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Meadowsweet – Melrose

Meadowsweet

a well-known handsome British plant, Spirx Ulmaria, some natural order Rosaceæ. It grows by the sides of streams and in damp places, has pinnate leaves, and stems two feet high bearing corymbs of white fragrant flowers.

Mealy Bug

an insect very injurious to pineapples and other exotics. It is reddish, and covered with a white powdery substance.

Mechanic's Lien

a charge or lien placed upon real estate to secure the payment for labor performed, or materials furnished for the construction of buildings thereon. MECHANICAL ENGINEERS. See ENGINEERING.

Mechanics

that branch of practical science which considers the laws of equilibrium and the motion of solid bodies; the forces by which bodies, whether animate or inanimate, may be made to act on one another; and the means by which these forces may be increased so as to overcome those which are more powerful.

Medical Association

AMERI- STATES ARMY. See MILITARY ORGAN- MEDICAL DEPARTMENT , UNITED IZATION, UNITED STATES.

Vol. VI-Cyc-L MEDICAL DEPT., U. S. NAVY 174

Medicine Hat

capital of the electoral division of Medicine H Hat, Alberta, Canada, on the South Saskatchewan river, Canadian Pacific railway, 165

Medicine Hat

capital of the elecion Land Office. Has coal mines, gas wells, railway machine shop, grain eleriver, Canadian Pacific railway, 165 Canada, on the South Saskatchewan miles S. E. of Calgary. Seat of Dominion Land Office. Has coal mines, gas MEDITERRANEAN SEA mportant per-

Medicine Man

an imp sonage among the Indian tribes who com- N. Y., 41 miles W. of Rochester, on Oak MEDINA, a village of Orleans co., mancer, seer and prophet.

Meissonnier

JEAN LOUIS ER- France, Feb. 21, 1815.

Melo

capital of the department of

Melodrama

originally a dramatic piece in which the interest was heightened by the character of the vocal or instrumental music accompanying certain situations. The melodrama is of French invention; the subjects are generally of a romantic character, illustrated with picturesque costumes and scenery, and having serious and sensational incidents.

Melrose

a city of Middlesex co., Mass., 7 miles N. of Boston, on the Boston and Maine railroad, made up by villages of Melrose Highlands, Fells, and Wyoming. Has manufactures of boots, shoes, and rubber goods and is governed by mayor and board of aldermen. Pop. (1910) 15,715; (1920) 18,204.