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after being sown when the fruit is ripe; by 

 layers, and uncertainly by cuttings, but chiefly 

 by grafting or budding on the Hawthorn, &c. ; 

 good rich loamy soil. See Medlar. 



J/. Germa'nica (German. Common]. 12. June. 



England. 

 -- diffu'sa (spreading). 12. June. 



Europe. 

 --- stri'cta (upright). 12. June. 



Europe. Evergreen. 



-- sylve'stris (wood). Europe. 

 loba'ta (lobed-tertfed). 15. May. 



ME'SUA. (Named after Mcsue, an 

 Arabian botanist. Nat. ord., Guttifers 

 [Clusiacese]. Linn., \Q-Monadelphia 

 r i -Dodccandrla. Allied to Calophyllum.) 



The sweet-scented flowers of Mesua ferrea 

 are sold in all the Indian bazaars, by the name 

 of Nagksur, and are as much esteemed as orange 

 flowers are with us. Stove evergreen tree. 

 Seeds in a hotbed in March ; cuttings of half- 

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

 May, and with a little bottom-heat ; loam and 

 peat. Winter temp., 50 to 60; summer, 60 

 to 85. 



M.fe'rrea (Iron-wooded}. 40. White. July. 

 East Indies. 1837. 



METALA'SIA. (From meta, a change, 

 and lasios, hairy; referring to the older 

 leaves losing their downy covering. 

 Nat. ord., Composites [Asteracese] . Linn., 

 W-Syngenesia 2-Superflua. Allied to 

 Gnaphalium.) 



Greenhouse evergreens from Cape of Good 

 Hope, and with white flowers, except where 

 otherwise stated. Cuttings in spring, in sandy 

 peat ; sandy peat, loam, and charcoal nodules, 

 to keep the soil open. Winter temp., 40 to 48. 

 Jf. au'rea (golden). Yellow. June. 1816. 



dive'rgens (widely-parted). 2. July. 1816. 



fastigia'ta (peaked). 3. June. 1812. 



mucrona'ta (pointed). 2. June. 1824. 



murica't a (point-covered). 2. June. 1824. 



phylicoi'des (Phylica-like). June. 1816. 



pu'ngens (stinging). June. 1815. 



seriphioi'des (Seriphium-like). 3. Yellow. 



1825. 



METROSIDE'ROS. (From tnetra, heart- 

 wood, and sideros, iron ; referring to 

 the hardness of the wood. Nat. ord., 

 Myrtleblooms [Myrtacesc]. Linn., 1^- 

 Icosandria I-Monoyynia. Allied to Cal- 

 listemon.) 



Greenhouse evergreens. Cuttings of small 

 young side shoots, in April, in sand, under a 

 bell-glass, in a close pit or frame, but without 

 heat ; peat and loam, equal proportions, with a 

 little white sand and sifted broken crocks. 

 Winter temp., 35 to 45. Most of them should 

 be tried on a conservative wall. 

 M. angustifo'lius (narrow -leaved). 20. Yellow. 

 Cape of Good Hope. 1787- 



a'sperut (rough). Cape of Good Hope. 1824. 



M. capita 1 tus (headed). 5. Pink. Cape of 

 Good Hope. 1824. 



corifo'iius (Cons-leaved;. 4. White. New 



Holland. 



gloinuli'ferm (hezped-Jiowered). 15. Yel- 



low, green. May. New South Wales. 

 1805. 

 : robu'sta (robust). 80. Scarlet. June. New 



Zealand. 1845. 

 i ve'rus (true. Iron wood). 20. Yellow, 



green. April. East Indies. 1819. 

 MEXICAN LILY. Hippea'strum re'gium. 

 MEXICAN POPPY. Argcmo'nc. 

 MEXICAN TEA. Psora'ka Mexica'na. 

 MEXICAN THISTLE. Erythrohe'na. 

 MEXICAN TIGER FLOWER. Tiyri'dia 

 pavo'nia. 



MICE. Various plans have been sug- 

 gested to preserve peas and beans 

 I when sown from the ravages of mice. 

 | We believe we have tided them all. 

 ; Dipping the seeds in oil, and then roll- 

 i ing them in powdered resin ; putting 

 i small pieces of furze in the drills and 

 ; over the rows after the seed has been 

 ; sown, but before covering with the 

 I earth were both partially successful, 

 i but the mode attended with the most 

 ' complete safety, has always been that 

 of covering the surface of the soil over 

 the rows, to the depth of full an inch, 

 and six inches Avide, with finely sifted 

 coal-ashes. The mice will not scratch 

 ; through this, and it has the additional 

 advantage, by its black colour absorb- 

 1 ing the solar heat, of promoting the 

 ! early vegetation of the crop. 



MEZX'R&OK. Da'phne Mcze' rcuni. 

 MICHAELMAS DAISY. A'stcr. 

 MICIIAU'XIA. (Named after A. Mi 

 j chaux, a French botanist. Nat. ord., 

 i Bcllwurts [Campanulacea'l. Linn., 8- 

 ; Octandrial-Monor/ynia. Allied to Cam* 

 | panula.) 



Hardy biennials. Seeds in the open border ; 

 in damp situations they arc apt to fog off in 

 winter ; a dry elevated situation is the best 

 remedy, even there, in very severe weather, an 

 evergreen branch stuck beside them will be an 

 advantage. 



M. campanuloi 1 des (Campanula-like). 4. Pale 

 red. July. Levant. 178/. 



deru'ndra (ten-stamened). ;i. Light blue. 



July. Persia. 1829. 



leemga'ta (smooth-slammed}. 3. White. 



July. Persia. 1827. 



MIC^E'LIA. (Named after J\ -/. Afi- 

 chefi, an Italian botanist. Nat. ord., 

 Maijnoliads [Magnoliacea}]. Linn., 13- 

 Polyandna (5~Polyf/ynia.) 



