MAD 



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MAH 



M. e'legans (elegant). 14. yellow. August. 

 North West America. 1831. 



auti'oa (cultivated). Yellow. July. Chili. 1794. 



MADWORT. Aly'ssum. 



M^S'SA. (From maas, the Arabic name 

 of one of the species. Nat. ord., Ar- 

 disiads [Myrsinaceaej. Linn., 5-Pentan- 

 dria I-Monogynia. Allied to Ardisia.) 



Stove evergreen shrubs, with white blossoms, 

 from the East Indies. By seeds, which are a 

 considerable time in vegetating; by cuttings of 

 the half-ripened shoots in sand, over sandy peat, 

 under a bell-glass, and in bottom-heat; peat and 

 loam. Winter temp., 50 to 60; summer, 60 to 

 85. 

 If. arpe'ntea (silvery). 5. April. 1818. 



1'ndica (Indian). 5. November. 1817. 



macrophy'lla (large-leaved). 12. June. 1818. 



nemora'lis (wood). 5. March. 1830. 



pube'scens (downy). 4. June. 1824. 



MAGNO'LIA. (Named after Professor 

 Magnol, of Montpelier. Nat. ord., Mag- 

 noliads [Magnoliacese]. Linn., I3-Poly- 

 andria G-Polyyyiiia.) 



A noble genus, all white-flowered, except where 

 otherwise mentioned. Propagated by seeds, 

 layers, grafting, and budding; and each of these 

 modes best suits different kinds. Seeds of most 

 of the American kinds are easily procured thence, 

 and from France, where, in their clearer sky, the 

 trees thrive better, and ripen their seeds, which 

 they seldom do with us. The seeds should be 

 sown in a hotbed, in spring, and a little patience 

 should be exercised until the seedlings make their 

 appearance, when they must be successively pot- 

 fced, and kept several years in a cold pit in winter. 

 Though the most vigorous plants are thus raised, 

 yet, as they are long in blooming, preference is 

 usually given to plants raised from layers of all 

 the stronger-growing kinds. These are generally 

 laid down in the autumn, and the best part of 

 two years generally elapses before they are fit to 

 be moved, when they should be potted, and kept 

 in a pit until well established. No one should 

 purchase a young plant, except in a pot, as the 

 few, but large, fleshy roots are easily injured. 

 Some of the more succulent-stemmed kinds, with 

 large pith, can neither be easily layered nor 

 grafted such as tripe' tala and macrophy'lla. For 

 these seedlings are the best, and the seed ripens 

 freely in different parts of France. Most of the 

 varieties and the weaker species may be budded, 

 and grafted, and inarched on the stronger-growing, 

 more easily-reared kinds. Obova'ta and acumi- 

 na'ta are much used for this purpose. In most 

 cases it requires a considerable time to effect the 

 union. In many cases, where inarching is re- 

 sorted to, two years must elapse before the 

 separation can be effected safely. The tenderer 

 Chinese and Asiatic species require, in general, 

 protection in winter; the former a cold pit or 

 greenhouse, the latter a wall, &c. They are pro- 

 pagated by layers, and also by cuttings, as well 

 as seeds. The cuttings should be of ripe shoots, 

 and inserted in sand, under a glass. Many kinds, 

 however, will propagate by the herbaceous-like 

 young shoots ; but more attention to shading, &c., 

 is required. All delight, when planted out, in a 

 deep, sandy soil, quite dry, and enriched with 

 peat and a little leaf-mould. Glau'ca, however, 

 generally thrives best in a peaty soil rather re- 

 tentive of moisture, 



HALF-HA.RDY DECIDUOUS. 



M. conspi'cua (conspicuous). 30. March. China. 

 1789- 



o6oa7a(reversed-egg-teaved). 6. Pur- 

 ple. July. China. 1790. 



di'scolor (two - coloured). 6. Purple, 



white. May. 1790. 



HALF-HARDY EVERGREENS. 

 M.fusca'ta (brown-stalked). 3. Brown. April. 



China. 1789- 

 anoncefo'lia (anona-leaved).S. Bed. June. 



China. 1789. 



cdorati'ssima (sweetest-scented). 10. July. 



Java. 1829. Stove. 



HARDY EVERGREENS. 



M. grandifio'ra (large-flowered). 20. August. 

 Carolina. 1/34. 



angustifo'lia (narrow-leaved). 20. July. 



Paris. 1825. 



cri'spa (curled). 20. June. N. Amer. 



elli'ptica (oval). 20. August. Carolina. 



1734. 



Exonie'nsis (Exeter). 20. August. N. 



Amer. 



-ferrugi'nea (rusty). 20. August. N.Araer. 



lanceola'ta (spear-head-teaued). 20. Au- 

 gust. Carolina. 1/34. 



obova'ta (reversed-egg-teacerf). 20. Au- 

 gust. Carolina. 1734. 



pree'cox (early). 20. August. N. Amer. 



rotundifo'lld (round-leaved). 20. Au- 

 gust. N. Amer. 



Ko'bus (Kobus). Purple, white. July. Japan. 



1804. 



HARDY DECIDUOUS. 

 M. acumina'ta (pointed-leaved). 60. Yellow, 



green. June. N. Amer. 1736. 

 Cando'llii (De Candolle's). 60. June. 



N. Amer. 1736. 

 mu'xima (largest-teawed). 60. June. N. 



Amer. 1736. 



auricula'ta (ear-beared). 40. April. Carolina. 



1/86. 



corda'ta (heart-leaved). 40. June. N. Amer. 



1801. 



glau'ca (milky-green). 20. July. N. Amer, 



1683. 

 Burchellia'na (Burchell's-doMe). 20. 



June. 

 Gordonia'na (Gordon's- double}. 20. 



June. 1/50. 



gra'cilis (slender). Purple. April. Japan. 1804. 



macrophy'lla (large-leaved). 30. July. N. 



Amer. 1800. 



purpu'rea (purple). Purple. April. Japan. 1/90. 



pyramida'ta (pyramidal). 20. May. Carolina. 



1811. 



tripe' tala (three-petaled) ? 30. May. N. Amer. 



1752. 



MAGPIE MOTH. See ABRAXAS. 



MAHE'RNIA. (An anagram of Her- 

 mannia an allied genus. Nat. ord., Bytt- 

 neriads [Byttneriacea3]. Linn., IQ-Mo- 

 nadelphia 2-Pentandria.) 



Greenhouse evergreen shrubs, about two feet 

 high, from the Cape of Good Hope. Cuttings of 

 young shoots, an inch or two in length, in sandy 

 soil, under a glass any time in summer ; fibry 

 loam and sandy peat, with lumps of charcoal and 

 broken pots, intermixed when grown in pots. 

 In summer they will do in the flower-garden, and, 

 did the flowers look up a little more, they would 



