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Masdevallia. Orchidacece. 



Propagation by division in early winter. See Orchids, page 372. 



Matthiola (Stock). Cruciferce. 



Increased by seeds, sown either under cover or in the garden. 

 Grown also from cuttings. The common annual or ten-weeks' stocks 

 are bloomed mostly from seeds started in late winter and spring, 

 the plants being transferred to the open or carried under glass. The 

 intermediate and perennial stocks are bloomed from seeds sown the 

 summer or fall before, or in winter if carried forward under glass. 



Maurandia. Scrophulariacece. 



Seeds should be planted in a compost composed of four parts 

 new loam, two parts leaf -mold, one part sand ; place in a house 

 with temperature of about 60 and cover with glass. Cuttings of 

 young growth under glass may also be used. 



Maxillaria. Orchidaceos. 



Propagation by division of the plants, and also of the pseudobulbs. 

 See Orchids, page 372. 



Meconopsis. Papaveracece. 



Raised from seeds sown in early spring inside or directly in the 

 garden where the plants are to stand. Also propagated by division. 



Medicago (Lucerne. Medick). LeguminoscB. 



Propagated by seeds or by division ; alfalfa (M. sativa) by seeds 

 in spring and summer, 12 to 30 pounds to the acre. 



Medinilla. Melastomacece. 



Propagated by cuttings of half-ripened wood in heat, taken in 

 spring and kept close and fairly moist. See Melastomacece. 



Medlar: Mespilus. 



Melaleuca. Myrtacece. 



Grown from seeds ; also by firm cuttings, mostly in spring. 



Melastomaceae. Melastomads. 



Nearly all the species of this family are easily increased from 

 cuttings of the young growth or partially ripened growths; a few 

 kinds by leaf -cuttings. Ringing and mossing are practiced for large 

 growing points of plants such as Miconia. magnified and Tococfi 

 platyphylla. The cuttings should be placed in small pots, in equal 

 parts of peat and sand, with a little powdered charcoal added. 



