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elevated at night to prevent damping; fibry 

 peat, and sandy lumpy loam. Winter temp., 

 50 ; summer, 00 to 85. 



M. arbo'reus (tree). 12. Scarlet. West Indies. 

 1714. 



mo'llis (soft), 12. Scarlet. August. Mexico. 



1780. 



pilo'sus (shaggy). 12. Red. October. Ja- 



maica. 1780. 



MAMME'A. Mammee -Tree. (The ! 

 native name. Nat. ord., Gitttifers 

 [Clusiaceee]. Linn., IB-Polyemdria 1- 

 Monogynia. Allied to Marcinia.) 



Cultivated in the West Indies and South 

 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 half-ripened shoots, in sand, under 

 a bell-glass, and in bottom-heat ; fibry sandv 

 loam, and a little dried leaf-mould. Winter 

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

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



America' na (American). 60. South Ame- 



rica. 1730. 



MAMMILLA'RIA. A section of the 

 Ca'ctus, which see. 



Dwarf plants, composed of an assem- 

 blage of tubercles, somewhat resem- I 

 bling the teats of animals ; these are | 

 generally terminated with bunches of 

 hairy bristles, and between them the 

 flowers appear. To grow them suc- 

 cessfully, they should be fresh dressed, 

 or repotted, in sandy loam and peat, 

 with a fair portion of brick rubbish, 

 and cow-dung, old and dried, in April 

 or May; afterwards kept in a tempera- 

 ture of from 75 to 90, with plenty of j 

 atmospheric moisture, but little or no 

 water given to the roots until they are 

 rooting freely; 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 moisture must be gradually withdrawn, ' 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 

 remain in as great a degree to consoli- 

 date the tissues ; and in the end of i 

 autumn the atmosphere must be 

 gradually cooled, to enable the plants 

 to stand dry, and in a dry atmosphere, 

 and a temperature of from 45 to f)0 

 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 j 

 placing them in a close box or pit for 

 two months in summer. Easily pro- 

 pagated by offsets and protuberance?. 



! Their greatest enemy is the red spider; 

 j plenty of syringing when growing in 

 i summer, and steaming with sulphur 

 j from a hot-water plate at other times, 

 | is the best remedy. Water somewhat 

 liberally in summer, when in flower 

 i and growing; little or none must be 

 given at other times. 



MANDARIN ORANGE. C Virus nn'bilis. 

 MAXDEYI'LLA. (Named after H. 

 J. Mandevllle, Esq., our minister at 

 Buenos Ayres. Nat. ord., Dot/lanes 

 [Apocynacece]. Linn., b-Pentaudria 1- 

 Monoyynia. Allied to Echites.) 



Half-hardy evergreen climber. Generally by 

 cuttings of the small stiif side shoots, when about 

 three inches in length, taken off close to the 

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

 glass, and in a mild bottom heat ; peat and 

 loam. Winter temp. 40 to 48 ; does little 

 good as a pot plant, but is splendid when 

 planted out and allowed room in a greenhouse 

 or conservatory, where fine climbers are prized. 



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

 June. Buenos Ayres. 183/. 



MANE'TTIA. (Named after X. Mn- 

 netti, an Italian botanist. Nat. ord., 

 Cincltonads [Cmchonacere]. Linn., A. 

 Tetrandria \-Monogynia, Allied to 

 Bouvardia.) 



Stove evergreens, climbers. In a cool green- 

 house they thrive only in summer ; cuttings of 

 the young shoots, in sandy soil, under a bell 

 glass ; such kinds as Coccinea, also by division 

 of the fleshy, tubercled-like roots as growth, 

 if commencing; sandy peat and fibry loam. 

 Winter temp., 45 to 50 ; Summer, 60 to 85. 



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

 March. Rio Janeiro. 1843. 



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



Guiana. 1806. 



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



gust. Buenos Ayres. 



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



Cuba. 1822. 



sple'ndens (splendid). Crimson. May. 



Caraccas. 1840. 



uniflo'ra (one-flowered). 3. Rose. No- 



vember. St. Martha. 1844. 



MANGI'FEBA. Mango-Tree. (From 

 manyo, the Hindoo name of the fruit, 

 and fcro, to bear. Nat. ord., Anacants 

 [Anacardiacece]. Linn., W- 



The Mango is the most esteemed fruit in 

 India, having a grateful perfumed flavour. Stove 

 evergreen trees from the East Indies. Cuttings 

 of the nearly ripe shoots, in sand, under a 

 glass, and in heat; peat and rich loam. Winter 

 temp., 50 to 60; summer, 60 to 90. 



M.fte'tida (fetid). 80V Eed, 1824. 



