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the short side-shoots planted in sand, and placed where thej 

 have a gentle bottom heat. M. suaveolens, flowers white, in 

 Jane. 



MANDRAGORA. Mandrake. [Solanacea?.] Hardy 

 herbaceous perennials, requiring a dry deep soil, and protection 

 against wet as well as severe frosts in winter. Increased by 

 seeds — more surely by division. 



MANETTIA. [Cinchonacese.] Beautiful stove climbers, 

 bearing a profusion of tubular blossoms of bright showy 

 colours. They are propagated by cuttings of the young 

 shoots planted in sand, and placed in a hotbed under a bell- 

 glass. When rooted they should be potted singly into small 

 pots, and grown on in a stove, shifting them as often as the 

 roots become numerous among the soil. When they begin 

 to grow freely they must have trellises or some support for 

 their branches. It is a good plan to put a long upright 

 stake for the first year, as the shoots can be returned down- 

 wards, and back again if necessary. In the spring, after a 

 moderately dry season of rest, the plants must be potted into 

 pots large enough to bloom them in, as they are not easily 

 shifted after permanent trellises are fixed. The soil should 

 be rough and turfy, composed of peat, loam, and leaf-soil in 

 equal parts, intermixed with a considerable proportion of 

 sand. Good drainage is essential. The stems should be cut 

 back to the mature wood, from which vigorous branches will 

 be produced as soon as the roots begin to extend among the 

 soil. Trellises of cylindrical form are the most suitable, 

 around which the branches are to be trained spirally until 

 the space is covered, when the points of the shoots must be 

 allowed a little liberty. Old plants must be rested and re- 

 potted annually. They are among the prettiest of pot climbers 

 for the stove. 



]VL\NULEA. [Scrophulariacese.] Greenhouse sub-shrub. 

 Soil, sandy peat and loam. Propagated by cuttings in sand 

 under a bell-glass, ill. rubra, flowers red. M. viscosa, flowers 

 pink. 



MAPLE. See Acer. 



MARIANTHUS. [Pittosporaceae.] Beautiful twining 

 greenhouse shrubs. Soil, rough turfy loam and peat in equal 

 proportions, made rather sandy. Propagated by cuttings in 



