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Sow in drills, sis inches apart, the 

 seed being buried not more than a quarter 

 of an inch deep. When the seedlings 

 are two or three inches high, thin to six 

 inches, and those removed may be pricked 

 in rows at a similar distance. Those of 

 the annual species (O. majora'na) are to 

 remain ; but those of the perennials, to 

 he finally removed during September, 

 water being given at every removal, and 

 Jmtil the plants are established. 



Plant slips, &c., in rows ten or twelve 

 inches apart, where they are to remain ; 

 they must be watered moderately every 

 evening, and shaded during the day until 

 they have taken root. In October the 

 decayed parts of the perennials are cut 

 away, and some soil from the alleys 

 scatered over the bed about half-an-iuch 

 in depth, the surface of the earth between 

 the stools being previously stirred gently. 

 The tops and leaves of all the species 

 are gathered when green, in summer and 

 autumn, for use, in soups, &c. ; and a 

 store of the branches are cut and dried 

 in July or August, just before the flowers 

 open for winter's supply. 



Seed. If a plant or two are left un- 

 gathered from of the Pot Marjoram, the 

 seed ripens in the course of the autumn. 

 Eut the others seldom ripen their seed 

 in this country ; consequently it is usually 

 obtained from the south of France or 

 Italy. 



Forcing. "When the green tops are 

 much in request, a small quantity of seed 

 of the Summer Marjoram is sown in 

 January or February, in a moderate 

 hotbed. 



MARKET-GARDENER, one who grows 

 garden produce for sale. 



MARL is a compound of chalk (carbo- 

 nate of lime) with either siliceous sand 

 or alumina. In the first instance it is a 

 siliceous marl, best applied to heavy soils ; 

 and in the latter a clayey marl, adapted 

 for light lands. Slaty and shell-marls 

 are varieties of the siliceous. The rela- 

 tive proportions of the constituents vary 

 indefinitely, the chalk amounting to from 

 15 to 75 per cent. The quantity applied 

 per acre must also vary greatly, according 

 to the object to be attained. To render 

 a light soil more tenacious, 100 tons per 

 acre of clayey marl are not too much ; 

 neither is the same quantity of siliceous 

 marl an excess, if applied to a heavy soil 

 to render it more friable. 



MARKING FRUIT. Anaca'rdium. 



MA'RLEA. (From marlija, the Indian 

 name. Nat. ord., Alanyiads [Alangi- 

 aceee]. Linn., 8-Octandria 1-Monogynia. 

 Allied to Nyssa.) 



Greenhouse evergreen shrub. Cuttings of shoots, 

 or rather, short, stubby side-shoots, taken off 

 with a heel, in sand, under glass ; peat and loam, 

 Winter temp., 40 to 48. 



M, Begonieefo'lia (Begonia-leaved). 4. Yellow. 

 China. 



MARRU'BIUM. Horehound. (From 

 the Hebrew marrob, bitter juice. Nat. 

 ord., Labiates [Lamiacese], Linn., 14- 

 Didynamia 1-Gymnospermia.) 



Hardy herbaceous perennials. Division of the 

 roots in spring ; by slips, in a shady place, or 

 shaded for a time, and by seeds ; common garden- 

 soil. 



M. aty'ssum (alyssum). ij. Purple. July. Spain. 

 1597. 



candidi'ssimum (whitest). 2. White. July. 



Levant. 1732'. 



catarieefo' Hum (catmint-leaved). l. Purple. 



July. Levant. 1819. 



leonuroi'des (leonorus-like). l. Purple. July. 



Caucasus. 1819. 



propi'nquum (related). White. June. 1836. 



vulga're (common). 2. White. July. Britain. 

 lana'tum (woolly). White. August. Britain. 



MARSDE'NIA. (Named after W. Mars- 

 den, author of a History of Sumatra. 

 Nat. ord., Asdepiads [Asclepiadacese], 

 Linn., 5-Pentandria I-Monoyynia. Allied 

 to Pergularia.) 



Stove evergreen shrubs ; flave'scens is a pretty 

 climber. Cuttings in sand, under a bell-glass, in 

 April or May, and a very slight bottom-heat ; 

 sandy loam, with a little leaf-mould or peat. 

 Winter temp., 45 to 55; summer, 60 to 75, 

 M. ere'cta (upright). 2. White. July. Syria. 1597- 



flave'scens (yellowish). 20. Yellowish. August' 



N. Holland. 1830. 



macula'ta (spoiled- leaved). 20. Green, pur- 



ple. June. New Grenada. 1834. 



suave'olens (sweet-scented). 2. White. July. 



N. Holland. 1816. 



tenaci'ssima (toughest). Yellow. June. E. Ind. 



1806. 



MARSCHA'LLIA. (Named after H. Mar- 

 schall, a botanical author. Nat. ord., 

 Composites [Asteracese]. Linn., 19-Syn- 

 genesia 1-^Equalis.) 



Half-hardy herbaceous plants, with purplish 

 flowers, from Carolina- Division of the plants in 

 spring, or slips of the shoots in sandy soil, under 

 a hand-light, in April and May; common, sandy 

 loam ; angustifo'lia likes the addition of peat ; 

 they require a dry, elevated place in winter, and 

 the protection of an evergreen bough, or a cold, 

 dry pit, with plenty of air. 

 M. angustifo'lia (narrow-leaved). 2. July. J800. 



caespito'sa (tufted). 1. Purple, white. July. 



Texas. 1837. 



lanceola'ta(jipeatr-}\ea({-leaved). 1^. June. 1812. 



latifo'lia (broad-leaved). !. June. 1806. 



MARSH CINQUEFOIL. Coma'rum. 

 MARSH MALLOW. Althan'a. 



