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MEDIAN APPLE, or CITRON. Ci'trus 

 Me' diva. 



MEDICA'GO. Medick. (From medike^ 

 a name from Dioscorides. Nat. ord., 

 Leguminous Plants [Fabacese]. Linn., 17- 

 Diadelphia k-Decandria. Allied to Tri- 

 folium.) 



Hardy, and all yellow-flowered, except where 

 otherwise mentioned. Annuals, by seeds, in open 

 border, in April ; perennials, by seeds, division of 

 the plant, and slips under a hand-light ; shrubs, 

 by cuttings of young shoots under a hand-light. 



HARDY EVERGREEN SHRUB. 

 M. arbo'rea (tree. Moon-trefoil). 8. May. 15Q6. 



HARDY HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS. 

 M. Carstie'nsis(Ca.rs,t}. 1. July. Carinthia. 1789. 



creta'cea (chalky). 4. July. Tauria. 1805. 



falca'ta (sickle-podded). 2. July. England. 



glojnera'ta (clustered). 1. June. Italy. 1817. 



glutinu'sa (sticky). 1. June. Caucasus. 1817. 



mari'na (sea). 1. July. South Europe. 15Q6. 



procu'mbens (trailing). 1. June. South Eu- 



rope. 1818. 



prostra'ta (lying-down), f. June. Hungary. 



1793. 



snti'va (cultivated). 2. Violet. June. England. 

 versi'color (various-coloured). 2. Yellow, 



blue. June. Britain. 



suffrutico'sa (sub-shrubby). 2. Violet, yellow. 



June. Pyrenees. 1.820. 



HARDY ANNUALS. 

 M. aculea'ta (prickly). 1. July. 1802. 



brachyca'rpa. (short-podded). . June. Trifliz. 



1823. 



cdncella'tu (latticed). 1. July. Caucasus. 1818. 

 Catalo'nica (Catalonian). $. July. Catalonia. 



1820. 



cilia'ris (hair-fringed). 1. July. South Eu- 



rope. 1686." 



corona' to. (crowned). 1. June. South Europe. 



1660. 



discifn'rmis (disc-formed). . July. South 



France. 1822. 



echi'nua (hedgehog;. . July. South France. 



1818. 



/^Mo'sa (ziezag). . July. Italy. 1810. 



Gera' rdi (Gerard's). 1. July. South Europe. 



1816. 



Hornemannia'na (Hornemann's). June. 



Morocco. 1818. 



intertt'xta (interwoven). 1. July. South Eu- 



rope. 1629. 



lacinia'ta (jaggeri-feaued). $. July. South 



Europe. 1683. 



lafvis (smooth). . July. South Europe. 1816. 



lappa'cea (burdock-like). . July. Mont- 



pelier. 1810. 



lupuli'na (hop-like). 1. June. Britain. 



potysta'chya (many-spined). Switzerland. 



Willdeno'im (Wildenow's). ^. Europe 



macnla'ta (spotted). 1^. May. England. 

 - ntarginu'ta (bordered). 1. July. South Eu- 

 rope. 1816. 



mniecu'i-pa (moss-fruited). A. July. Switzer- 



land. 1816. 



mnlli'ssima (softest). ^. July. Spain. 1818. 



murica'ta (point-covered). 1. June. England. 



orbicula'ris (round-podded). 1. July. South 



Europe. 1688. 



pree'coz (early). . July. Provence. 1820 



refuta (upright). 1. July. Barhary. 18)0. 



rupe'stns (rock). 1. June. Tauria. 1820. 



M. Sibi'rlca (Siberian). 1. June. Siberia. 1817. 



spheeroculrpa (round-fruited), i. July. Italy. 



1818. 



spimilo'su (small-spined). . July. South 



France. 1 820. 



stria'ta (channelled). $. July. South Prance. 



1820. 



Tenorea'n a (Grenada), f. July. Italy. 1820. 



tentaeula'ta (tentaculated). 1. June. South 



Europe. 1800. 



turbinu'ta (top-shaped). 1. July. South 



Europe. 1680. 



MEDINI'LLA. (Named after J. de Medi- 

 nillay Pineda, governor of the Marianne 

 Islands. Nat. ord., Melastomads [Melas- 

 tomacese]. Linn., IQ-Decandria 1-Mono- 

 gynia.) 



Stove evergreen shrubs, with rosy flowers. Cut- 

 tings of stumpy side-shoots root the safest, though 

 cuttings of the young shoots root freely, when 

 damping is avoided, in sand, with a little peat, 

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

 and loam, fibry and sandy. Winter temp., 46 to 

 55 ; summer, 60 to 85. 



M. erythrophy'lla (red -leaved). 2. August. 

 Khopseea. 1837. 



Javane'nsis (Javanese). 4. December. Java. 



1850. 



Sieboldia'na (Siebold's). 3$. Rose. April. 



Moluccas. 



specio'sa (ahowy). 4. July. Java. 1845. 

 MEDLAR. Mf'spUus Germa'nica. 

 Varieties. Blake's Large ; Dutch, 



largest fruit; Nottingham, small, but 

 best flavoured ; Stoneless, inferior, but 

 keeps longer than others. 



Propagation : by Seed. This is a 

 tedious mode, the seed usually lying two 

 years before it germinates. Sow, im- 

 mediately the fruit containing the seed 

 decays, in common, light soil. Water 

 the seedlings frequently in dry weather; 

 thin them to two feet apart ; and when 

 four or five years old they will be fit for 

 final planting. 



By Layers. This may be done in 

 February and M arch , m akin g use of shoots 

 of the previous year. They will have 

 rooted by the autumn. 



Grafting and Budding may be done on 

 the White Thorn; but the Pear is A 

 better stock for the Medlar. 



Soil. A well-drained, but retentive 

 loam suits it best. 



Planting, Pruning, &c. See the direc- 

 tions given for the PEAR. 



Storing. The fruit ought not to be 

 gathered until November, for if the gather- 

 ing is made before th fruitis fully matured, 

 it shrivels without ripening in its decay. 

 Spread them singly upon sand, the calyx, 

 or open side downwards, and dipping the 

 stalk end in a strong brine of common 

 salt and water, which is said to check the 

 occurrence of mouldiness. - 



