Hot-House

Air, admit as freely as possible. - Bark-Beds may be renewed, if not done in April. - Figs, keep well watered; pick off laterals. - Fruit Trees, in forcing, for treatment see April. - Grapes, gather before dead ripe, and hang in grape-room. - Pines, water every fourth morning; shift last year's crowns, if not done in April, b.; temperature at night 75°, and at midday 100°. - Potted Plants may yet be shifted, b.; shade for a few days after. - Propagate by seeds, cuttings, etc, if before omitted. - Pruning should have been finished last month; pinch down the fruit-shoots. - Strawberries, fruiting, give liquid-manure. - Syringing, generally, as fruit ripens, discontinue. - Vines, keep at a night temperature of 70°, and at midday 85°; when grapes are beginning to ripen cease from syringing; remove superfluous shoots. - Water, supply very frequently, but moderately. - Work, general, required. (See April).

Green-House

Air is now so essential that potted plants of hardier kinds move to outside. - Cuttings of some plants will still grow. - Earth, is pots, stir. - Layering will yet be successful. - Leaves, clean, before removing from house. - Orange-stocks, seedlings pot singly; in arching of the orange and lemon may yet be practised. - Pruning must now be only casual. - Shifting into larger pots complete, b. - Succulent Plants, as aloes, etc, may be moved out, e. - Water frequently but moderately; it may be poured freely over their foliage as a cleanser. - Windows and doors open daily, and during mild nights, to harden before moving out.

May Apple

Podophyllum pelta-tum.

Maytenus

Four species. Half-hardy or green-house evergreen shrubs or trees. Ripe cuttings. Peat, loam, and sand.

Maze

See Labyrinth.

Mazus

Mazus pumilio, a hardy annual; and M. rugosus, a half-hardy trailing annual. Seeds. Common soil, and a warm situation.

Meadow-Saffron

Colchicum.

Meadow-Sweet

Spiraea ulma-ria.

Timber Measure

A load of timber,

unhewn, is

40 cub. ft.

squared,

50 "

1 inch plank

600 sq. ft.

1½ "

400 "

2 "

300 "

A load of

2½ inch plank

240 sq. ft.

3 "

200 "

3½ "

170 "

4 "

150 "

Land Measure

The English statute acre contains 4840 square yards; the Scotch, 5760; the Irish, 7S40; the Devonshire, customary, 4000; the Cornish, 5760; the Lancashire, 7840; the Cheshire and Staffordshire, 10,240; the Wiltshire tenantry, 3630. The French arpent is an English acre and three-fourths of a rood. The Strasburg acre is nearly half an English acre; the Prussian mor-gen is not quite three-fourths of an acre.