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MAG 360 MAN<br />

<strong>of</strong> view, and not too closely crowded grow |<br />

with shrubs <strong>of</strong> inferior merit<br />

MAGPIE MOTH. See Abraxas.<br />

MAHERNIA. Thirteen species.<br />

Green-house evergreen shrubs. Young<br />

cuttings taken <strong>of</strong>f at a joint. Loam and<br />

sandy peat.<br />

MAHONIA. Four species. Hardy<br />

or half-hardy evergreen shrubs. M.<br />

nervosa is deciduous. Layers or ripe<br />

cuttings. Sand, peat, and loam.<br />

MAIDEN HAIR. Passifiora adian-<br />

tum, and Adiantum capillus veneris,<br />

ifC.<br />

MAIDEN-HAIR TREE. Salishuria<br />

adiantifoUa.<br />

MAIDEN TREE is a seedling tree<br />

which has not been grafted.<br />

The time which elapses before seedlings<br />

attain a bearing age is very various.<br />

The pear requires from twelve to<br />

eighteen years ; the apple five to thirteen<br />

; plum and cherry four to five;<br />

vine three to four ; raspberry two ; and<br />

the strawberry one.<br />

MAJORANA. Four species. Halfhardy<br />

evergreen shrubs. M. hortensis<br />

a hardy annual. Slips or cuttings.<br />

They succeed well in a sandy soil and<br />

a dry situation.<br />

MALABAR LEAF. Cinnamomum<br />

Malabatrum.<br />

MALABAR NIGHTSHADE. Basclla.<br />

MALABAR NUT. Justicia adhatoda.<br />

MALABAR ROSE. Hibiscus Rosa<br />

Malabarica.<br />

MALACHODENDRON ovatum.<br />

Hardy deciduous tree. Layers or ripe<br />

cuttings. Peat and loam.<br />

MALAY APPLE. Jambosa malaccensis.<br />

MALASIS paludosa. Hardy orchid.<br />

Division. Sandy peat.<br />

MALESHERBIA. Two species,<br />

(ireen-house annuals. Seeds. Sandy<br />

loam.<br />

MALFORMATION. See Deformity.<br />

MALLOW. Malva.<br />

MALOPE. Two species. Hardy<br />

annuals. Seeds. Common soil.<br />

MALPIGHIA. Fourteen species.<br />

Stove evergreen shrubs or trees. Ripe<br />

cuttings. Light soil.<br />

MALT DUST. See Vegetable Manures.<br />

MALVA. Mallow. Forty-eight species.<br />

The stove and green-house evergreen<br />

shrubs increase by cuttings, and<br />

,<br />

j<br />

I MAMESTRA.<br />

well in any rich soil. The hardy<br />

and half-hardy herbaceous kinds<br />

crease by division or by seeds. The<br />

hardy annuals by seeds, and common<br />

soil.<br />

MALVAVISCUS. Three siSecies.<br />

Stove evergreen shrubs. Cuttings.<br />

Loam and peat.<br />

MAMMEA americana. Stove ever-<br />

green fruit tree. Ripe cuttings. Sandy<br />

loam.<br />

—<br />

M. brassica, M. oleracea.<br />

The whole cabbage tribe are<br />

subject to the attacks <strong>of</strong> the caterpillars<br />

<strong>of</strong> these moths, known as the Cabbage<br />

and White -line Brown- eyed Mollis.<br />

These appear in June or May. The<br />

Cabbage Moth is light brown, with wavy<br />

marked wings; its caterpillar is green<br />

stained with grey, with a dark line<br />

down the back. The White-line Moth is<br />

rusty brown, and its upper wings wliite<br />

margined, with an orange coloured spot<br />

near it; caterpillar brownish. Hand-<br />

picking or lime dust are the only remedies.<br />

Curtis.<br />

MAMMILLARIA. Seventy- eight<br />

species. Stove evergreen shrubs. Offsets.<br />

Sandy peat.<br />

MANDARIN ORANGE. Citrus nobilis.<br />

MANETTIA. Four species. Stove<br />

evergreen climbers. Young cuttings.<br />

Loam and peat.<br />

MANGIFERA. Mango Tree. Two<br />

species. Stove evergreen tropical fruit<br />

trees. Ripe cuttings, or fresh seeds<br />

imported from the places <strong>of</strong> their natural<br />

growth. Turfy sandy loam, or loam<br />

and peat. The mango thrives best in a<br />

temperature <strong>of</strong> 60^. It does not require<br />

bottom heat. Leaf-mould is a good<br />

manure. It must not be pruned, for<br />

excessive bleeding always follows.<br />

MANGO GINGER. Curcuma amada.<br />

MANGO TREE. See Mangifera.<br />

MANICARIA saccifera. A tine palm<br />

tree. Seeds. Rich loam.<br />

MANNA. Alhagi.<br />

MANNA ASH. Ornus rotundijolia.<br />

MANULEA. Eleven species<br />

Chiefly green-house annuals and evergreen<br />

shrubs, or stove herbaceous perennials.<br />

Cuttings or seeds. Peat and<br />

sand, or vegetable mould.<br />

MANURES. Manures are animal,<br />

vegetable and mineral ; they directly<br />

assist the growth <strong>of</strong> plants, first, by<br />

entering into their composition ; secondly,<br />

by absorbing and retaining moisture

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