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MONSTERA 



MONTIA 



porjitun" in :i dwelling-house, as nothing short of a 

 mH>zc seems to hurt it. 



Tlio propagation of nionstera is easily accomphslied 

 by division of tlie growing stems. Tlieso can be cut up 

 into lengths so as to iirelmie two or three joints placed 

 in a propagating-bed with bottom heat of 7.")° to SO". 

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

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

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

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

 iunnid atmosphere. Wlien they have made new roots 

 they can be taken out of the propagating-bed and 

 placeii on a bench in a house, with a night tciii])erature 

 of Co' to 70° with a rise during bright days to S()° or 

 So". While they will grow in S to 10^ cooler tcinperatiu-e, 

 they will never come to their full ))erfeclion without 

 plentyof heat. As the ijotsbecome filled with roots, they 

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

 pots or tubs. They may also be plante<l out along some 

 wall or pillar in the greenhouse. Monstcras are trojiical 

 climbers, so will need some mode of su|)|)ort to kee]! them 

 growing in their natural habit. For a compost they like 

 a turfy .soil three jiarts, leaf-mold and well-rotted 

 manure one part each; to this add enough san<l to 

 make it porous. Clive 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 monsteriis 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 

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

 soft and flabby. During the winter months, it is alway.s 

 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 arc 

 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. delieiosa 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 Marcgrama para- 

 doin is Monalera dubia. The adult leaves are something 

 like those of M. ddicio.ia, 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 w:is 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. Marcgr.avia is a 

 dicotyledon and Mon.stera a monocotyledon. The 

 monstera-likc leaves are likely to be developed wIk^u 

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

 w generally allowed to clamber over a dead log or tree- 

 fern trunk, in the manner of Philodendron, which .see 

 for culture. 



delicidsa, Liebm. (M. Lennea, Koch. Philndcndron 

 pertiiDum, Kunth & BoucheJ. Cehi.man. Fig. 238.5. 

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

 and more long, leathery, pinnately cut, perforated, 

 the f>ftiolo very long. Mex., Guatemala. A. F. 7:2.53. 

 CM. 41:. 120. Gn. 21, p. .39. 



dubia, Engler & Krau.se (Af. tenuis, C. Koch. 

 Marcgrama diibia, Kunth. M. paraddxa, Bull). 



Shingle Plant. Young Ivs. a few inches long, waxy, 

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

 and acute. Mex. Gn. 29, p. 200 (both kinds of Ivs.). 

 G.C. ll.S:13. 



latevaginata, Engler & Krause (Pdlhos celatocaidis, 

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

 port: early Ivs. tlistichous and overlapjiing, broad- 

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

 port; older Ivs. lui-ger, lol«^d, free. Trop. Amer. F.S. 

 23:2419, 2420. I.H. 30: 19G. l. h. B.f 



MONTANOA (Montano, a Mexican state.sman). 

 Sometimes spelled Monlngiiaa. Compdsilse. Shrubs or 

 even small trees, pot^plants being u.sed sometimes for 

 subtropical bedding and for winter bloom; somewhat 

 allied botanically to Rudbcckia. 



Strong mostly robust plants, mostly pubescent or 

 foment ose: Ivs. opposite, entire, dentate or even pinnat- 

 ifid: heads .small or medium, corjinbose- paniculate, 

 hcterogamous, 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 s]iecies are likely to ajipear in collections in sub- 

 tropical gardens. 



bipinnatifida, Koch (Polijmnia grdndi.i, Hort.). Erect 

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

 2-pinnatifi(l, more or less hairy, the segms. serrate or 

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

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

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

 strildng subject either for winter bloom indoors or for 

 bedding out with bold planting. 



mollissima, Brongn. Branching shrub, more branch- 

 ing and stiffer 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*2 in. diain. on long peduncles, the rays about 

 9 and white, the disk yellow. Mex. B.M. S143.— This 

 and M. grandijlora, 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 ia 

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

 111.43:40. Gn. 74, p. G23. 



Wercklei, Berger. A recent species from Costa 

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

 Ivs. petioled, .5-7-lobetl or trifoliolate or unequally pin- 

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

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

 corymbs. L. JJ. B. 



MONTBRETIA: Tritonm. 



MONTEREY CYPRESS: Cupressus Tnacrocarpa. 



MONTEREY PINE: PinusradirUa. 



MONTIA (Guiseppe Monti, professor of botany at 

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

 lidacdri\T. 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 loo.sely 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-valved, 3-seeded; seeds nearly orbicular, compressed, 

 minutely ttiberculate. — About 18 species of .American 

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

 herb known to the European trade as Claylonia per- 

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



