the gan of Florida, where it grows in such luxuriant pro- 
ren almost to form large regen of itself. Its flowers are 
caida, solitary, each as large asa pint basin; white, deli 
ciously fragrant, like ‘the flavor of cold lemonade. | 
eat the 
lasa substitute Tile 
the Peruvian come to some of our m 
The ,™ 1 f +h ¢ 
rtal in bloo 
— waves the Magnolia its eos es of per’ 
rich cla deprese, 
re ews like gem prey crowns 
ahere the bright ‘eye of atin’ in mi ild ery ni overs: 
the 
green isle 
Fontes: 
The M. Glauca, Swamp Ma 
cream-colored flowers, ‘terminal, concay 
fra ce. 
agnolia, a small tree, with large 
e, with a ome if sites 
Bi leaves a , also, beautiful, about three inches sh ga varying 
in breadth, “Sainy, bright green ve, glaucous, and some- 
what si silky beneath. To the North, deciduous; in the South, 
n. 
This | Species is said to have been the first of its genus intro- 
aya Swe ing been cultivated by 
Dileep Compton, a t Fulham 
The Magnolia Glauca, mg ‘he Popa name of Swamp Lau- 
rel, given to it in Vi irgini and other si tates of a merica. 
ost equally 
divided between China and N. America: hand's 8, also, one 
in tropical America. All of them with a bark more or 
less es camphorated and aromatic. 
merica, Magnolia Acuminata, 
is a tree of noble height | and beauty: umbrageons, deciduous ; 
the wood yellow. Leaves clustered at the end of each bra 
but, on its aah eta eta. eg becoming 
nches lon, 
West mongee but none so ‘awd as the North enn 
Plants, M. Grandiflora, etc 
MARSH MALLOW. 
ALTHEA OFFICINALIS, 
(See Note on Althea.) 
MARIGOLD. 
CALENDULA. 
Class et tem ema Order.—POLYGAMIA NECESSARIA, 
Nat. Ord. Juss. 
CORYMBIFER &, 
cn a diminutive from Caltha, 
; from calende, the Latin for the 
ues long in flow 
every month, because it it continues 
E. called in Welsh , 
| Dutch, 
Johuson derives the name from Mary “ree gold, and = 
it to have been ed to the <tr Mary. And in Hone’s 
to the poset eosin of 
p at n hours of the day, 
tyled by rion as Horologe, (Horolo- 
Vatch a Flora. The Leontodon, oe a 
Malva, or shallow. and many ‘others, are of this 
The gentle Lapsana, Nymphza fair 
And i Ca. so, with golden hair; 
Watch w. ee iurnal 
t, the march of dunk: Darwin. 
The flowers of this genus have a calyx with many divisions: 
corolla radiate; florets of the disk, numero’ rous, tubular, the 
a of the calyx; the = 
m. d the genera. 
lexican plant ; and the f fabulous account of this spe- 
cie: es is. 
by the blood of ae een fa Mexicans, whom the insatiable 
Spaniards slew in their ron eful fields. 
According = bon ant it was first introduced into Europe 
about the time that a fam f Tunis was achieved 
by a Roman rte Whe and, in complime ent to that monarch, 
for having given aaah to twenty-two thousand Christian 
slaves, it was called Africanus, or African Marigold. Its 
appellation of French Malead is from the seeds being first 
obtained from France. 
M. Pirolle tells us, that e flowers were called Tagetes, 
from the Greek, oe Getncioatie: (or Tagos,a commander,) 
which tafe “38 rank these plants held in the parterre.—See 
Flora His 
h 
es 
pl as that related oft the saster- 
tium, has been no! stood in the Marigold, an 
bright orange or flame-color, a the orange lily, [Li- 
lium bulbiferum n Sun- flower, 
Professor M is observation of the 
orange-lily, tra ced this Seizes at dost: 25 rsting o} we = 
pollen, which was ther meevy | ponsban ed over an The 
effe eokea perfectly clear and ys of moisture or 
vapors is nce to this anon gg 3; and it is only obseryed 
uring the hottest Summ onths. 
MARVEL OF PERU. 
MIRABILIS, 
Class 5.—PENTANDRIA. Order. oNOGYNIA. 
Nat. Ord. Juss, 
NYCTAGINEs, 
The Spaniards applied the appellation este ge del Peru, 
(the — ” Peru,) ~ this plant, on acco f the great 
divers 
The Prek call it Belle de Nuit, because the fl lowers expand 
by — sweet, at par cco And te Sowers Ss seem 
imid to expand th 
Sous le voile mysterieux 
De la cra 
Tu veux echapper a nos ‘yeux, 
Et tu n’en es que plus jolie, 
On cherche, on aime a decouvrir 
Le doux tresor que tu receles; 
Ah! pour encore les 
embellir, . 
Donne ton secret 4 nos belles. M, Constant Dubos. 
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