BNCYCLOPHDIA OF GARDENING. 
Water moderately, Oct. to March, freely afterwards. Syringing twice 
daily, March to June. Apply stimulants occasionally, June to Oct. 
Temp., Sept. to March 45° to 55°; March to June 55° to 65°. Propa- 
gate by cuttings of shoots, 2 to 3in. long, inserted in well-drained 
ots of sandy peat under bell-glass in temp. 65° to 75°, March or April. 
ip off points of shoots of young plants occasionally, April to Aug., to 
induce bashy progte. : 
SPECIES OULTIVATED: M. alpestre, red, winter, 2 ft., Mexico; hartwegianum, 
rose, winter, 2 ft., Peru; humboldtianum, red and purple, winter, 2 ft., Caraccas; 
lemoineanum, rose and violet, winter, 2 ft.; sericeum multiflorum, mauve, spring, 
2 ft., New Grenada. 
Monstera (Shingle Plant)—Ord. Aroidee. Stove evergreen 
climbers. Orn. foliage & fruiting. Leaves, large, handsome, per- 
forated, dark green. Stems, creeping, furnished with erial roots. 
Fruit, cylindrical, fragrant, pine-apple flavoured; ripe in autumn. 
CULTURE: Compost, equal parts peat, leaf-mould & loam, little 
sand. Position, well-drained border against damp wall of stove or 
warm fernery. Plant, Feb. to April. Water freely, March to Oct., 
moderately afterwards. Syringe twice daily, March to Sept., once 
daily afterwards. Temp., March to Sept. 65° to 75°; Sept. to March 
55° to 65°. Propagate by cuttings of the stems inserted in light soil 
in temp. 70° to 80°, any time. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: M. acuminata (Syn. M. tenuis and Gravia paradoxa), 
the Shingle Plant, yellow, summer, Trop. America; deliciosa, yellow, summer, fruit, 
delicious, Mexico. 
Montbretia.—See Tritonia. 
Monterey Cypress (Cupressus macrocarpa).—See Cupressus. 
Monterey Pine-tree (Pinus insignis).—See Pinus. 
Monthly Rose ree indica).—See Rosa. 
Moon Creeper (Menispermum canadense).—See Menispermum. 
Moon Daisy (Chrysanthemum leucanthemum).—See Chrysanthe- 
mum. 
Moon Fern (Botrychium lunaria).—See Botrychium. 
Moon-seed (Menispermum canadense).—See Menispermum. 
Moon-wort (Botrychium lunaria).—See Botrychium. 
Morzea (Butterfly Iris; Wedding Flower).—Ord. Iridacex. Half- 
hardy bulbous plants. First introduced 1597. 
CULTURE: Soil, light rich sandy. Position, sunny well-drained 
border. Plant, Sept. to Jan., placing bulbs 4in. deep & 2in. apart. 
Lift & replant bulbs annually. Mulch surface of bed in March with 
cow manure. 
POT CULTURE: Compost, two parts sandy loam, one part leaf- 
mould or decayed cow manure. Pots, 44 in. in diameter, well-drained. 
Place five bulbs 3in. deep, in each pot in Nov., & cover with cocoanut- 
fibre refuse in cold frame or under cool greenhouse stage until growth 
begins. Water moderately from time bulbs begin to grow until 
flowers fade, then gradually cease, keeping bulbs dry till Jan. Temp., 
Sept. to March, 40° to 50°; other times, 50° to . Propagate by 
offsets treated as advised for bulbs. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: M. bicolor, yellow and brown, summer, 2 ft., S. 
Africa; robinsoniana (Syn. Iris robinsoniana), the Wedding Flower, white, summer, 
ee Lae tg s Islands; unguiculata (Syn. Vieussexia unguicularis), white 
Moreton Bay Lily (Eurycles Cunninghami).—See Eurycles. 
Moreton Bay Pine-tree (Araucaria Cunninghami). — See 
Araucaria. 
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