MAY 



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Stove Palms. Seeds, in a hotbed ; rich, sandv 

 loam. Winter temp., 55 to 60; summer, 60 

 to 85. 

 If. rtSgiu (royal). 60. Brazil. 1825. 



MAY. Crata'giis oxyca'iitha. 



MAY-APPLE. Podophy'llinn pella'tum. 



MAYTE'NUS. (From maiten, the Chi- 

 lian name. Nat. ord., Spindle-trees [Ce 

 lastracege]. Linn., 23 -Polygamia 2- 

 Dicecia. Allied to Celastrus.) 



Greenhouse evergreen shrubs. Cuttinjrs of 

 half-ripened shoots in sand, under a glass, in 

 May ; sandy peat and fibry loam. Winter temp., 

 35 to 45. 

 M. bon'rin (boaria). 10. White. Chili. 1822. 



Chile'nsis (Chilian). 12. Green, yellow. May. 



Chili, 1829. 



octago'nus (eigb.t-anjr.le-sfrTOwied). 6. White, 



October. Peru. 176. 



M. verticilla'tas (whorled). 6. White. October. 

 Peru. 1821. 



MAZE. See LABYRINTH. 



MA'ZUS. (From mazos, a teat ; refer- 

 ring to the tubercles in the opening or 

 mouth of the flower. Nat. ord., Fig- 

 worts [Scrophulariaceee]. Linn., 14- 

 Didynnmia 2-Angiospermia. Allied to 

 Dodartia.) 



Hardy annuals. Seeds in hotbed, in March ; 

 seedlings hardened off, and transferred to the 

 open ground in May. 

 M, putni'lio (dwarf). ^. Pale purple. June. 



Van Diemen's Land 1823. 

 rugo'siiK (wrinkly). $. Yellow. July. China. 

 1780. 



MEADOW-RUE. Tkall'ctnmi. 



MEADOW-SAFFRON. Co'lchicum. 



MEADOW-SWEET. Spira'a ulnw'ria. 



MEASURES. 



CORN MEASURE. 



4 Gills ...... 1 Pint . containing . 34f Cubic Inches. 



2 Pints ...... 1 Quart 69 



4 Quarts 1 Gallon ..... 277^ 



2 Gallons 

 4 Pecks . 



4 Bushels 

 8 Bushels 



5 Quarters 



1 Peck 554| 



1 Bushel ..... 2218 



1 Sack ...... 5$ Cubic Feet 



1 Quarter 10| 



1 Load 514 



TIMBER MEASURE. 



A load of 2 inch plank 240 square feet, 



3 200 ' 

 3* 170 



4 150 



A load of timber, unhewn, is 40 cub. ft. 

 squared, 50 



1 inch plank 600 sq. ft. 

 If 400 



2 300 



LAND MEASURE. 



The English statute acre contains 4840 i arpent is an Englisli acre, and three- 

 square yards : the Scotch, 5760 ; the Irish, j fourths of a rood. The Strasburg acre is 

 7840 ; the Devonshire, customary, 4000; \ nearly half an English acre ; the Prus- 

 the Cornish, 5760 ; the Lancashire, 7840 ; sian morgenis not quite three-fourths of 

 the Cheshire and Staffordshire, 10,240 ; an acre, 

 the Wiltshire tenantry, 3630. The French 



LONG MEASURE. 



12 

 3 



6 



Inches 



Feet . 

 Feet. 

 Yards 



Foot. 

 Yard. 

 Fathom. 

 Pole. 



40 Poles . 

 8 Furlongs 

 3 Miles . 



69i Miles . 



1 Furlong. 

 1 Mile. 

 1 League. 

 1 Degree. 



SQUARE MEASURE. 



30 Acres are 1 Yard of Land. 



100 Acres are 1 Hide of Land. 



640 Acres are 1 Sauare Mile. 



