. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. 1381. Maximiliana regla. 5, the latter inserted under the disk; disk or- bicular, wavy-margined: style none or columnar: cap- sule leathery, loculicidally 2-3-valved. M. Boaria is a beautiful evergreen tree, of graceful habit; in Calif. 15-23 ft. high, but in Chile sai
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. 1381. Maximiliana regla. 5, the latter inserted under the disk; disk or- bicular, wavy-margined: style none or columnar: cap- sule leathery, loculicidally 2-3-valved. M. Boaria is a beautiful evergreen tree, of graceful habit; in Calif. 15-23 ft. high, but in Chile said to at- tain 100 ft.: branchlets pendulous: Ivs. small: fls. min- ute, greenish, inconspicuous: aril scarlet. Perfectly hardy in Calif, as far north as San Francisco, and highly valued for ornamental planting ; recommended as a street and avenue tree: timber extremely hard. Propa- gated readily from seeds, which are produced in abun- dance, or from suckers. Boaria, Molitia (J/". CTii7<!nsiS, DC). Matten. Fig. 1382. Lvs. ovate-lanceolate, thin, glandular-serrate, glabrous: fls. small, axillary, clustered, polygamous, the males with 5 calyx teeth, petals and stamens: capsule the size of a pea, 2-valved, 2-seeded. Chile. 20:1702. J. BurttDavy. MAZE. See Lahyrinlh. MEADOW BEAUTY. Jllurin. M. Foxtail. Alope- eiinis pniUiisis (a meadow grass). DiaiitJiiis deltoitlrs. M. Rue. TliaUctriim. M. SafSron. Colchi- ciiiii. M. Sweet, rimaria. M. Tulip. C'alochortus. MEC0N6FSIS (Greek, poppij-lihe). Papaverdcea'. About 10 species of herbs, natives of the Himalayas, China, Europe and western North America. The Welsh Poppy, M. Cnmhrica, is suitable for rockeries, grows about a foot high, and has rather large, pale yellow, 4- petaled fls. borne in summer. The genus is nearest to Argemone, but does not have prickly lvs. Perennial or rarely annual: lvs. entire or rarely lobed or dissected: fls. long-peduncled, yellow, purple or blue: ovary ovoid, with a short but distinct stvl
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