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strong stocks. The cucumber tree (M. acuminata) is used as a stock 

 for all species. The umbrella tree (M. tripetala) is also a good stock. 



Mahernia. Stcrculiacece. 



The honey-bell (M, verticillata) is propagated by cuttings of 

 young shoots an inch or two long, under glass. 



Mahonia. Bcrberidacece. 



Propagated by seeds sown when ripe, or stratified and sown in 

 spring ; also by suckers, layers or cuttings of half-ripened wood 

 under glass. The general handling is as for berberis (barberry), with 

 which the mahonias are united by many writers. 



Maize, Indian Corn (Zea Mays). Graminece. 



Raised from seeds (properly fruits), planted when the weather is 

 settled directly where the plants are to stand ; frost- tender. To the 

 acre, 6 to 8 quarts of seed is required for check-row planting, and 

 often as much as one bushel of shelled seed for broadcasting for 

 fodder for silage corn, 8 to 12 quarts. If all the seed germinates 

 strongly, thinning may be required. 



Malcomia, Malcolmia. Cruriferoe. 



The common annual Virginia stock (M. mariiima) grows readily 

 from seeds sown where the plants are to bloom. In the milder parts, 

 seeds may be sown in autumn. 



Malope. Malvaceae. 



Seeds may be sown under glass in early spring, or in the open 

 a month or two later ; easily grown flower-garden annuals. 



Malpighia. Malpighiacece. 



Grown from cuttings of nearly ripened shoots in summer under 

 glass. Also propagated by seeds. The Barbados cherry (M. glabra) 

 grows both from seeds and cuttings. 



Malus. Rosaceoe. 



The apples and crab-apples are grown usually from seeds, and 

 the seedlings may be grafted or budded to the desired variety. See 

 Apple, Pyrus. 



Malva (Mallow). Malvaceae. 



The annuals are propagated by seeds only * the perennials by seeds, 

 division and cuttings. The common ornamental kinds, annuals and 

 perennials, are commonly raised from seed. 



