MAURANDYA : 



■MESEMBRYANTHEMUM. 



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SOIL, GENERAL TREATMENT AND VARIETIES. 



The Maurandya, thrives in a light loam enriched 

 with leaf-mold. 



It requires a plentiful supply of water, and does 

 well in the ordinary temperature of living-rooms. 



The plant grows readily from seeds or cuttings. 

 The latter should be started in damp sand under 

 glass in June to make strong plants by fall. Plant 

 seed in light rich soil in June. Give plenty of sun 

 and when flower buds appear apply liquid fertilizer 

 once a week till blooming is past. Shower or wash 

 them freque J y to keep off spiders. 



Maurandya Bar clay ana^xv exceedingly pretty climber will cover 

 a small tre. Is i:. "wo r X three months ; flowers blue and white. 

 M. Barclaya7ia purpurea grandiflora, dark blue. 



MESEMBRYANTHEMUM. 



This plant named from mesembria y mid-day, and 

 anthemon, a flower, is an extensive genus mostly 

 natives of the Cape of Good Hope. They are suc- 

 culent plants, easily cultivated, adapted for hanging 

 oaskets or vases. The varieties most common are the 

 Ice Plant and Dew Plant. The Ice-plant has thick 

 fleshy leaves and stems, covered with little shining 

 globules, resembling ice. The flowers are small 

 white and unimportant. The Dew-plant has a smooth 

 light-green, dewy-looking leaf, a graceful slender 

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