MONSTERA 



MONTIA 



perature in a dwelling-house, as nothing short of a 

 freeze seems to hurt it. 



The propagation of monstera is easily accomplished 

 by division of the growing stems. These can be cut up 

 into lengths so as to include two or three joints placed 

 in a propagating-bed with bottom heat of 75 to 80. 

 A good method is to place each cutting in a 3-inch pot, 

 filled with a mixture of sand, peat and leaf-mold in 

 equal parts. Plunge the pots up to the rims in a warm 

 propagating-bed and cover with glass so as to insure a 

 humid atmosphere. When they have made new roots 

 they can be taken out of the propagating-bed and 

 placed on a bench in a house, with a night temperature 

 of 65 to 70 with a rise during bright days to 80 or 

 85. While they will grow in 8 to 10 cooler temperature, 

 they will never come to their full perfection without 

 plenty of heat. As the pots become filled with roots, they 

 should be shifted until the plants are in 10- or 12-inch 

 pots or tubs. They may also be planted out along some 

 wall or pillar in the greenhouse. Monster as are tropical 

 climbers, so will need some mode of support to keep them 

 growing in their natural habit. For a compost they like 

 a turfy soil three parts, leaf-mold and well-rotted 

 manure one part each; to this add enough sand to 

 make it porous. Give plenty of ventilation. They 

 should be syringed frequently during the spring, sum- 

 mer and fall months. During the summer, they require 

 plenty of water to keep up their vigorous growth. 

 When monsteras are wanted to ramble over a large 

 area, they should be given much liquid feeding. They 

 will need a little shade during the hottest part of the 

 summer, but no more than is necessary to hold the 

 foliage in good color, as it only tends to make them grow 

 soft and flabby. During the winter months, it is always 

 better to lessen the water-supply as they are in a state of 

 dormancy until about the end of January when they 

 will show renewed state of activity. These plants are 

 not troubled with many insects. The texture of their 

 leaves will allow syringing to such an extent as to dis- 

 lodge any kind of pest. (J. J. M. Farrell.) 



In the American tropics M, delidosa requires a very 

 warm moist climate for the production of fruit. 

 Although it naturally grows by attaching itself to trees 

 and creeping up, it appears to be more fruitful if com- 

 pelled to grow on the ground without climbing. The 

 fruit is green in color until it ripens, when there is just 

 a tinge of yellow, and the outer rind comes off in bits at 

 a touch. 



The plant known to the trade as Marcgravia para- 

 doxa is Monstera dubia. The adult leaves are something 

 like those of M. delidosa, being now and then per- 

 forated, but usually pinnately cut. The young leaves 

 are very different, being much smaller, entire and 

 heart-shaped. In its young stage, M . dubia is a very 

 handsome hothouse climber, with thick roundish 

 waxy leaves, which grow in two ranks and overlap one 

 another. When the plant was introduced by Bull, it 

 was shown growing on a board apparently in parasitic 

 fashion, and emitting aerial roots. It seemed most like a 

 Marcgravia, but when it flowered and fruited the first 

 name was found to be incorrect. Marcgravia is a 

 dicotyledon and Monstera a monocotyledon. The 

 monstera-like leaves are likely to be developed when 

 the plant reaches 15 feet. In the young stage the plant 

 is generally allowed to clamber oyer a dead log or tree- 

 fern trunk, in the manner of Philodendron, which see 

 for culture. 



deliciosa, Liebm. (M. Lennea, Koch. Philodendron 

 pertiisum, Kunth & Bouch6). CERIMAN. Fig. 2385. 

 Sts. strong, terete, climbing high: If .-blades 1-2 ft. 

 and more long, leathery, pinnately cut, perforated, 

 the petiole very long. Mex., Guatemala. A.F. 7:253. 

 G.M.41:329. Gn. 21, p. 39. 



dubia, Engler & Krause (M. tennis, C. Koch. 

 Marcgravia dubia, Kunth. M. paraddxa, Bull). 



SHINGLE PLANT. Young Ivs. a few inches long, waxy, 

 entire; mature Ivs. pinnatifid, the segms. narrow-linear 

 and acute. Mex. Gn. 29, p. 290 (both kinds of Ivs.). 

 G.C. II. 8:13. 



latevaginata, Engler & Krause (Pothos celatocaidis, 

 N. E. Br.). Sts. flat on under side, lying close to sup- 

 port: early Ivs. distichous and overlapping, broad- 

 elliptic, sessile, dark velvety green, appressed to sup- 

 port; older Ivs. larger, lobed, free. Trop. Amer. F.S. 

 23:2419, 2420. I.H. 30:496. L. H. B.f 



MONTANOA (Montano, a Mexican statesman). 

 Sometimes spelled Montdgnsea. Composite. Shrubs or 

 even small trees, pot-plants being used sometimes for 

 subtropical bedding and for winter bloom; somewhat 

 allied botanically to Rudbeckia. 



Strong mostly robust plants, mostly pubescent or 

 tomentose: Ivs. opposite, entire, dentate or even pinnat- 

 ifid: heads small or medium, corymbose -paniculate, 

 heterogamous, radiate; ray-florets neutral, in 1 series; 

 disk-florets perfect but the innermost sterile; recep- 

 tacle convex or conical, with carinate scales about the 

 fls. ; corolla white or rose-colored. About 20 species, 

 Mex. to Colombia. They are of easy cult.; the seeds are 

 started indoors and the plants may be transferred to the 

 open for foliage effects, as are melianthus, the large 

 solanums and others; prop, also by cuttings. Several 

 of the species are likely to appear in collections in sub- 

 tropical gardens. 



bipinnatifida, Koch (Polymnia grdndis, Hort.). Erect 

 and strong, half-shrubby, to 8 ft.: Ivs. pinnatifid or 

 2-pinnatifid, more or less hairy, the segms. serrate or 

 notched: heads 3 in. diam., with showy pure white 

 rays. Mex. G.C. III. 39:123; 42:419. Gn. 72:308. 

 G. 30:277. G.M. 50:903. R.H. 1910, p. 175. A 

 striking subject either for winter bloom indoors or for 

 bedding out with bold planting. 



mollissima, Brongn. Branching shrub, more branch- 

 ing and stiff er than M. bipinnatifida, 6 ft., the branches 

 pubescent but becoming almost glabrous: Ivs. lanceo- 

 late or ovate-lanceolate, about 6 in. long, sessile, den- 

 tate, white-tomentose beneath, veiny, soft to the touch: 

 heads 1^ in. diam. on long peduncles, the rays about 

 9 and white, the disk yellow. Mex. B.M. 8143. This 

 and M. grandiflora, DC., are confused, but the latter 

 (which may be in cult.) has very rough and scabrous 

 Ivs. that are brown-hairy beneath; what is known in 

 cult, as M . grandiflora is probably diverse. Mex. G.C. 

 111.43:40. Gn. 74, p. 623. 



Wercklei, Berger. A recent species from Costa 

 Rica: shrub, to 20 ft., the branches white-tomentose: 

 Ivs. petioled, 5-7-lobed or trif oliolate or unequally pin- 

 nate, soft-pubescent, 8-10 in. long, the Ifts. small: 

 heads about 2 in. across, probably white, in broad 

 corymbs. L. H. B. 



MONTBRETIA: Trittmia. 



MONTEREY CYPRESS: Cupressus macrocarpa. 



MONTEREY PINE: Pinus radiata. 



MONTIA (Guiseppe Monti, professor of botany at 

 Bologna in the first half of the eighteenth century). Por- 

 tidacdcese. Small glabrous herbs, grown for ornament 

 and one as a salad or pot-herb; annual and perennial. 



Leaves opposite, fleshy: fls. minute, nodding solitary 

 or loosely racemed, white, or pale rose-color; sepals 2 

 (rarely 3), broadly ovate, persistent; petals 3, more or 

 less united; stamens 3 (rarely 5), inserted on the 

 corolla; ovary 3-ovuled; style short, 3-parted: caps. 

 3-yalved, 3-seeded ; seeds nearly orbicular, compressed, 

 minutely tuberculate. About 18 species of American 

 herbs, including the winter purslane, a salad or pot- 

 herb known to the European trade as Claytonia per- 

 foliata. This odd plant is perhaps cult, in Amer. by a 



