MAC 



M. Jamaice'me (Jamaica). 14. White. Ja- 

 maica. 1806. 



tincto'rium (dyeing). 30. Red. September. 

 Trinidad. 1820. 



MACROMEDIA. (From makros, long, 

 and mem, a part ; referring to the un- 

 usual length of the stamens. Xat. ord., 

 Borageivorts [Boraginacete]. Linn., 5- 

 Pcntandria \-Monogyn ia. ) 



Half-hardy evergreen shrub; requiring the 

 protection of a cold pit in winter ; seeds and 

 divisions in spring ; sandy loam and fibrypeat. 



M. exse'rta (projecting-s^amened). 3. Yellow. 

 September. Mexico. 1846. 



MACRO'STYJJS. (From .makros, long, 

 and sty Us, a style, or female organ. 

 Nat. ord, Eueworts [Rutacere]. Linn., 

 ^-Penlandria \-M<mo<jynia. Allied to 

 Agathosma.) 



Greenhouse evergreen shrubs from Cape of 

 Good Hope. Cuttings of young shoots getting 

 firm, in April or Way, in sand, under a bell- 

 glass, and kept in a close place, but without 

 bottom-heat ; sandy peat and fibry loam, but 

 most of the former. Winter temp., 40 to 48. 



saliva. Nat. ord., Composites [Astera- 

 ceffi]. Linn., W-Synyenesia Z-Super- 

 Jlua. Allied to Sphenogyne.) 



Hardy annuals. Seeds in a slight hotbed, in 

 March or April, and afterwards transplanted, or 

 sown in the middle of May, on a warm border, 

 where they are to bloom ; any garden soil, if 

 not fully exposed to the midday sun, for then 

 there will be no danger of a rusty appearance. 



M. (:arymb(>'sa(corymbe<l). White. September. 

 California. 1947. 



e'leguns (elegant). 1$. Yellow. August. 



North West America. 1831. 



sati'i'u (cultivated). Yellow. July. Chili. 



1794. 



MAD-WORT. Ahj'ssnm. 



M^K'S'A. (From maas, the Arabic 

 name of one of the species. Nat. ord., 

 Anlisiiufs [Myrsinaceae]. Linn., f>- 

 Poilamlria 1-Monoyyn-la. Allied to 

 Ardisia. ) 



Stove evergreen shrubs, with white blossoms, 

 from the East Indies. By seeds, which are ;i 

 considerable time in vegetating ; by cuttings of 

 the half-ripened shoots, in sand, over sandy 

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

 M.farbn'ta (bearded). 2. White, May. 1810. pea t and loam. Winter temp., 50 to 60 ; 



barbi'gera (beard-bearing). Lilac. April, j summer, 60 to 85. 



crn-da'ta~(he*rt.leaved). Lilac. April. 1823. ' M-arge'ritea (silvery). 5. April. 1818. 



obtu'sa (blunt- leaved}. 2. Purple. May. 



1/74. 



lanceola'ta (spear-head-tet't'rf). 2. 



Purple. May. 1774. 



oblo'nga (oblong-feamf ) . 2. Pur- 

 ple. May. 1774. 



ova'ta (egg-leaved). 2. ' Purple. 



May. 1774. 



snuarro'sa (spreading). Lilac. April. 1821. 



MACRO'TROPIS. (From makros, long, 

 and t rop?'s, a keel : referring to the 



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



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



nemora'Ks (wood). 5. March. 1830, 



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



MAGNO'LIA. (Named after Professor 

 M(u/iwl, of Montpelier. Nat. ord., 

 Mai/noliads [Magnoliaceaj]. Linn., L'l- 

 Polyandria tt-Polyyynia.) 



length and name of the lower part of 

 u pea flower. Xat. ord., Lcffuminmm 

 Plants [Fabacere]. Linn., 10-Decandria 

 l-Monoyynia. Allied to Sophora.) 



Greenhouse evergreen shrubs from China. 

 Cuttings of small side shoots taken on" in 

 spring, in sand, under a bell-glass ; seeds sown 

 in a slight hotbed, and potted off when up ; 

 peat and loam, in equal divisions. Wiuter 

 temp., 40 to 48. 



M.fv'tida (fetid). 6. Yellow. April. 1820. 

 inodo'ra (scentless). White. April. 1821. 



MADAUSCAR NUTMEG. slya(ho]>/iy'l- 

 Inm. 



MADAGASCAR POTATO. Sola'num an- 



MA.D- APPLE, finlii'mnn insn'nmn. 



MAJ.JU;K. Ru'l>i.. 



MA'DIA. (The Chilian name of M. 



A noble genus, all white-flowered, except 

 where otherwise mentioned. Propagated by 

 seeds, layers, grafting, and budding, and each 

 of these modes best suit different kinds. Seeds 

 of most of the American kinds are easily pro- 

 cured thence, and from France, where in their 

 clearer sky the trees thrive better, and ripc7i 

 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 potted, 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 or grafted 

 f such as Tripetata and Macrophylln. For these 

 I seedlings are the best, and the seed ripens 



