Makart Bouquets 



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Malva 



MAKART BOUQUETS. 



Bouquets consisting of dried Grasses, various 

 Circles of Everlastings, leaves of Cycas, and several 

 of the commoner Palms. The Grasses should be 

 gathered before they are ripe, and dried in an open, 

 airy place. Flowers of Pampas Grass and Phratr- 

 mites must be gathered early, the former especially, 

 as soot quickly mars their beauty. The value of 

 these bouquets is much enhanced by the addition 

 of various berries and other brightly coloured 

 autumnal fruits. 



MALABAILA. 



Hardy perennial plants (ord. Umbelliferse), prop- 

 agated by seeds or division in spring. Any fertile 

 soil suits. 



Principal Species : 



Opopanax, 0', Je., yel. 

 (correctly Opopahax 

 Chirouium). 



pimpiuellsefolia, 2', Jy., 

 yel. 



MALACHRA. 



Stove herbs (ord. Malvaceae), with white, rose, 

 or yellow flowers, but of no particular decorative 

 value. Probably only one species, i'asciata, which 

 bears rose-coloured flowers in August, has been 

 introduced. This is raised from seed, and grown 

 in sandy loam and leaf mould. 



MALACOCARPUS. 



This genus of one species, erinaceus, summer, 

 yellow flowered (ord. Cacteae), is now placed with 

 Echinocactus, which see. 



MALAXIS. 



About half a dozen species of Orchids (ord. 

 Orchidaceae) are included here. The most interest- 

 ing member of the genus is paludosa, a, British 

 plant, growing 3" to 4" high, with small, greenish 

 yellow flowers, found growing in bogs. It should 

 be given a corner iu the bog garden. 



MALCOMIA (?yn. MALCOLMIA). 



Hardy herbs, mostly annuals (ord. Cruciferse) of 

 variable habit, with white or purple flowers. The 

 most important is maritima, the Virginian Stock, 

 of which there are several pretty garden varieties. 

 Heed may be sown at various times, from early 

 spring until late summer, to create a succession of 

 bloom. Almost any soil will do, but a light and 

 warm medium gives the best results. 



Principal Species : 



maritima, l>" to 11", spr., aut, hdy., lil., ro., red, 

 or wh. ; several vars. 



Other Species : 

 bicolor, 6", sum., July., littorca, 6" to 12", Je 



pk. ami yel. Nov., hdy., pk., pur., 



oHa.6"tol2". spr., aut., large." 



hdy., pur., lil. 



Malabar Leaf (see Cinnamomiim). 

 Malabar Nightshade (see liasella). 

 Malabar Base (see Hibiscus Itosa-malabarica). 

 Mdlacliadcnia (gee Jiutbopltyllum). 

 Ma /nclt iunt (see Stellaria). 

 Malachodentinm (see tituartia). 

 Miilns/ii,ttr<i (,r ./.>/ ireras). 

 Mii/<iy Apjili- (see Eugenia Jambos). 

 Male Fern (see Nephrodium FU\x-mas). 



MALLOTUS. 



Greenhouse shrubs and trees (ord. Euphorbiacese) 

 related to Kicinus. Japonicus is the only one of 

 note ; it is a doubtfully hardy plant, which may be 

 propagated by seeds, or by cuttings of the ripened 

 shoots under glass. Soil, sandy loam and leaf 

 mould, 



Principal Species : 



Japonicus, 1(X to 15', My., Je., hdy. or half-hdy. 

 (iyn. Kottlera japonica of Roxburgh). 



MALOPE. 



Hardy annual herbs, with large, showy flowers 

 (ord. Malvaceae), of easy cultivation in any fertile 

 garden soil. The popular grandiflora of gardens, 

 really a variety of the species trifida, does almost 

 as well in the town as it does iu the country. 

 Seeds germinate freely if sown under glass in 

 March, or in the open ground in April. In the 

 latter case thin sowing, and the thinning out of 

 the seedlings as soon as they are large enough to 

 handle, is to be recommended. Many possible fine 

 clumps of plants are spoiled by neglect in this 

 direction. 



Principal Species and Varieties : 

 trifida, 12" to 15", Jy., grandiflora alba, wh. 

 Sep., hdy., pur. or wh. graudiflora rosea, ro. 



grandiHora, bright fo. pk. 



Other Species : 



malacoides, I', Je., hdy., ro., pk., pur. 



MALORTIEA. 



Dwarf stove Palms (ord. Palmse), of elegant 

 habit and easy culture. The trunks are slender, 

 and the leaves pipn.ate (feather-shaped) and long 

 stalked. For planting in a Wardian case both 

 gracilis and simplex are admirable, being slow- 

 growing and bearing the confinement well. Prop- 

 agated by seeds. Soil, three parts peat and one 

 part sand, with free drainage and plenty of water. 



Principal Species : 



gracilis, 2' to 4', dark intermedia, 2', base of 

 grn. (xyn. Geonoma fronds covered witli a 

 lenestrata). fibrous network. 



simplex, close to gracilis. 



MALPIGHIA. 



Small evergreen trees and shrubs (nnt. Mal- 

 pighiiicea;). The flowers are pink or white, but 

 the plants are very little grown. Urens, the Cow- 

 age, or Cow Itch, is noted for its stinging proper- 

 ties and edible fruit, and glabra furnishes the 

 Barbadoes Cherry of the West Indies. 



MALVA. (MALLOW.) 



Hardy herbs (ord. Malvaceae), annuals, biennials, 

 or perennials, generally of rather weedy appear- 

 ance. All are of easy ^culture in any fairly good 

 garden soil. Propagation is by seeds, and by cut- 

 tings also for the perennials. Many of the species 

 have emollient qualities. Moschata, the Musk 

 Mallow, is the most ornamental, and is well worth 

 a place in the herbaceous border, together with 

 its white variety. 



Mallet Hotter (see Tupistra). 



Mallow (see Malva). 



Mallow, Indian (see Sida and Urena). 



Million-, Hose (see Hibiscus). 



Mill/mi- Wort (see Malope). 



Mains (see Pyrtis). 



