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MONTANA 



is beins attempted in Flathead valley, a large north- 

 western valley, with the liest results. The raUKe of 

 varieties is fully ;i-i wid.- :is that of the Bitter Root, anil 

 as the ;i!tiiu.lt' i-- iiIuhii [\)i) [rrt less it is to be expected 

 that tull\ a- t,'"M.l irsulK will eventually be attained. 



Sonu- ililliiMilty is cxi.iri.Ti.'i-d from frosts in the Flat- 

 head country, hut as the heavy growth of deciduous and 

 conifer timber, which covers the majority of the bench 

 lands in this region, is cut off, no doubt the increased 

 circulation of air will prevent serious loss to fruit from 

 frost. Among other valleys achieving marked success 

 in fruit and vegetable culture, are those of the Gallatin, 

 Yellowstone, Upper and Lower Missouri, Clark's Fork 

 of the Yellowstone, the Judith, Milk, Marias, Teton, 

 Madison and Jefferson. In these valleys the better 

 apples, cherries and plums are readily grown, and it is 

 safe to say there are not IGO acres of farm lands in the 

 state where, if the planter will avoid alkali soil and set 

 trees with reference to the possibility of irrigating them, 

 the Transcendant and Hyslop crabs, and the hardier 

 of the standard apples, together with the small fruits, 

 cuuuot be successfully grown. g_ ji_ Emery. 



MONTBRfiTIA. See Tritonia. 



MONTEREY CYPRESS. Cnpressus maerocarpa. 



M6NTIA (Guiseppe Monti, professor of botany at Co- 

 logne in the first half of the eiirlii' ■ i-li •• iiimx ). Por- 

 tulacdceiT. About 18 species of Aim ' ' , includ- 



ing the Winter Purslane, a saliid ■ : noun to 



the European trade as Clnytiiin<: , I'liis odd 



plant is perhaps cult, in America l..\ a f i. v. fanciers of 

 rarer kinds of vegetables. In hot countries it may be 

 more desirable. It is an annual plant forming a com- 

 pact tuft about 9-12 in. high. The Ivs. are all from the 

 root, tender, thick, fleshy, with a slender petiole about 

 2 in. long, and a blade about K in. long, which varies 

 from lanceolate to rotund. The most remarkable feature 

 is a sort of cup an inch or more in diameter, from which 

 arise the racemes of small whit.' fis. One of these cups 

 crowns ca-'i ..r ilir .1. Ill-, nlij.-li an a iniMTOUS. Slender, 

 leaflet-, :■.!,'..,•• . I : ! ' Ivs. The name 



"perf'i!' a Jilaiice of the cup 



toajMia.; i, in 1/ ,,.-,,..,.,, in- cup is usually 



2-lobca. ami llic .,|acu , run., inu. ,li, y-.UTj'rtoTO, which 

 rarely has the cup transformed into two almost dis- 

 joined Ivs. The Winter Purslane is now a weed in many 

 parts of the world. The seed may be sown all through 

 spring and summer where the plants are to stand. 



Montia cannot be distinguished from Claytonia by any 

 one character, but the cultivated plants of both genera 

 have been sufSciently discriminated here and under 

 Claytonia. The latest monograph is hv B. L. Robinson 

 in Syn. Flo. N. Amer., V..1. I, part 1. fasc. 11 (1897). 



A. Stcmx irillioul Inir !,:■<. 

 B. Pedicels short, seldom rx.-rriliini 11, ,■ fruiliiKj cnlyjr. 



perioliita, Howell {Clai/luiiia in'i-foliilla, Don). Win- 

 ter Purslane. Rather coarse, green, often reddening 

 with age. Banks of streams, Calif, to Ariz, and Mex., 

 north to Brit. Col. ; common near Pacific coast. It grows 

 wild in Cuba but is not luitive there, as often stated. 

 B.M. 1.13G. R.H. 1897, p. l.a!). 

 EB. Pedicels in fruit 2-ri liii.s lox//, much loiu/er thiiit 



thr CilljIJ-. 



parvifldra, Howell lOliij/tdniii parrifldra. Dough). 

 More slender, green or slightly glaucous. Calif, to Brit. 

 Col., east to Idaho and Utah. 



AA. Stems with numerons small alternate Ivs. 



parvifWa, Greene (Claytdnia parrifdlia, Moc). Fls. 

 rose-color to white. Plant has bulblet-like offsets. 

 Moist rocks, Brit. Col. to Rockies in Mont, and Alaska. 

 This and the preceding one have been advertised, but 

 have little if any ornamental value. -^ jj 



in England for Chrysan- 



MOONFLOWER in America always means Ipomcea 

 Mona-Nox and related species ; in England it rarely, 

 if ever, means this, but Ch rysantJiemiim Leucanthemnm 

 our common white weed or ox-eye daisy. Moonttower 



MOONSEED. Meiiispermum Canadense. 

 MOONWORT. Botrychium; also Lunar io 

 MOOSEWOOD. Dirca palustris and Ace 



MORiEA (probably named after Robert More, botanist, 

 Shrewsbury, Eng.). Mnra a ar. ai,;, i miuf- Imlbous 

 plants much like Irises, but IP ; iayarenotso 



hardy as the common Irisc- , alual lis. hist 



only a day or so. Moreea is a i i ai r.n s|.ri'ii-s, 



45 of which are S. African, a i an diirily 



from tropical Africa. Mum , - : a r ; ., muta- 



tive of Iris. No one chaia i a. , , u,,, 



genera. Morieas have iv ] : a a In-.s 



usually have one. The lilani. m - arc u nail:: in-uailcl- 

 phous inMoraja and free inlris. Irises grow citlur from 

 rhizomes or bulbs, while Morasas mostly grow from 

 conns, except the subgenus Dietes, which grows from a 

 rhizome. Most of the showiest Moraeas belong to the 

 subgenus known as Mora-a proper. Species 7-13, de- 

 scribed below, lielong to this group. There is another 

 subgenus which differs from it in having the ovary ex- 

 tended into a long beak which looks like a perianth tube, 

 but none of this group is cult. The Morseas proper nro 

 about as tender as other Cape bulbs. The amateur may 

 find some suggestions as to their culture under /lulhii. 

 Iris and fj-in. 



Hy far the birgest and most remarkable plant of the 

 L-aiiii- i. 1/ , a li'iihinsoniana. This grows li-K ft. Iii-h 

 a II I i.it of the NewZealand flax, 7'A.ic»/("»i 



'- ' ' I lalid specimen mentioned in B.M. 7L'12 



Inn. la7l^.^l|s between June 20 and Oct. 1. Tlie indi- 

 vidual (Is. are 4 in. across, fragrant and last only a day. 

 At Kew this noble plant has been successfully grown in 

 the south end of a house. The stately plant picinnd in 

 G.F. 10:255 grew in a Calif ornian garden and was saiil to 

 be Ifi years old from seed. The finest picture, however. 



Dietes, 10. 

 edulis, ». 

 finibriatii, 8. 

 glaucopis, 5. 

 iridioides, 2. 



Robinsoni! 

 spatlijtcea, 

 tricuspis, 4 



Rootstock a short creeping rhizome. 



(Subgenus Dietes). 

 B. Color of fls. chiefly white. 



C. Ifeiqht Of phints f!-.t ft 



1. Robinsoniana 



2. iridioides 

 :i. bicolor 



liool 



''I'suhye'lns "lieu sseu.r '!!)'"""" 

 C. Color of fls. chiefly orange- 

 red 4 . Pavonia 



CC. Color of fls. chiefly u-liite. 



D. Spots blue 5. glaucopis 



1)1). Spots brown (i, tricuspis 



B. Iiiuer seqments conspicuous. 

 V. Height of stems i-of in. 



D. Lvs. hairy all over 7. papilionacea 



DD. Lvs.hairy only at the edges. S. fimbnata 

 CC. Height of stems more than 

 S in. 

 D. Stems provided with 1 long 

 wiry leaf, just below the 



inflorescence tl. edulis 



DD. Stems not so provided. 

 E. Fls. usually 1 or Z on 



a stem 10. spathacea 



EE. Fls. loosely corymbose, 

 fls. small. 

 p. Spathes %-% in. 



long 11. juncea 



FF. Spathes 1)4 in. 



long 12. tristis 



13. polyanthos 



