Margyricarpus 



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Marila 



MARGYRICARPUS. (PEARL FRUIT.) 

 A small and unimportant genus of stiff-habited 

 shrubs (i>rd. Kosacea?), with small flowers and 

 variously shaped leaves. Setosus is the only species 

 of note ; it is a pretty little hardy, white-fruited 

 evergreen, of dwarf habit, that does well on a 

 sunny rockery. Propagation, by cuttings, which 

 should be taken in summer and rooted in a bed of 

 sandy soil in a close frame; also by layers. The 

 soil >lumld be light and rich. 



MARIANTHUS. 



Greenhouse shrubs (iird. Pittosporeas) often with 

 twining branches, closely allied to Billardiera. 



MARICA CCEKCLEA. 



Cuttings of the half-ripened shoots may be struck 

 in sand, under a bell-glass, in bottom heat. Soil, 

 loam and fibrous peat in equal parts, with sand. 

 Marianthuses take kindly to wooden trellises. 



Principal Species : 



c<i-ruleo-punctatu8, 4', 

 Ap., grh., gn-yish bl., 

 petals spotted blk. 



druiumondianus, grh. , lil. 

 riugens, Nov., grh., red, 

 showy (.<;/. Calopetalon 

 riugens). 

 MARICA. 



Stove and greenhouse herbaceous perennials (pnl. 

 Tri'lrii'), resembling Iris in general appearance, and 

 with showy but fugitive flowers. They are all easy 

 to cultivate, and may be increased by division of 

 the rhizomes, in spring or after flowering. These 

 divisions should be started in a close frame. Soil, 

 turfy loam, leaf mould, and coarse sand. Plenty 

 of water is needed. For planting in rockeries 

 under glass, Maricas have much to recommend 

 tin-in, and appear better than in pots. 



Marinlra (> Turnmifa). 

 Marim (f Sclireber, see Cipura). 



Principal Species : - 



brachypus, H', st., yel., 

 barred br., red (xyn. 

 Cypella brachypus). 



ccerulea, '2' to 3', My., Je., 

 st., bl., yel., barred 

 br., or. (ni -it. Cypella 

 oi-rulea of Sotunicul 

 Mtiyaztne 5012, see 

 figure). 



lutea, 6", Ap., warm grh., 



Other Species : 



calit'nrm'ca (now Sisyrin- 



chium cahforuicum). 

 gladiata (now Bobartia 



gladiata) . 

 graoilis, 2', sum., grh., 



wh., bl., spotted br. 

 humilis, &t., wh., bl., 



barred yel., br. 

 lutea (*ee lutea). 



yel., wh., barred gru. 



(</. humilis lutea of 



Hotanical Mat/tjzine 



3809). 

 northiana, 4', Je., st., wh., 



yel., mottled red, rare 



m cultivation (*'/. 



vaginata). 

 spleudens, larger and 



richer flowers than type. 



lougifolia, 1' to H', st., 



yel., barred br. (fyn. 



Cypella longifolia). 

 plicata (uow Eleutherine 



plicata). 

 striata (ce Sisyrinchium 



striatum). 

 vaginata (st-e northiaua). 



MARIGOLD (syn. MARYGOLD). 



A popular name applied to several plants. The 

 true Marigold is Calendula officinalis (which see), 

 a hardy annual that is a troublesome weed in many 

 gardens. The Marsh Marigold is Caltha palustris. 

 The favourite African and French Marigolds be- 

 long to the genus Tagetes (which see). Seeds of 

 African and French Marigolds may be sown in 

 March under glass in heat, the seedlings being 

 next transferred to boxes, hardened off, and planted 

 out in the open about the end of May. Or the 

 seed may be sown out of doors, in a warm border, 

 early in April, the seedlings being thence trans- 

 ferred to their flowering quarters, but these are 

 later in flowering. For bedding purposes, the 

 plants may be from 9" to 12" apart each way for 

 the French, with a little more for the strong- 

 growing Africans. The soil should be light and 

 rich, and manure water will increase the size and 

 brilliancy of the flowers. The pungent odour that 

 characterises all parts of the Marigold plant 

 renders the flowers unsuitable for cutting, but, 

 out of doors, there is nothing showier, and the 

 plants do almost as well in town as in country 

 gardens. The tall Orange and Lemon Afri- 

 cans will do for herbaceous borders, but the dwarf 

 forms of each are better for bedding. French 

 Marigolds may be had in orange or light yellow 

 self colours, or prettily striped and blotched dark 

 chestnut. The miniature forms are excellent for 

 edgings. All these are double flowers, but the 

 single French Marigolds are worthy of mention. 

 There are several varieties, all neat of habit and 

 free flowering, and Legion of Honour, bright yellow, 

 blotched brown, and Silver King, pale yellow, are 

 two of the best. A packet of seed of single French, 

 mixed, will give a charming variety, and the same 

 may be said of mixed seed of the double flowers 



MARILA. 



Stove evergreen trees and shrubs (ord. Ternstrue- 

 miacea;) but little known to cultivators. They may 

 be increased by cuttings of the half-ripened shoots, 

 struck in sandy soil in bottom heat. Soil, peat and 

 loam in equal parts, with one-sixth sand. Probably 

 only one species has been introduced. 



Principal Species : 



racemosa, 15', st., Aug., grn., wh., in small racemes. 



Maripusa Lily (see Calochortus). 



