. May- 



T. s s. 1 :I :ind 2.— Var. angustiJbUa, 



'''ll'ii I. Lvs. lanceolate, wavy. 



/. '.otihisis, Loud.). IiVS. 



lliptic, less rusty beneath. 



I >li Ihr II- are many other named 



var. GalissoniSnsis, Hort., has proved 



rope. For other pictures, see Gn.22, 



p. 28; 24, pp. 509,511; 33, p. 538. 



M. covipressa, Maxim. =Michelia eompressa.— Jf. fuscata, 

 Andr,=Miehelia fuscata.— Jl/. saUcitiUa. Maxim. Small, de- 

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

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



Alfred Rehder. 

 MAHfiENIA {nn&gr&mot Herniannia) . Sterculidcew. 

 More than 'M herbs and subshrubs of S. Africa, mostly 

 with incised Ivs. and droop- 

 ag, bell-shaped fls. Calyx 

 apanulate, 5-cleft; petals 

 5, with hollow claws, twisted 

 in the bud ; stamens 5, op- 

 • the flla- 

 ly enlarged 

 about the mid- 

 . differing from 

 ffBf lltTuiannia. i 

 Q h^>. t-^i^' sudden enlargement in the 

 J^'^^ filaments). the anthers long: 



ovary 5-loculed. ripening 

 into a coriaceous capsule 

 with many seeds. Monogr. 

 in Harvey and Sonder's 

 Flora Capensis. By some 

 1348. Mahernia verticillata. the genus is united with 

 ^x;-2.) Hermannia. A few of the 



Mahernias are cult, as pot- 

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

 sweet odor. 



verticillata, Linn. (If. odordfa, Hort, not of botan- 

 ists, which is .fferwnniiio Presliayw). Honey Bell. 

 Fig. 1348. Very common plant in conservatories, 

 and sometimes seen in window-gardens (see House 

 Playits) : 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 twiggy 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. 



glabrS-ta, Cav. Lvs. dentate or dentate-pinnatifid 

 (not so finely cut as iu the last 1 . covered with stellate 

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

 under this name is the M. glabrata of botanists. 

 L. H. B. 

 MAHOE, mountain. See Hibiscus elatus. 



MAHOGANY. ?>&& Swietenia. Mountain Mahog- 

 any. S(.e Ctn-ocarpus. 



MAHONIA. Included with Berberis. 



MAIDENHAIR FEKN is Adiantum. 



MAIDENHAIR TREE. See Ginkgo. 



MAIANTHEMUM (Greek, Mai/ floirer). LiUAcea. 

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

 flower growiug 3-j 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 synonyms, M. bifolium, Canadense 

 tmd Smilaciiia 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. 



MAINE 



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

 most northeasterly of the United States, lies between lati- 

 tudes 40° e' and 47° 27' north and longitudes 00° 50' and 

 71° 26' west. The name was used by early explorers to 

 designate the mainland as distinct from the numerous 

 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 2,480 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 mountaifls, 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 for a considerable range in agricul- 

 tural productions. Under these conditions, even from 

 the earliest settlement of the state, agriculture has 

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

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

 cash value of $102,:')ll(l,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 arborvitae. 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 hav, 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. 



