Mock Orange
a name applied in United States to the Prunus caroliniana, a small evergreen resembling the cherrylaurel.
MODENA (mō'de-nä) (ancient Mutina), capital of the former duchy of Mo- MODERNISM dena; on a broad plain in northern Italy, 23 miles N. W. of Bologna. The cathedral of St. Geminianus, a Romanesque building, has a fine façade; its campanile is one of the great towers of Italy. The ducal (now royal) palace, a picturesque structure of the 17th century, has an infinity of galleries, courts, and marble arches, and contains the Este library of 90,000 volumes, and the gallery of pictures, including works by Guido, and Carracci, Guercino, Correggio. Modena possesses besides a university (1678).
The family of Este became its masters in 1288; and in 1452 the reigning marquis was created duke by the Emperor Frederick III. During the first half of the 19th century its dukes pursued a reactive policy against liberalism, and were expelled from their dominion in 1860. The duchy was then incorporated in the king dom of Italy, and afterward divided into ato the provinces of Modena, Reggio, and Massa-Carrara. Area of province, 1,002 square miles; pop. city about 77,000; duchy about 325,000. light of the