MAB 



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MAS 



in January or February, in a moderate \ 

 hotbed. 



MARKET-GARDENER, one who grows 

 garden produce for sale. 



MARL is a compound of chalk (car- 

 bonate 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 sili- 

 ceous. The relative proportions of the 

 constituents vary indefinitely, the chalk 

 amounting 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., Alangiads [Alangia- 

 cese]. Linn., 8-Octandria 1-Monoqynia. 

 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. begoniafo'lia (Begonia-leaved). 4. Yellow. 

 China. 



MARRU'BIUM. Horehound. (From 

 the Hebrew marrob, bitter juice. Nat. 

 ord., Labiates [Lamiacesej. Linn., 14- 

 Didynamia l-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, Aly'ssum (Alyssum). l. Purple. July. 

 Spain. 1597. 



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



Levant. 1732. 



catariafo'Kum (Catmint-leaved). l. Purple. 



July. Levant. 1819. 



leonuroi'des (Leonurus-like). 1$. Purple. 



July. Caucasus. 1819. 



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



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



Britain. 



lana'tum (woolly). White. Au- 

 gust. Britain. 



MARSDE'NIA. (Named after W. 

 Marsden, author of a History of Su- 

 matra. Nat. ord., Asclepiads [Ascle- 

 piadacenr>]. Lirm., b-Pnilandrln \-Mo- 

 noyynia. Allied to Pergularia. ) 



Stove evergreen shrubs ; flavescens 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. Au- 



gust. New Holland. 1830. 



macula'ta (spotted - leaved). 20. Green, 



purple. June. New Grenada. 18H4. 



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



July. New Holland. 1816. 



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tenaci'ssima (toughest). 

 East Indies. 1806. 



Yellow. June. 



MARSCHA'LLIA. (Named after H. 

 Marschall, a botanical author. Nat. 

 ord., Composites [Asteracese]. Linn., 

 IV-Syngenesia 1-JEqualis.) 



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 ; tmgvttifoha likes the addition of 

 peat ; they require a dry elevated place in win- 

 ter, and the protection of an evergreen bough, 

 or a cold dry pit, with plenty of air. 

 M. angustifo'li a (narrow -leaved). 2. July. 

 1800. 



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



Texas. 1837- 



lanceola'ta (spear-head-teaued). l. June. 



1812. 



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



MARSH CINQUEFOIL. Coma'nnn. 



MARSH MALLOW. Althac'a. 



MARSH MARIGOLD. Ca'ltha. 



MARTAGON. Li' Hum ma'rtugon. 



MARTY'NIA. (Named after Dr. Martyn, 

 once professor of Botany at Cambridge. 

 Nat. ord., Pedahads [Pedaliaceae]. 

 Linn., 1-L-Didynamia 2-Angiospermia. 

 Allied to Pedalium.) 



Greenhouse annuals. Seeds, sown in a strong 

 but sweet bottom - heat, in March ; plants 

 pricked off as soon as they can be handled, 

 kept close and warm, and when increasing in 

 size, shifted and hardened off by degrees, to 

 enable them to bloom in a cool stove, or a 

 warm greenhouse. 



M. Craniola'ria (Craniolarian). White, spotted. 

 July. South America. 1830. 



dia'ndra (two-anthered). l. Red. July. 



New Spain. 1731. 



fra' grans (fragrant). 2. Crimson. June. 



Mexico. 1840. 



longiflo'ra (long-flowered). 2. Pale purple. 



July. Cape of Good Hope. 1781. 



tu'tea (yellow). 14. Yellow. July. Brazil. 



1825. 



probosci'dea (proboscis-like), f. Light blue. 



July. America. 1738. 



MARVEL OF PERU. Mira'bilis. 

 MASDEVA'LLIA. (Named after J. 

 Masdevall, a Spanish botanist. Nat. 



