ENCYCLOPADIA OF GARDENING. 
Sept. Temp for forcing, 55° to 65°. Prune straggling shoots only into 
shape, March or April. M. Campbellii, Lennei & Stellata, good kinds 
for greenhouse culture. ee 
OUTDOOR CULTURE: Soil, rich, deep sandy loam. Position, shel- 
tered parts of lawn or ea garden, or against S. or 8.W. walls; 
against S. or W. walls for M. grandiflora & M, glauca. Plant, March 
or April. Prune evergreen species March or April; deciduous species 
after flowering. Protect evergreen species in very severe weather in 
cold districts. Apply weak hquid manure to healthy specimens occa- 
sionally. Propagate by seeds sown 4 in. deep in spring or autumn in 
well-drained pots of sandy soil in a cold frame or greenhouse; layering 
in summer or autumn; grafting in heat in July or mag 
DECIDUOUS SPECIES: M. conspicua (Yulan), white, spring, to 25 ft., China 
and Japan; acuminata (Cucumber Tree), green and yellow, May to July, 30 to 
60 ft., N. America, and its variety cordata, yellow and purple, April; Camppellii, 
rosy crimson, fragrant, April, 20 to 30 ft., Himalayas, does best in greenhouse; 
Fraseri, creamy yellow, fragrant, May, 30 to 40 ft., S. United States; hypoleuca, 
creamy white, fragrant, spring, 30 to 40 ft., Japan; Lennei, rosy purple, April and 
May, 10 to 15 ft., hybrid; macrophylla, white and purple, fragrant, June, 20 to 
30 ft., N. America; obovata, white and purple, fragrant, May, 5 ft., Japan; 
obovata purpurea, deeper coloured; parviflora, white and rose, May, 8 ft., Japan; 
stellata, white, fragrant, March to May, 6 ft., Japan; tripetala (Syn. M. Umbrella), 
the Umbrella Tree, white, fragrant, April and May, 20 to 30 ft., 8. United States; 
Watsoni, creamy white, fragrant, June, 4 ft., Japan; soulangeana, white and 
purple, May, 20 ft., hybrid. 
EVERGREEN SPECIES: M. grandiflora, white, fragrant, July and Aug., 15 to 
20 ft., 8. United States; glauca (Sweet Bay), creamy white, fragrant, June, 20 ft., 
E. United States. 
Mahaleb Cherry.—See Prunus. 
Maianthemum (Twin leaved Lily-of-the-Valley). Ord. Liliacex. 
Hardy herbaceous perennial. Leaves & habit similar to the Lily-of-the- 
alley. 
CULTURE: Soil, ordinary rich. Position, shady borders in the 
open, or under shrubs. Plant, Sept. & Oct. Water freely in dry 
weather, Propagate by division of creeping root-stocks in Sept. or 
ril, 
SPECIES OULTIVATED: M. convallaria (Syn. Smilacina bifolia), white, May, 
6 in., N. Europe. _ . 
Maiden-hair Fern (Adiantum capillus-veneris & A. cuneatum). 
—See Adiantum. 
Maiden-hair Grass (Briza media).—See Briza. 
Maiden-hair Meadow-Rue (Thalictrum  adiantifolia 
minus).—See Thalictrum. 
Maiden-hair Spleen-wort (Asplenium trichomanes).—See 
Asplenium, 
Maiden-hair Tree (Gingko biloba).—See Gingko. 
Maiden Oak (Quercus sessiliflora).—See Quercus. 
Maiden Pink (Dianthus deltoides)—See Dianthus. 
Maiden’s Wreath.—See Francoa, 
Maid’s Love (Artemesia Abrotanum).—See Artemesia. 
Maize (Zea Mays).—See Zea. 
poleber Sie Lily i Sar Super Da} eee Gloriosa. 
alcomia (Virginian Stock)—Ord. Crucifera. Hardy annual. 
First introduced 1713. ¥ 
CULTURE: Soil, ordinary. Position, edging to sunny beds, masses 
on sunny borders, or on banks or rockeries. Sow seeds for summer 
flowering 1-16 in. deep in March, April, May or June, where plants 
are required to grow, and similar depth in Sept. for flowering in spring. 
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