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Plunge the pots in a bed with 70 to 75 bottom heat, shading them 

 from the sun. It is best to inclose them in tight frame to avoid 

 drafts. 



Melia (China-Berry. Pride of India). Meliaceace. 



Propagated by seeds, sown as soon as ripe, and sometimes by 

 cuttings of growing wood under glass. The Texas umbrella tree 

 (M. Azederach var. umbraculiformis) reproduces itself from seed with 

 great regularity. 



Melianthus. Melianthaceae. 



Propagated by seeds and cuttings under glass. 



Melicocca (Genip. Spanish Lime). Sapindaceoe. 



Increased by seeds ; and by ripened cuttings in sand under glass. 



Meliosma. Sabiacece. 



Propagated by seeds sown as soon as ripe ; also by layers and 

 cuttings of half-ripened wood under glass. 



Melon, Muskmelon (Cucumis Melo). Cucurbitacece. 



Propagated by seeds, sown where the plants are to stand. In the 

 North they are often started under glass in* pots or pieces of inverted 

 sods or in berry boxes, so that the plants may be transferred to the 

 open without check or injury. Frost-tender annual vines. 



Melothria. Cucurbitacece. 



Easily raised from seeds sown in heat or planted in open ground 

 when weather is warm. 



Menispermum (Moonseed). Menispermacece. 



Propagated readily by seeds stratified and sown in spring or 

 planted as soon as ripe ; also by division and cuttings in spring. 



Mentha (Mint). Labiate. 



Propagated by cuttings and division of rootstocks ; some kinds 

 produce stolons or runners. Cuttings of the rootstocks of pepper- 

 mint may be planted directly in the field. 



Mentzelia. Loasacece. 



Usually treated as flower-garden annuals (often under the name 

 of bartonia), the seed being sown where the plants are to stand. 



Meratia (Chimonanthus). Calycanthacece. 



Propagated by layering in autumn and seeds in spring, as for 

 caly can thus. 



