GENERAL INDEX. 
295 
for Roses that have been forced, 
xiii. 36 ; xiv. 102 
Marcellus Tulip, iii. 19 
Marcet,M.,experiments on poisons, 
i. 32 
Marcetia excoriata, x 165 
Marcgraavia, i. 60 
Marianthus cseruleo-punctatus, viii. 
190, 247 ; new species of, viii. 262 
Marica Sabini, i. 81 : cserulea, i. 
128 ; Northiana, i. 81 ; semi- 
aperti, i. 81 ; gracilis, vi. 68 ; 
humilis, var. lutea, vii. 165 
Marnock, Mr., cultivation of stove 
ferns, i. 171; on exposing plants, 
xv. 178 
Marsdenia maculata, xiv. 116 
Marshallia csespitosa, vi. 17 
Martynia, xiii. 190 ; diandria, iv. 
259 ; fragrans, viii. 20, x. 269, 
xiv. 38 ; lutea, xi. 149, 150 
Masdevallia infracta, v. 117; fenes- 
tra ta, xii. 141 
Massing, on employing the Chinese 
Rose for, xiii. 41 
Massonia lutea, iii. 19 
Mastacanthus sinensis, xiii. 44 
Mastic Tree, xiv. 34, xv. 89 
Mathiola, culture of, ii. 29 
Mats, as covering to plant- houses, 
vi 109 
Maturation of wood indispensable 
to fertility, vi. 157 
Maurandia Barclayana, ii. 36, 86 ; 
vi. 252 ; white-flowered, ix. 273 
Maxillaria, culture of the genus, i. 
228, ii. 138, 268 ; Harrisonise 
grand iflora, ii. 196 ; Deppei, ii. 
268 ; tetragona, ii. 78 ; cristata, 
crocea, picta, densa, Warreana 
galeata, Barringtonise, ii. 139 ; 
aromatiea, iii. 168 ; cristata, iii. 
19, iv. 132 ; Rollissonii, iv. 213 ; 
Stapelioides, iv. 213 ; Steelii, iv. 
117 ; aurea-fulva, v. 18 ; grami- 
nea, v. 163; Rollissonii, v. 186, 
260 ; Stapelioides, v. 163; tenui- 
folia, v. 141 ; aureo-fulva, vi. 22 ; 
lentiginosa, vi. 190 ; tenuifolia, 
vi. 42 ; vitellina, vi. 69 ; cucul- 
lata, vii. 42 ; aromatiea, var., viii. 
118 ; citrina, viii. 119; acuti- 
petala, ix. 213 ; Harrisoni alba, 
x. 190; Steelii, x. 70; iEanthina, 
x. 190; Heynderycxii, xii. 141 ; 
macrobulbon, xiii. 115 ; War- 
reana, xiii. 141 ; clavata, xv. 118 
Meadow-sweet, bearded, v. 1 5 
Mealy Bug, xiv. 95, 107 
Mechanism of plants, xi. 178 
Medullary processes, origin of, xi. 
36, 131 
Medinilla erythrophylla, x. 79, 80 ; 
speciosa, xiv. 214 
Meek, Mr., death of, xiv. 155 ; 
mode of heating by, xiv. 155 
Megachile centuncularis, xiv. 71 ; 
ligniseca, xiv. 71 
Megaclinium maximum, iv. 117 ; 
velutinum, xiv. 140 
Megenia corymhosa, xiii. 22 ; fasci- 
culata, xiv. 193 
Melanthium triquetrum, xiv. 94 
Melastoma sanguinea, xii. 269, xi. 
238 
Melicope, xiv. 225 
Melocactus depressus, v. 256 ; cul- 
ture of the genus, vii. 206 
Melolontha vulgaris, xiv. 71 
Mental improvement of gardeners, 
vi. 207, 239 
Mentzelia stipitata, v. 119 ; viii. 86 
Menziesia, ii. 9 
Merendera caucasica, v. 258 
Meriam, xv. 158 
Mescmbry an them urns, planting 
out, v. ] 20 ; cultivation of, v. 
1 29 ; light necessary for, v. 134 ; 
propagating, vii. 250 ; almost 
hardy, vii. 138 
Mespilus japonica, xiv. 34 
Metallic poisons, effects on vegeta- 
tion, i. 32 
Metals, imperfect radiators, but 
rapid conductors of heat, vi. 36 
Meteorology and temperature, xiv. 
127 
Metrodorea, xiv. 225 
Metzlera, xv. 10 
Mice, to destroy in the flower-gar- 
den, i. 24 
Microsetia ruficapitella, ii. 213, 
xiv. 71; sericiella, xiv. 72 
Microstylis histionantha, xi. 187 
Mignonette, ii. 5, 144, 168, ii. 7, 
iii. 24, 168, iv. 48, 144, 168, 
192, xi. 19, xiv. 135 
Mildew, causes of, and means for 
removing, on heaths, v. 158 
Millar, Mr., hot-water apparatus 
at the nursery of, ii. 65 
Miltonia spectabilis, iv. 212, 234 ; 
Candida, v. 236 ; spectabilis, v. 
164 ; Candida, vi. 241, 242, var. 
flavescens, vii. 90 ; Clowesii, vii. 
214 ; Russelliana, vii. 217, 218 ; 
spectabilis, vii. 97, 98, 189 ; 
traits of the genus, vii. 98 ; spec- 
tabilis, x. 190 ; cuneata, xi. 70, 
94, xv. 71, xii. 45 ; spectabilis, 
xiii. 44, xv. 215 ; Clowesii, xiv. 
239 ; Candida, xiv. 273, spe.nov., 
xv. 215, 240 
Mimosa prostrata, remarks on, iv. 
93 
Mimulus roseus, i. 29 ; Smithii, i. 
54 ; origin of, i. 79 ; variegatus, 
i. 79 ; floribundus, i. 29 ; parvi- 
florus, i. 29 ; rivularis, i. 30 ; 
moschatus, i. 29 ; irritability of 
stigma noticed, i. 29 ; culture of 
the genus, i. 29 ; Wheeleri, iii. 
214 ; cardinallis, iii. 197 ; culture 
of, iii. 1 4 ; sanguineus maculatus, 
iv. 119, iv. 24 ; luteus, var. Wil- 
soni, iv. 260 ; cardinalis variega- 
tus, iv. 133 ; Harrisonia, iv. 173; 
moschatus, method of filling up 
beds of roses with, vii. 14; in a 
common flower-border, viii. 88 ; 
Seymouriana, ix. 118 ; Maclai- 
nianus, ix. 46, 147 ; ix. 72 
Mina lobata, ix. 93 
Minorca Virgin's Bower, iii. 142 
Minorca Box, for small flower-beds 
in winter, xi. 253 
Mirbel, M., definition of a plant by, 
i. 32 
Mirbelia floribunda, viii. 70, 103, 
1 04 ; grandiflora, ix. 118 
Miscellaneous greenhouse plants, 
remarks on the construction of a 
house for, v. 1 8 1 
Mitraria coccinea, xv. 143, 147, 
210 
Moisture, consequences of a super- 
abundance of, to plants, v. 207 ; 
quantity to be regulated by the 
temperature, vi. 48, 133 ; the 
cause of a demand for fire-heat 
in winter, x. 231 
Mombin, xv. 38 
Monachanthus viridis, ii. 78 ; dis- 
color, ii. 139, iv. 71 ; singular 
facts respecting the genus, v. 
258 ; Bushnani, vii. 201 ; longi- 
folius, vii. 212 ; roseo-albidus, 
vii. 115 ; Bushnani, viii. 261 
Monnieria, xiv. 225 
Monolopia major, viii. 20 
Monopetalse, character of, vii. 231 
Monopsis, xv. 10 
Moon, abstraction of heat by the, 
vi. 37 
Morenoa, ii. 109 
Morina longifolia, vii. 139, xi. 141, 
234 
Morisia hypogsea, ii. 164 
Moi-modes atropurpurea, iii. 167 ; 
pardina, viii. 236 ; var. unicolor, 
viii. 140 ; atropurpurea, ix. 23 ; 
lineata, ix. 118, 190 ; aromati- 
cum, x. 261 ; luxatum, x. 165 ; 
roseo-alba, x. 71 ; luxatum, xii. 
142 ; Cartoni, xiii. 44 ; aro- 
matiea, xiv. 142 
Morna nitida, iv. 67, vi. 141 ; 
nivea, v. 42 
Morphology disclaimed, xi. 201, 
204 
Moths injurious to flowers, xiv. 71, 
168 
Mountain Larkspur, iv. 67 
Mountains, varied temperature and 
vegetation of, according to their 
elevation, vi. 181 
Mucuna, iii. 20 ; pruriens, v. 89, 
119 
Mule Pink, directions about, ii. 144 
Mulgedium macrorhizon, xiii. 70, 
xv. 260 
Muraltia Heisteria stipulacea, iv. 
149, xii. 263 
Murphy, Mr., remarks on the Sar- 
racenia by, i. 33 
Murucuja aurantia, xii. 44 ; mol- 
lissima, xiii. 25 
Musa sapienta, ii. 93 ; paradisiaca, 
ii. 93 ; Cavendishii, iii. 51 ; coc- 
cinea, iii. 61 ; rosacea, iii. 59 ; 
