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MEA 



SI. in7e//e'a(yolk-of-egg-coloured). $. Orange. \ 

 June. Brazil. 1837. 



Warrea'na (Warre's). 2. White, purple. 



August. Brazil. 1829. 



xu'nthinu (yellow). Yellow. Organ Moun- ' 



tains. 



MAXIMILIA'NA. (Named after Prince 

 Maximilian. Nat. ord., Palms [Palma- 

 ceffij. Linn., 23-Polyyamial-Moncecia. 

 Allied to Cocos.) 



Stove Palms. Seeds, in a hotbed ; rich sandy 

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

 to 85. 

 M. re'gia (royal), 60. Brazil. 1825. 



MAY. Cratic'yns oxyca'ntha. 



MAY-APPLE. Podophy'llum pclta'tnm. 



MAYTE'NUS. (From maitcn, the Chi- 

 lian name. Nat. ord., Spindlctrees [Ce- 

 lastracece]. Linn., 23-Polyyamia 2- 

 Dicccia. Allied to Celastrus.) 



Greenhouse evergreen shrubs. Cuttings of 

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

 May; sandy peat and fibry loam. Winter 

 temp., 35 to 45. 



M. boa'ria (Boaria). 10. White. Chili. 1822. 



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



May. Chili. 182Q. 



octago'nus (eight- an g\e-stemmed) . 6. White. 



October. Peru. 1/86. 



vei'ticilla'tus (whorled). 6. White. Octo- 



ber. Peru. 1823. 



MAZE. See Labyrinth. 



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

 ferring to the tubercles in the opening 

 or mouth of the flower. Nat. ord., 

 Fig worts [ S cr ophulariace re ] . Linn . , 

 1-i-Didynamia %-Angiospermia. Allied 

 to Dodartia.) 



Hardy annuals. Seeds, in hotbed, in March, 

 seedlings hardened off, and transferred to the 

 open ground in May. 



M. pumi'lio (dwarf). ^. Pale purple. June. 

 Van Dieman's Land. 1823. 



rugo'sus (wrinkly). . Yellow. July. China. 



1780. 



MEADOW-HUE. ThalVctrum. 

 MEADOW-SAFFRON. Co'lchicum. 

 MEADOW-SWEET. Spirw'a ulma'ria. 



MEASUEES. 



CORN MEASURE. 



4 Gills . 

 2 Pints . 

 4 Quarts 

 '2 Gallons 

 4 Pecks 



4 Bushels 

 8 Bushels 



5 Quarters 



34| Cubic Indie's, 



1 Pint . containing . 



1 Quart 69 



1 Gallon 277| 



1 Peck 554i 



1 Bushel 2218* 



1 Sack 5| Cubic Feet 



1 Quarter 10 



1 Load 5U 



TIMBER MEASURE. 



A load of timber, unhewn, is 40 cub. ft. A load of 2^-inch plank 240 square feef. 

 squared, 50 3 



1 inch plank GOO sq. ft. tf 

 1* 400 4 



2 300 



200 

 170 

 150 



LAND MEASURE. 



The English statute aero contains 

 4840 square yards; the Scotch, 5760; 



tenantry, 3630. The French arpent is 

 an English acre and three-fourths of a 



the Irish, 7840; the Devonshire, cus- j rood. The Strasbury acre is nearly 

 ternary, 4000 ; the Cornish, 5700 ; the half an English acre ; the Prussian 

 Lancashire, 7840 ; the Cheshire and j morgen is not quite three-fourths of an 

 Staffordshire, 10,240 ; the Wiltshire \ acre. 



LONG MEASURE. 



12 Inches 



3 Feet . 



Feet . 



Yards 



1 Foot. 

 1 Yard. 

 1 Fathom. 

 1 Pole. 



40 Poles . 

 8 Furlongs 

 3 Miles . 



0!Ji Miles . 



1 Furlong. 

 1 Mile. 

 1 League. 

 1 Degree. 



