. 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. 1002 MELILOTUS MENISCIUM oblong or oblong-obovate; keel obtuse: fr. a small, few-seeded, not twisted, but more or less reticulated flattish pod. Two species, M. ofSicinalis, Lam. (yellow- fld.), and M. alba, Desv. (white-Ud.), have become Aveeds along roadsides and in waste places. The latter, M. alba, is the c
. 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. 1002 MELILOTUS MENISCIUM oblong or oblong-obovate; keel obtuse: fr. a small, few-seeded, not twisted, but more or less reticulated flattish pod. Two species, M. ofSicinalis, Lam. (yellow- fld.), and M. alba, Desv. (white-Ud.), have become Aveeds along roadsides and in waste places. The latter, M. alba, is the commoner. It is an erect berb, often higher than a man, flowering abundantly in spring and early summer. It is biennial. It is said to prefer soils rich in lime, and it thrives on poor and dry soils. Under the name of Bokhara clover and sweet clover, it is grown somewhat as a forage plant. Cattle come to like it for grazing, particularly if turned onto it early in the season, before other herbage is attractive. It may also be cut for hay, particularly the second year. About 10 lbs. of seed is required per acre. It is an excellent bee plant. l H. B. MELlSSA (Greek, bee; because the bees are fond of Balm). Lahi&Ue, About 8 species of hardy perennial lierbs from Europe and western Asia. M. officinalis is Balm (which see), a sweet herb, with white or pale yellow fls. A variegated form is cult, for ornament. It has silvery white markings. M. Patavina, Calaminika Patavina, Hort. This has light purple fls., and may be told from C. grandiflora and officinalis by the calyx being bulged or gibbous at the base. Melissas have dentate Ivs.: whorls few-fld., lax, axillary, secund: lis. white or yellowish; corolla tube recurved-ascending below the middle. MELOCACTUS (melon-caclns, referring to the shape of the plant-body). CactAceie. Stems globose or ovoid, with vertical ribs, crowned at maturity with a "cepha- lium"—a prolongation of the axis densely covered with small
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