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Monstera. Aracece. 



Easily increased by seeds and by cuttings of the stem. For 

 greenhouse culture, place cutting in 3-inch pot in mixture of sand, 

 peat and leaf-mold, plunge pot in warm propagating-bed and 

 cover with glass. When new roots form, place on bench in house 

 with night temperature of 55 to 70 and 80 to 85 on bright days. 

 See Aracece, page 239^ 



Montia. Portulacacece. 



Grown from seed sown in spring and summer where the plants 

 are to stand. 



Moraea. Iridacece. 



Propagation by corms and their offsets. See Iridacece, page 339. 



Morus : Mulberry. 

 Muehlenbeckia. Polygonacece. 



Propagated usually by cuttings under glass in early summer; 

 also by seeds when obtainable. 



Mulberry (Morus alba, M. nigra, M. rubra, etc.). Moraceoe. 



New kinds are produced by seeds, which should be handled in the 

 same way as small-fruit seeds. Named varieties are multiplied by 

 cuttings of the root, or of mature wood, and sometimes by layers. 

 They may be cion-budded in the spring. In the South, cuttings 

 of the Downing mulberry are used for stocks. 



The common white mulberry was formerly used as a stock for 

 named varieties, but Russian mulberry seedlings are now much 

 employed. The stocks may be top-worked outdoors (as explained 

 above) or root-grafted in the house. The fancy varieties are com- 

 monly crown-worked, in the house in winter, the stocks being 

 grown in pots or boxes for the purpose. They are then kept under 

 glass until the weather permits them outdoors. By this method 

 choice specimen trees are procured, but they are readily handled 

 by cheaper methods. The weeping and other ornamental kinds 

 are worked upon the Russian mulberry. 



Musa (Banana. Plantain-Tree). Musacece. 



Seeds may be sown in heat during spring. Suckers are used for 

 those species which produce them. Many of the species do not 

 produce seeds freely, and suckers must be relied on. These suckers 

 are taken from the middle of February to April 1st, planted in a 

 compost of fibrous loam three parts, well-decayed cow-manure 



