MAM 



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MAM 



Cultivated in the West Indies and South] Winter temp., 40 to 48; does little good ac * 



pot-plant, but is splendid when planted out and 



America for its fruit, called the Mammee Apple, 

 or Wild Apricot, said to rival the Mangosteen. 

 Stove evergreen trees, with white flowers. Cut- 

 tings of the hulf-ripened shoots in sand, under a 

 bel!-^>lass, and in bottom-heat ; fiery, sandy 

 loam, and a little dried leaf-mould. Winter 

 temp., 50 to 55; summer, 60 to 80. 

 M. Africa 1 na (African). 60. July. Africa. 1823. 

 America'iui (American). 60. S. Amer. 1/30. 



MAMMILLA 'RIA. A section of the 

 CA'CTUS, which see. 



Dwarf plants, composed of an assem- 

 blage of tubercles, somewhat resembling 

 the teats of animals; these are generally 

 terminated with bunches of hairy bristles, 

 and between them the flowers appear. 

 To grow them successfully, they should 

 be fresh dressed, or repotted, in sandy 

 loam and peat, with a iair portion of 

 brick rubbish and cow-dung, old and 

 dried, in April or May; afterwards kept 

 in a temperature of from 7;") to 90, with 

 plenty of atmospheric moisture, but little 

 or no water given to the roots until they 

 are rooting freeiy; then water may be 

 given, and the stimulus to growth con- 

 tinued for two or three months, when 

 moisture must be gradually withdrawn, 

 even when the sun heat is allowed to re- 

 main in as great a degree to consolidate 

 the tissues ; and in the end of autumn 

 the atmosphere must be gradually cooled, 

 to enable the plants to stand dry, and in 

 a dry atmosphere, and a temperature cf 

 from 45 to 50 during the winter. No 

 shade will be required, unless just after 

 potting, before fresh growth is made. 

 Those who try them in windows may 

 easily give them the above treatment by 

 placing them in a close box or pit for two 

 months in summer. Easily propagated 

 by offsets and protuberances. Their 

 greatest enemy is the red spider ; plenty 

 of syringing when growing in summer, 

 and steaming with sulphur from a hot- 

 water plate at other times, is the best 

 remedy. Water somewhat liberally in 

 summer, when in flower and growing ; 

 little or none must be given at other 

 times. 



MANDARIN ORANGE. Ci'trus no'bilis. 



MANDEVI'LLA. (Named after H. J. 

 Mandevillc, Esq., our minister at Buenos 

 Ayres. Nat. ord., Dogbanes [Apocyna- 

 cea?]. Linn., 5-Penlandna 1-Monogynia. 

 Allied to Echites.) 



Half-hardy evergreen climber. Generally by 

 cuttings of the small, stiff side-shoots, when about 

 three inches in lengttf, taken off close to the old 

 wood, and inserted in sand, under a bell-glass, 

 and in a mild bottom-heat ; peat and loam, I 



allowed room in a greenhouse or conservatory, 



where fine climbers are prized. 



M. suave'olens (sweet-scented). 20. White. 



June. Buenos Ayres. 1837. 

 MANE 'TTIA. ( Named after X. Manetti, 

 an Italian botanist. Nat. ord.,Cinchonads 

 [Cinchonacese]. Linn., k-Tetrandria 1- 

 Morwyynia. Allied to Bouvardia.) 



Stove evergreen climbers. In a cool green- 

 house they thrive only in summer ; cuttings of 

 young shoots in sandy soil, under a bell-glass ; 



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s cocci' nea also by division of the 

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such kinds a 



fleshy, tubercled-like roots as 'growth is com- 

 mencing ; sandy peat arid fibry loam. Winter 

 temp , 45 to 50; summer, 60 to 85. 

 M. Li'color (two-coloured). 3. Scarlet, yellow. 

 March. Rio Janeiro. 1843. 



cocci'nea (scarlet). 20. Scarlet. June. Guiana. 



1806. 



gla'bra (smooth-surfaced). 5. Scarlet. Au- 



eust. Buenos Ayres. 



Lygi'stum (Lygistuin). 20. Pink. March. 



Cuba. 1822. 



sple'ndens (splendid). Crimson. May. Ca- 



raceas. 1840. 



uniflo'ru (one-flowered). 3. Rose. Novem- 



ber. St. Martha. 1844. 



MANGI'FERA. Mango-tree. (From 

 mango, the Hindoo name of the fruit, 

 and fero, to bear. Nat. ord., Anacards 

 [Anacardiaceae]. Linn., 2'3-Polyoamia 1- 



.Mon&cia.) 



The Mango is the most esteemed fruit in India, 

 having a grateful perfumed flavour. Stove ever- 

 green trees, from the East Indies. Cuttings of 

 the nearly ripe shoots in sand, under a glass, and 

 in heat; peat and ricli loam. Winter temp., 50 

 to 60 ; summer, 60 to 90. 

 M.fas'tida (fetid). 20. Red. 



M. l'ndica( Indian). 



1824. 

 White. July. 



l6gO. 



opposthfo'liu (opposite-leaved). Yellow. June. 

 1823. 



MA3IESTRA. The larva of the Bright- 

 line-brown-eye, or Pot-herb Moth (Mu- 

 mestra oleracea), may be found early iu 

 December, beneath the surface of the 

 earth, undergoing its transformations. 

 This caterpillar is one of the most de- 

 structive cf our garden enemies, feeding 

 on the stem, just under the surface, of 

 cabbages, but more especially brocoli, 

 lettuces, and some other garden produce 

 during the autumn. It is of a livid yel- 

 lowish-brown colour, darkly striped on 

 the back and sides, and with a white 

 stripe nearly over the feet, which are 

 light brown. It has black dots between 

 the dark stripes. When young, and some- 

 times even when fully grown, it has a 

 green ground colour. The moth comes 

 forth in the summer. It measures one 

 and a half inch across the fore-wings, 

 which are nearly of a uniform chestnut 



