io6 PRESENT-DAY GARDENING 



LONAS 



Lonas inodora is a North African and Sicilian Composite that 

 has some claim to notice because of the "Everlasting" 

 character of its yellow flowers, which are produced in 

 terminal clusters in Summer and Autumn. Sow in gentle 

 heat in March, or out-of-doors in April, thinning or planting 

 the seedlings 6 inches apart. The height is usually i foot. 

 Another name for this plant is Athanasia annua. 



MADIA 



" Madia-Oil Plant " 



This little genus of Co mposita; includes two Haidy Annuals, 

 and one of them, M. elegans, 2 feet, yellow and red, might 

 improve under a system of selection. It has Daisy-like 

 flowers, the central or terminal one always opening first on both 

 the leading or lateral stems. M. sativus, 1 foot, yellow, the 

 Madia-Oil plant, is of less garden value. Sow in April and 

 thin to 6 inches or 8 inches apart. Madaria is another title 

 for this genus. 



MEDICAGO 

 " Calvary Clover" — " Medick " 



The Medicagos {Leguviinosce) constitute a large family, and 

 form a very useful one considered as fodder plants, but few 

 of them are of much garden value. They are hardy and easily 

 raised from seeds sown in Spring or Autumn where the plants 

 are to fiowtr. The best of the Annuals are M. Echinus, the 

 Calvary Clover, 8 inches, yellow ; and M. scutulata, 6 inches, 

 yellow. 



MESEMBRYANTHEMUM 



" Fig Marigold" — " Ice Plant " 



For warm and moderately dry places, and especially for 

 sunny spots in the Rock garden, several of the Mesembryun- 



