42 



THE PRACTICAL GARDENER. 



Soil. Mode of Propagation. 



Melia Loam and peat ! < Seeds often ripen, and cutUngs will strike, if 



( not too young. 



Melicocca . . . .IJght loam By cuttings. 



Melodinus . . . .Loam and peat Cuttings strike root readily. 



Michelia Lcam and peat 5 ^'^'^"^ '^^'^"^^ ^''^^^^ 



I if inarched on the Magiwlm purpuria. 



Mimosa Peat and loam 5^"^^ ''P"""^ "P"" ^^^'^ ^'^^ ""^^''^ »^ 



( creased by cuttings. 



Mimu.sops .... Loam and peat Ripened cuttings root readily. 



Monelia Loam and peat By cuttings. 



Morinda Loam and peat By cuttings. 



Muntingia .... Loamy soil Readily by cuttings. 



Musa Rich loam Readily by suckers. 



Mussaenda Loam and peat Cutting* will root freely. 



Myginda Loamy soil By cuttings, 



Myrodia Light rich soil By cuttings of the young wood. 



("By layers, although some of the species «ill 

 Myrtus Rich light loam S root by cuttings. Seeds, when tJiey cau be 



C obtained, arc to be preferred. 

 Nauclea Loam and pe*t By cuttings. 



X- , I . (By dividing the roots, but more abundantly by 



rvelunibium ...An aquatic ^ ^ ° ' 



\ seeds. 



Neottia Turfy peat Only by dividing the roots. 



Nephelium ...Rich loam Cuttings root freely. 



X' 1. J- J » ( By seeds, and by dividing at the root, like all 



^ephrodium . .Decayed veget matter < 



( other ferns. 



Nerium Peat and loam Cuttings root freely. 



Nissolia Loam and peat Cuttings root freely. 



Nyctanthes ... .Loam and peat Half-ripeued cuttings readily strike root. 



Nymphaia .... An atiuatic By dividing the routs. 



Ochna Loam and peat By cuttings. 



Ochroma Loam and peat Cuttings root freely. 



Oldenlandia .. Rich loam Cuttings root freely. 



Olyra Rich loam By dividing the roots. 



Omphalea Loam and peat ^Cuttings having the leaves left entire root 



\ readily. 



Oncidium Parasitic By dividing at the roots. 



r Seeds are often procured from the ^^'est Indies 



Ormosia Loam and peat } by which they are increased; it will, how 



ever, also strike from cuttings. 



Oniithrophe . . Light loam Cuttings root readily. 



Osbeckia Peat Cuttings of the young shoots root freely. 



Oxyanthus. . . .Sandy loam and peat . . Readily by cuttings. 



Oxystelma . . . .Loam and peat By cuttings. 



Pjcderia Loam and peat Cuttings root readily. 



Panax Loam and peat Readily by cuttings. 



Pancratium . . . Rich loam ^ ^l'"^*^ ''^"""'^'^ 



\ produced. 



