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in good soil when the weather has become 

 settled. Provide trellis about ten feet tall. 

 Cuttings readily take root in the greenhouse. 



Meadow Saffron. See Colchicum. 



Mentzelia. See Poppy, Mexican. 



Mertensia. See Bluebells. 



Mesembryanthemum. See Iceplant. 



Mignonette (Reseda). Sow seeds in a 

 mild hotbed in early spring; transplant the 

 seedlings when about two inches tall to small 

 pots or flats, and again to the garden when 

 the ground becomes warm. Later and 

 siiccessional sowings may be made in the 

 open ground. For winter blooming seeds may 

 be sown in midsummer, when cuttings may 

 also be taken. Any garden soil suits them. 



Mimulus. See Monkey-flower. 



MiscANTHUs (same as Eiilalia). Sow seeds 

 in a mild hotbed or greenhouse in early 

 spring and transplant the seedlings to small 

 pots when about two inches tall. When the 

 weather becomes settled transplant in the open 

 ground in ordinary soil. Allow five feet 

 between plants. Division of the clumps is 

 the usual method of propagation after the 

 plants have become established. 



MoNARDA. See Balm, Fragrant. 



Monkey-flower {Mimulus). Sow in the 

 garden as soon as the soil becomes warm, 

 and when about two inches tall transplant 

 about a foot apart in any partially shaded 

 soil. Cuttings readily strike root, and the 

 clumps may be divided. 



Montbretia. Plant the bulbs in the 

 spring in any garden soil, rather light pre- 

 ferred, sinking the corms three or four inches 

 deep and eight inches apart. Plant suc- 

 cessionally every ten days or two weeks. In 

 autumn dig, clean, divide and store the 

 corms in moist earth. Don't have them wet. 

 Farther south they may be left where they 

 grow with a mulch of leaves or litter as 

 protection. In such cases they should be 

 dug every three years. 



Moonflower (Iponicea). File the points 

 of the seeds or cut small notches in them, to 

 hasten and insure germination. Sow in late 

 winter in a moderately warm greenhouse or 

 hotbed. When two or three leaves have 

 appeared transplant the seedlings to small 

 pots, and when danger of frost has passed 

 set in deep, rich soil and provide a straight 

 wire or string trellis twenty to thirty feet tall. 

 Cuttings may be taken in early autumn for 

 winter flowering. The plants are twining. 



Morning-glory {Ipomoca). Sow seeds as 

 soon as the ground can be worked where the 

 plants are to remain, choosing a warm, sunny 

 place and ordinary soil. Provide straight 

 wire trellis or strings (the plants twine) six 

 or eight inches apart. In ordinary soil the 

 plants should reach ten feet; in rich, much 

 more. In the latter they will usually be 

 less floriferous and later in blooming, but 



will produce greater shade. They self-sow 

 readily. 



Moss-piNK {Phlox subulata). Plant divided 

 plants in any soil among rocks and in borders 

 where a mat of low herbage is desired. The 

 plants will care for themselves with only an 

 autumn dressing of litter or manure. 



Mother of Thousands. See Kenilworth 

 Ivy. 



Mourning-bride (Scabiosa). Sow seeds 

 in the open ground or in a mild hotbed. 

 Transplant while small to ordinary garden 

 soil, the dwarf varieties about six inches 

 apart and the tall ones as much as two feet. 

 The perennial species may be divided, but 

 some of them act like biennials and should 

 be sown annually. For indoor blooming the 

 seed may be sown in late summer. 



Mullein-pink. See Lychnis. 



Muscari. See Hyacinth, Grape. 



Musk-plant. Cultivate like Monkey- 

 flower, which see. 



Myosotis. See Forget-me-not. 



Narcissus, Poet's. Cultivate like Daffo- 

 dil, which see. 



Nasturtium {Tropccolum). Sow the seed 

 singly in two-inch pots in the hotbed or 

 greenhouse in early spring and transplant 

 to poor soil, the dwarf varieties about a foot 

 apart, the tall ones two to- four. The seeds 

 may also be sown in the open ground when 

 the soil becomes warm. Choice varieties or 

 colours may be easily propagated by cuttings 

 — the usual way for obtaining plants for 

 winter blooming. 



Nemophila. Sow the seed in a cold- 

 frame in early spring and transplant while 

 the plants are very small six inches apart in 

 good soil. For earliest bloom the seeds may 

 be sown in early autumn where the plants 

 are to remain, and protected during the 

 winter with a light mulch of leaves or straw. 

 Some of these late-sown plants may be potted 

 and removed to the cool greenhouse for 

 winter blossoming. 



Nicotiana {N. alata). Sow seeds in mild 

 hot-bed or greenhouse in early spring or late 

 winter; transplant when about tM-o inches 

 tall to small pots, and when danger of frost 

 has passed set in good garden soil, about two 

 feet apart. From Washington southward 

 the plant often self-sows, and in the South it 

 lives over winter. For winter Ijlooming sow 

 seeds in late summer and give ordinary 

 attention. 



Pampas Grass. Since seedlings must 

 usually be two years old before they will 

 flower, division of established clumps in the 

 spring is preferred. The plants thrive best 

 in rich, light, rather moist loam. Since the 

 plants are rather tender in the North, they 

 should be protected during the winter with 

 a mulch of straw or leaves several inches 

 thick and held in place by boards or boughs. 



