maleshe'rbia. 175 mammillarla. 



length and breadth of their enormous 

 leaves. The bark and wood of all of 

 them are fragrant, and may be used as 

 a substitute for those of the Cin- 

 chona. 



Mahaleb The Mahaleb Plum or 



Cherry. — See Cerasus. 



MahVnia — Berberidece.— The Ash 

 Berberry. Very handsome evergreen 

 shrubs, with pinnate leaves, and bear- 

 ing abundance of brilliant yellow 

 flowers, which are succeeded by black 

 berries. All the kinds grow freely, 

 and are very ornamental, but M. 

 Aquifolium, the leaflets of which 

 somewhat resemble the leaves of the 

 holly, is by far the handsomest and 

 hardiest species. They will grow in 

 any common garden soil, and are in- 

 creased by layers. M. fascicularis 

 and M. repens are rather tender, and 

 should have some slight protection 

 during severe frosts. 



Maiden-hair. — See Adiantum. 



Malachodendron. — Ternstros- 

 miacece. — A handsome bushy shrub, 

 which may be trained as a low tree, 

 with large white flowers. It should 

 be grown in sandy peat, and it is pro- 

 pagated by layers or cuttings, the lat- 

 ter of which, however, require sand, 

 a bell glass, and bottom heat, to make 

 them strike root. 



Malcomia. — Cruciferce. — The 

 Virginian Stock. A pretty little an- 

 nual which only requires to have its 

 seeds sown at almost any season to 

 grow, and to flower abundantly. As 

 nearly all the seeds are sure to come 

 up, it may be sown as an edging plant 

 instead of box or thrift ; and in fact 

 it is often used for this purpose in 

 cottage gardens. 



Male Fern. — Asplenium Felix- 

 mas. — A very handsome species of 

 fern for growing in shrubberies. 



Maleshe'rbia. — Malesherbiacece 

 — A very pretty Chilian half-hardy 

 annual, with blue flowers, the seeds 

 ^f which should be sown on a hot-bed 



in February, and the young plants 

 planted out in May. 



Mallow. — See Malva. 



Ma'lope . — Malvacece. — Annual 

 plants with very handsome flowers. 

 M. trifida, of which there are two 

 kinds, one with crimson and the other 

 with white flowers, is rather dwarf ; 

 but M. grandiflora will grow four 

 or five feet high in a good soil and an 

 open situation, bearing very large and 

 showy brilliant crimson flowers. All 

 the kinds are quite hardy, and only 

 require sowing in March or April in 

 the open border, and thinning out and 

 transplanting when the young plants 

 are three or four inches high. 



Malpighia.— Malpighiacece.-- The 

 Barbadoes Cherry. A stove trailer, 

 a native of the West Indies, which 

 requires a stove in England. It 

 should be grown in a light loamy soil, 

 and it is propagated by cuttings of the 

 ripened wood. 



Malva. — Malvacece. — The Mal- 

 low. A great number of different 

 species are grown in British gar- 

 dens, tender, half-hardy, and hardy 

 perennials and annuals. They are 

 all of the easiest culture according to 

 their respective kinds ; and the hardy 

 species may be grown in any soil and 

 situation. 



Mammillaria. — Cactacece. — Suc- 

 culent plants, with almost globular 

 stems covered with prickles, but with- 

 out leaves ; the flowers growing out 

 of the stem without any stalk. These 

 plants are natives of the high table- 

 land of Mexico, where they are subject 

 to very few variations of temperature ; 

 and they should therefore be kept in 

 greenhouse heat all the year in Eng- 

 land. In their native country they 

 grow in rich loam, and therefore re- 

 quire a better soil in this country 

 than the uifferent kinds of Cereus 

 and Echinocactus, which grow among 

 calcareous rocks, in the mould formed 

 by the deposition of vegetable matter 



